This vehicle and the Jeep Patriot featured here recently look very similar.. Oh…ok luxury trim and V8 and so on…I realize that the content is very different; but if you are into murderous terrain a rubber floor mat would be probably more suitable surely. If most of these will never see anything but asphalt or maybe a graded track to the cottage that any vehicle can negotiate… then maybe on this basis it is just the luxury that is being purchased and the aura and that is ok.
Still, is there an off-road comparison any where for the Pat and LR. The Patriot is trail rated whatever that means…probably it will do more than I would ever try in my wildest dreams. Make that nightmares. So, as a matter of interest, how much less will the much cheaper ‘trail rated’ vehicle do on the trail on a ‘rare occasion’ basis. Is there an objective study anywhere? The ‘seats folded’ flat floor is very practical.