some flips up, but also when it comes to sustained dependency information and trends. this is alex texted on d. w. travel, you can have it. what about you? what your opinion feel free to write your thoughts and the comments once you own that land rover is what will happen. we'll start order thinking, what's the next you, i mean, the why is the land rover defender and i conic vehicle in uganda. a country where this off roader was once a symbol of fear and brutality. how did it become the vehicle of choice for to these adventures? the land rover was 1st introduced to gander under british colonial rule. in 1962,

you can to gain its independence. this mark the beginning of a turbulent chapter for the new republic which culminated in the infamous dictatorship of the. i mean, it's thought that i mean, ordered the killings of 300000 people during his brutal 8 year regime. and land rovers were often used to carry out the bidding of the man who became known as the butcher of uganda. the one of you guys is pioneering land rover mechanics bikes this bu kenya, recalls the decades of political turmoil when the land rover was the preferred vehicle of armed men. a little right before the new land rover the village. oh, it was 17 different people was good land rover in.

1986. you very move, seventies power and you got and he also deployed land rover's against his enemies. like in this operation against rebels. did they seem to me that the dribble was able to think the mom but when it would raise my hand over in the bushes the day that it was a brand new thinking them coming? remember, even after 4 decades in power, president was 70 still often stands in the back of a land rover when he inspects his troops. but today the land rover is also loved to buy a new generation of uganda and a generation that sees the british off. broder, not just as a vehicle, but as a piece of history on wheels a symbol of rebirth, resilience, and adventure. in 1990 the model originally called the land rover was re kristin. the land rover defender. by the time production ceased in the you,

k in 2016 more than 2000000 units had been manufactured. it's not 3 quarters are still in use. like that of travel and easiest marine, i get entered partner edwards extra loop. they took their 1998 land rover defender on a trip from uganda to south africa and back they traversed, unforgiven, yet memorable landscapes from the extreme heat of the desert. to the what rugged strain of the tropics, their journey spend 6 months covered over 20000 kilometers and took them through more than a dozen in southern african countries. monday is still roads, the bump us toll roads. they may, you know, they. but while the couple were savoring their southern african adventure, their old land rover began to show us age. then, without warning, disaster struck. the vehicle wouldn't go into gear,

leaving the novice long distance travelers, stranded in zimbabwe on the highway. that's infamous for its armed robberies. so once it happened with stuff down in silas about 20 minutes, not knowing what to do. and i remember asking my husband that what are we going to do? i know nobody except my wife beside me. i know a friend the defend. i said, did we really have to come this far for this trip? up moments to was slight all flights. we needed to find a solution for us and quick. our source code i was afraid were running short on cash. but i didn't want to show that i was actually scan stranded and out of options. they turned to online forms for help. their journey had attracted a large following among traveling car enthusiast. so when they put out

a call for assistance, the responses poured in a little known fact. a land rover defender can still move a short distance even with the damaged clutch. just the thought came. so i didn't have any, any idea on how to move the car, but just the thought came through. but if i could get together was the cause of can i kind of get together one of inside the videos and i tried it, but i told them i, putnam already let you know to let me try this on c high because knowing it's possible is one thing knowing how to do it is another couple turn to the experts who had prepared their vehicle for the journey to sign the motors and compiler for decades. veteran mechanic abdul as a single, has earned a reputation for mastering land rover repairs. his engineers guided the couple through the fix over the phone. you can start to get in. if you want to pay

with your federal underneath, right? you can go and got sick ended. you can go for some full, some miles. definitely, i can maybe find you a couple of minutes to drive 35 kilometers to safety. i could feel the relief from both offices and above all hot. it's just like having a sick child and then you treat to them and then they'll buck on health care. i'm playing the. i'm dual assistant good is no ordinary mechanic. his love for land rover's began in childhood. he attended a primary school near a military base where these iconic vehicles where a daily site later he trained under veteran white cliffs, who can yes, mastering the art of restoring and maintaining land rover's

did under of i doubt 60, i don't like i much going to do even at the us, give me the one i own. like i'm not even going to have trusted 50, don't you? maybe you kind of gives me to data or 50 days icon today. today's tango has assembled the country's largest collection of land rover's when he started. he had even bigger plants. the, i mean my vision was to partner with the bridge to construct an assembly plant a year and land rover carry, bio, and i should be memorial. my, my on the citi card one in particular there still, there's the scars of war from this land rover soldiers could fire guns without risking much harm to the vehicle because it was dirty and well insulated. and i graduated, i just, i could, but didn't know despite the old defenders and during legacy you can and government has phased out their use in public offices. many of these land rovers now form part

of this thing goes collection the money but media to in jeff city, west tremendous over time. however, the cost of them and team is over and over to the, to high. the 1st step towards moving it around though we've been at a was this punish, revise your quote to some 10 because i'm 10 that can mean we, they keep up cost both units under maintain this. but unfortunately, something know as a not equal to the task was not a single ministry of government departments that didn't, don't land rover's horse and all the chassis, as you see here at the paper, work to prove that what was happening so many new popular value. once symbols of fear today land rovers tell a different story. wilson makeema,

