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camel trophy
mud-club-matty:
hello as we all no the camel trophy has been replaced by the g4 challange some stuff abou the camel trophy
it ran for 18 years useing all differant types off vhiecle
it sarted in 1980 finished in 1997
the vhiacles they used were
1980 Transamazonica Jeep,
1981 Sumatra Range Rover, 2 door,
1982 Papua New Guinea Range Rover, 2 door,
1983 Zaire Series III 88
1984 Brazil Land Rover 110
1985 Borneo Land Rover 90
1986 Australia Land Rover 90
1987 Madagascar Range Rover TD
1988 Sulawesi Land Rover 110
1989 The Amazon Land Rover 110
1990 Siberia-USSR Discovery Tdi 3-door
1991 Tanzania-Burundi Discovery Tdi 5-door
1992 Guyana Discovery Tdi 5-door
1993 Sabah-Malaysia Discovery Tdi 5-door
1994 Arg-Parag-Chile Discovery Tdi 5-door
1995 Mundo Maya Discovery Tdi 5-door
1996 Borneo Discovery Tdi 5-door
1997 Mongolia
over all in most off the events the drive were 1000 miles long in all taraines it was hard going on the teams in each event there were 30 to 40 landrovers from support to competites
since the camel trophy there has been the g4 challange from 2000 to 2005 now there is the 2006 event they will be useing the defender 110 discovery 3 and the rangerover sport
woody:
the camel trophy was great
the G4 is aimed at a different market
its aimed at the Chelsea tractor types rather than the mud plugger (clubber) type
the loon:
Didnt they hve to change the name from camel due to tobaco advertising ban?
It would be nice to see an event that focuses on the offroading more than the other thinks.
mud-club-matty:
yes they had to do that i think the g4 challange is ok but it is more sport than anythink
strapping young lad:
there is less of the vehicle and more of the human effort in the g4
in the CT the vehicle took loads of abuse but it seems the g4 vehicles arent put through the same paces
i remember watching the sabah video ages ago and the competitors had to make a bridge for the vehicles to cross a ravine, make a raft for the cars etc
but i dont see it this time.
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