The configuration puts the engine under the cab and more noise intrudes because of this, especially as this vehicle has the air-cooled petrol motor. The cab interior is basic with little padding or sound proofing but it is the real business for serious off road driving. Above them is the motor for the wind-screen wipers with its exposed linkage. The Pinzgauer is equipped with swing axles which pivot about the centre line of the chassis backbone. These are also portal axles with reduction gears in the hub, an arrangement which gives extra ground clearance.
Suspension is by coils at the front, with rocking semi - elliptical leaf springs at the rear.
The rear leaves simply rest on pads on the axle tubes and the downward travel of the rear axles, if airborne, is limited by straps. One of the negative features of owning a six wheel drive is having to buy at least seven tyres, and accepting a certain amount of tyre scrub on bitumen. Off road the Pinzgauer is unflappable. The large tyres and portal axles give excellent ground clearance. Six wheel drive deals with most terrain and the three diff locks make loose rocky slopes or deep mud seem easy.