People ask me pretty regularly why someone would choose a Unimog over a Land Rover or a Hilux, and the honest answer is that they solve different problems in fundamentally different ways. A conventional 4x4 is a road vehicle that has been modified to handle rough terrain. A Unimog is a working machine that tolerates roads when it has to. The portal axles alone change everything, because you get that ground clearance without compromising the center of gravity the way a lifted suspension does. Add the torque curves from those old OM engine variants, the ability to run implements off the PTO, and a turning radius that makes no geometric sense given the wheelbase, and you start to understand that comparing it to a pickup truck is almost a category error. It is slower, heavier, more expensive to fuel and maintain, and completely indifferent to all of that.