LEFT OF me," crackled the voice over the radio. The Land Rover guide was standing on the crest of a steep dune. He knew what was over the other side, but my colleague in the Land Rover Defender 130 didn't. "Left, left, LEEEEFT," he shrieked as the driver headed towards him and the unseen drop. So the driver turned left. His left. Which was not really the ideal sort of left.
As it crested the dune, the steering was yanked all the way right. The Defender had to roll. Surely. Nobody wishes for things to go pear-shaped on a press launch but it usually enlivens proceedings when they do. We abandoned our vehicle and ran to get a look at the carnage. Amazingly, the Defender was at the bottom of the incline on all four wheels. It had seemingly defied physics and stayed upright. Its driver grinned and gave a nervy thumbs up. I don't know who was whiter, him or the bloke from Land Rover.
We're at Telal resort, a private sanctuary out near the United Arab Emirates' border with Oman. Untouched dunes stretch in each direction, with the odd oryx or mountain gazelle the sole interlopers. It's like something from an Indiana Jones movie save an absence of pesky Nazis.
この記事は Wheels Australia Magazine の April 2023 版に掲載されています。
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この記事は Wheels Australia Magazine の April 2023 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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