a veteran tow truck driver with over 25 years of experience, spends his days rescuing stranded vehicles across the city. his land rover has seen it all. so he can't say for sure whether his truck once carried soldiers or send people fleeing at the side of it. he knows it was on the road during uganda as most turbulent years. now the same truck moves through compile is bustling streets with a renewed purpose, steady on shaking and up the the team or worries spare parts are growing scarce. and there the life blood of this in, during machine, which are not just, we're just lucky that a few individuals still have parts from old, savage land rover of which they sell to us. but the land rover is here for many years to come, because it's proven resilient over time. jeff ones,

when land rover, halted production of the iconic defender and 2016 collector up to us to think a new time was running out. determined to keep these legendary machines on the road east, spring into action. stockpiling old models and salvage in every parts you could find from body panels to engines. nothing goes to waste. that's particularly true of the 300 t d. i engines no longer in production, get still power in countless land rover's across. you can to. some of these parts carry a deeper history. they come from land rover's the once rumbled through battlefields . now it's think it's hands, they get a 2nd lice. defeat under the to get to the vet it would in the engine because if, if, when it broke now, what kind of a holding you back on the road then even if we're new under bush is easy. fix, simple. the culture of salvaging part is

a global phenomenon among land rover enthusiasts. veteran mechanic likes, if you can. yes. who was introduced to this practice in the u. k. knows that land rovers were designed for versatility. if this press good, then to correct. you don't have to sort of the choices. what to do with this brush. put another one for it was made as you can notice if you please, one by one piece. so he can convert the roader into a pick up or switch it from left hand to write and drive with standard parts. this is why i couldn't get to know where it is. and what was the city police? the other size? who the, who is the, the, some of the bigger the time and now like this one, if want to make it to pick up with me. if it was like this one, pick up, i ordered this month or this got, but to put the pick up,

c is what are the new to us click up, you can see this flash and this will pick up. so as soon as less so you do anything you want when it comes to engines, it's all about preference. land. rover engines are interchangeable across various models, making engine swaps. a common practice is a range rover originally had a gas powered v 8 engine and no, but we swapped it out for a diesel $300.00 t d i did through gasoline. prices are higher than diesel. so that's one of the biggest motivations for engines walk. i mean that the government, because you know, many land rover owners like marine depend on expertise and salvage parts from collectors like up to a sustained good to keep their defenders running. the cause of become raf and you want find every mechanical concepts that land rover

but i was older mechanics likes to send and to kenya retire a knowledge gap loops. younger mechanics often lack the expertise to maintain these classic su, these leaving owners frustrated. disrupt, welcome to get your money back to you. why when you have good your busing doxey. so that's where you put on the money kind of coming from much of course. but the problem is that could it, can you just those people upcoming yesterday looking for money? but for me now i've got to my, you know, i'm not working for much. i'm just to welcome you to skin flipping my legs us one young and serious moses for casa, has taken it upon himself to learn from the veterans. likes to think uh, what castle grew up near police and military barracks were encounters with land. rover sparked a lifelong fascination. now he seeks to honor sustained gets work and contribute to the legacy of the vehicles that embodied his childhood dreams. look,

i do my that nice parisian twice the new breed, that we need to walk together the team. we need to do a lot of research and above what i think we need through love. what with good. while the older generation may still remember the defender as a symbol of brutality for today is this is this. it represents something entirely different. one after the postcolonial conflict, the prize, the defender for its ruggedness, i chose the land rover because of the btn reliability. and so i've grown up knowing and defend as the best bagel, and by experience in 2018. what kind of so one you can just for bye, for challenge. further cementing the defenders, legacy as an unrivalled off road icon, the, the, the, the,

be to sell bought the land rover. it's good to poor short distance dunning, uncle. that's you had to do a lot of revised on why the compete. you guys used to do, you know, it quite shop time, but you can do a shop ton with the land rover. defend not because the dining on was too small. so you need a wide, uh, you know, show to go through. so it was a bit of, uh, i'd say they wouldn't be telling that i had a bondage. the only way we could be the, the challenge is coming already knowing the has of, there is a head to view the bar that you're going to encounter. so you do a wide ton, but did most of these are the rock to range the land rover? i used to beat them because it used to eat all these hazards. they buy the kids they used to bring them on. the land rover would easily go about them because of reach full by phone, which is i'd say, by far the best, the land rover. sh

legacy is also celebrated globally, from its starring role in the 1980s film. the gods must be crazy to the famed campbell trophy expedition to foster a sense of community land rover enthusiast and uganda had formed a club based and composite, were brought together supply of own uh and through the even members from other clubs who don't even own land rover as of this, the club organizes meet ups and promotes the shared passions. it boasts over $300.00 members, including maureen and edward. once you own the land rover, this is what will happen. you'll start thinking, what's the next? yeah, i mean there are various land rover clubs across africa. as no renan edward journeyed across the continent. they connected with these communities foraging friendships

