lightning said:

Would you have the Grenadier, or one of the new Defenders?

The new Defender starts at £47,000 although that's the Commercial version with no rear seats.

The cheapest saloon version is £58,000
lt's become the "car to be seen in" round here, piloted by posh, steely eyed mums on the school run.

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Neither really.
Cars, in general, have got much more expensive over the last few years, so neither of these prices surprise me. To illustrate the point, I got a nice new FL2 2.2 XS in 2011. I’d just about get a Fiesta 1.0 for that money now.
I bought a new L405 V8 in 2017 for a price that would buy me an average 110 now - it just isn’t worth it.
As for buying a French Defender clone, I’d be looking to pay Chinese knock off money, which it isn’t.
I’ll hang on to what I’ve got.

Yep
We bought a brand new Defender TD5 CSW back in 2006 for £19,500

l was hoping the new Defender would start at £30,000 but that was never going to happen