If you are really talking about off road, then the best thing I ever drove was a series 3 ex military Land Rover with skinny military wheels on it, second to none off road and simple to operate.........Winkhound will attemp going places in a Defender that will have you on the valium in two minutes flat, but I still think the S3 would do it better.
That said, my pal L200 with decent tyres aint too sore and the same could be said for the Fourtrac