with like minded adventures in different countries. in malawi, they joined the local land rover club on a mission of another kind hoping to distribute released supplies to vulnerable communities affected by tropical side clowns. very interesting fellows. very nice, gentleman on it. just sort of reminded us of the brother. let him not to the douglas a way of good to as long as you have, have this call people a lot of problems with remarkable capabilities like this self driving demonstration, the land rover and bodies of deep bond between man and machine. to many of its owners, it is more than just a vehicle. it's a connection to history. originally a symbol of endurance and a reconciliation with a complicated pass. that's why we appreciated land rover becomes a lifestyle. in fact,

plenty of joining the land rover collab. we always say you're getting a disease. there's something that god does to you, and you would not get it in any other land rover revise to defend her name. in 2020, the latest incarnation, embraces cutting edge technologies, including artificial intelligence. you have many, you gannons have yet to experience it, no wonder they continue to trust what they know best. the more affordable older model cherished for its proven reliability for over 6 decades. or the more grand of us they are still working. because even if like, when we find new, they mean pieces, you get new beauty them and walk us through to better get or do i need a new one. you know, what kind of idea for doctors out is not for what you have more liable lab. due to his relationship with land,

rover's kenya has turned down countless offers for his vintage vehicles motor. my grand kids asks me what was the 1st cause? what do i see? that's what i'm thinking. i got similarly, maureen and edward view, the idea of parting with fairwell travelers land rover as nothing short of the trail because the lender of a fun, mealy. that's why we just got to let it go. you don't let go formulate just fucking well spot. the story for us, it's not really about the money, it's about the memories that we make with it. and the more memory about the continued making we discussed so many of of investments that even money alone can fluctuate. unfortunately, the vehicles that once provoked fear has now become

a cherished icon. a man hunted by land rover's now rides a top, the same vehicle as president from a symbol of oppression to a source of pride. you can't and, and through is use of shifted gears, steering the land, rover's narrative from a turbulent past towards a brighter future. one mile at a time. the cars, cars a global phenomenon with millions of unique stories. that could be in a german coffin. we need you guys wherever you are. however, up to your flex fashion is our module and jo stories, our currency refund cards from gemini, and the craziest place all across to your stories. you ideas come

with the question is now flash next, right to wherever your sentence your stories and your crazy car into z as let's catch up soon on ref, the excellent engineering robust construction, cutting edge technology on unmatched dropped. your german cars and vans have been celebrated award wide for decades, but the winds have changed, and the german auto industry is now showing signs of under village. it is not all of a sudden folding of the eclipse case, the lack of roughly $500000.00 comp. yes. caught me cuz i having to adopt to measure transformative processes and other challenges. a situation that applies not

solely to the automotive industry, nor exclusively to german cars, being the powerhouse of europe, however, makes germany more exposed. the market is lacking in comparison to pre corona, roughly $2000000.00 cost as folks bought them. for example, as the group was participating with the nearly 25 percent market share, this means there's a lot of roughly 500000 costs. but yet the automotive industry is not the only industry that is suffering from higher energy prices, higher, higher wage prices. but also this is changing the role of china no longer being just a very well come export destination, about actually being a system rival, a few years competitive. the impact of these factors is evident in the profits of germany's leading top menu fractures. over the last 2 years, the quarterly results on volkswagen, bmw you and mercy. this have declined. in the 3rd quarter of 2024,

they plummeted. the decline the presents more than just the hiccup us is hotter the consequences dripping outward pricing costs effect both the industry and consumers making the challenges even more complex the course. the question of costs, high energy costs, which were often depend, demik rising to, to the re principal then of course as well due to the rising cost every where people are having less money in their pocket. so they're demanding rides. it's all the categories and things of course has been adding as well to the increase of costs while of course, they are doing all the with the automotive sector is the largest in german and serves as a cushion pillar of the economy. to put things into perspective, last year, germany exported cars was 273000000000 euros motor vehicles accounted for over 17

percent of germany's exports, followed by machinery, chemicals, electronics, pharmaceuticals, mentos, on a variety of other products. there is no wonder people say when the auto industry sneezes, the entire german economy catches a quote because the car industry is not just about cards. if you add to that suppliers, suppliers of suppliers, if you add to that entire infrastructure is being, depending on the automotive industry, just think of where it was. some of these factories are very often in the middle of nowhere. so they are really entire cities, villages, with their infrastructure being dependent on the automotive industry. wide chinese brands like b, y, do you have taken over vw, leadership on their own domestic market? chinese car, as far as the competitive on price have not yet surpassed that technology. does tap abilities of german models,

particularly in areas like connectivity and entertainment. caught the german car industry be at a turning point, potentially facing a face like that of look year or even quarter. i think we still have a very strong car. automotive industry in germany. it is not that german common new factors no longer sell cars. they only sell less cars then. then in the past the market has become more competitive. they just need to get back. that is best for success that they need to be foster in production and developing, especially with the german automotive industry, facing significant challenges and tests that are what i had with them on further innovation and adaptability and more automotive tales. next time on risk, the

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