Around the World adventure vehicle

[Swordman]

Hi folks, purely hypothetical situation here, but I just want a few opinions.

Let's just say I was about to embark on a tour around the World, driving about, just having a bit of an adventure. This would involve a bit of rock crawling, wading through rivers and driving on dunes, muddy swamps, bad roads and just general long distance driving.

No mods beyond tyres and those cool off road bumpers with winches allowed.

I narrowed it down to the following:

Land cruiser (prado) short wheel base
Jeep Wrangler
Defender 90
Merc G350

Now the thing is, they all have their pros and cons. I like Toyota as a brand, but the Prado is the only one on the list without a solid front axle. The reviews are very good, but would it keep up with the others off road? I also like that it has a colossal fuel tank (150 l). I'd really like a troop carrier, but those things aren't available here.

The Jeep Wrangler - very good, but a bit too Yee-ha.

Defender - great, but unreliable. Simple to fix, but always broken.

Merc - If money was no object, this would be my pick. The thing is, money very much is an object.

I'd also like to know how the approach, departure and break over angles compare as well as amount of axle articulation. I tried googling, but this information is proving rather elusive...

Over to you guys.