Thanks. I gave it some thought before posting it. The Land Rover is caviar-budget, prestigious, and notoriously fussy to maintain. The Subaru is pizza-budget, low-status, and mechanically reliable. Both will get you over roads and terrain, and the Rover is very elegant and cushy where the Subaru is frumpy and spartan, but the Subie is more dependable and costs less to own.
I don't know about you guys, but I'd drive a $25k Subaru in punishing conditions where I'd never want to risk a $75k Rover, especially in places where it's important the car's not going to break down and strand me.
But then again, years ago I made the same conscious decision about cars as about watches. I pick them based on function and reliability, not luxury or status anymore. Twenty years ago I drove a BMW M5, now I drive a Subaru Crosstrek. Never going to wow passersby in the Crosstrek, but at least I don't see the dealer's service waiting room on the regular like I did with the BMW.