re: Would you drive this hydrogen-powered 4x4?

Hydrogen is the transportation fuel of the future. No doubt.

Classic rovers are almost the only thing I’ve ever owned. I’ve had a lot of them.

You can make the handling better, you can fix the brakes, and that engine will give it a decent power to weight ratio, but they’re not comfortable, they’re quite loud, and they leak quite a bit, although the Puma period doors are better. They’re really not for most people. Build quality is also bad.

The classic Geländewagen is the best option if you want a drivable vehicle, something that’s reliable and well built. You can use them as a daily driver.

Oh the humanity!

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You can make the handling better, you can fix the brakes, and that engine will give it a decent power to weight ratio, but they’re not comfortable, they’re quite loud, and they leak quite a bit, although the Puma period doors are better. They’re really not for most people. Build quality is also bad.

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I had a 94 110 that I bought new and later a 80s G-wagon that was brought in gray before they cut off the loophole. The Mercedes was a much better sorted vehicle but I loved the Defender even more despite having panel gaps you could see from space. They simply are what they are but the ones being redone at the level ECD and several others do them are miles apart in quality from any of the ones that came from the UK. That said the price you pay for an ECD or similar is stratospheric even given the outrageous cost for a nice surviving Defender these days. It is a bit like buying a Revology 1st gen Mustang.

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went ahead and ordered one of the gassers several months back..

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Mine has a Q4 build date, which probably means Jan/Feb delivery.

For those asking about hydrogen, the UK has a growing networks of hydrogen stations. Think it is BP that is in the driver seat there.

Looks ideally suited for roadhead

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Ineos already produces more than 440,000 tons of hydrogen a year as a by-product of various chemical processes. The company is investing more than $2.2 billion in electrolysis projects across Europe to make zero-carbon green hydrogen. An Ineos subsidiary company, Inovyn, is a leading producer of electrolysis technologies needed to create pure hydrogen.

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But wait until it's in production and the environmentalist wackos suddenly decide that climate change is also caused by too much water vapor in the atmosphere that is created by the bonding of hydrogen and oxygen atoms in these hydrogen fuel cells.

For the record, though - Yeah. I'd definitely drive one.

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Hydrogen cars have been the next big thing for like 20 years now.

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It's like the dippin' dots of cars