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Title: camel trophy
Post by: mud-club-matty on January 23, 2006, 18:54:18

hello as we all no the camel trophy has been replaced by the g4 challange  some stuff abou the camel trophy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

Title: camel trophy
Post by: woody on January 23, 2006, 18:57:43

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

Title: camel trophy
Post by: the loon on January 23, 2006, 19:16:49

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.

Title: camel trophy
Post by: mud-club-matty on January 23, 2006, 19:18:38

yes they had to do that i think the g4 challange is ok but it is more sport than anythink

Title: camel trophy
Post by: strapping young lad on January 23, 2006, 19:28:37

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.

Title: camel trophy
Post by: beast5680 on January 23, 2006, 20:05:08

I thought camel ended the sponsership agreement so they could put their cash into other stuff?

Title: camel trophy
Post by: Rich_P on January 23, 2006, 20:25:30

While we're talking about this, are there any Camel Trophy DVDs that are worth getting?

Title: camel trophy
Post by: mud-club-matty on January 23, 2006, 20:30:52

the dvds are worth geting to make a full coection iv got 4 or 5

Title: camel trophy
Post by: Devon-Rover on January 23, 2006, 21:45:49

errm what about the 98 tierra del fuego?

I think the trophy should still be running. and as it was in the times where the focus was on getting the landies from one place to the the other. Not all this special task malarky. There have their own events. It's known as adventure racing.

One reason i heard for the trophies disbandment was cause the focus was going away from the driving aspect and so to land rover the idea of the hard driving was lost.

Title: camel trophy
Post by: colintandy on January 23, 2006, 21:46:57

:D its changed its format because landrover are selling a lifestyle ..ie outdoor pursuits ect....so hey you get there in style in comfort and in the best vehicle in the world ever produced but most of all you get there..and its this lifestyle market that all 4x4 manufactures are plugging into look at all the sport versions that they do nissan,mitsy,toyota,and then all the yankie trucks they all plug this market one way or another this is landrovers way off showcasing there variouse trucks