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Ha, well just below your message was the hideous picture I posted.. I took it as a sign from the mud gods to get my butt back here
rappy1
Active Member
Totally defeats the purpose of what real Land Rovers were built for. The only good thing it could possibly do is bring down the buy price of the latest defender to a more realistic price when this shape is launched.
Agree with you John looks like another cheesy knock off like the Toyota.
You really wounder why they need to put their energy into creating another soft roaded when you will have the range rover, range rover sport, discovery, freelander and evoque.
If they going to bring out a new model they need to focus on building a commercial vehicle that can survive war zones and farm land. Anything else just another soft nothing 4x4.
Land Rover should listen to their market and not make the errors they have in the past that almost sent them into financial ruin.
Agree with you John looks like another cheesy knock off like the Toyota.
You really wounder why they need to put their energy into creating another soft roaded when you will have the range rover, range rover sport, discovery, freelander and evoque.
If they going to bring out a new model they need to focus on building a commercial vehicle that can survive war zones and farm land. Anything else just another soft nothing 4x4.
Land Rover should listen to their market and not make the errors they have in the past that almost sent them into financial ruin.
surreyrock
Active Member
BBC News - Land Rover confirms new version of its Defender model
"[The DC100] isn't a production-ready concept but the beginning of a four-year journey to design a relevant Defender for the 21st century."
"[The DC100] isn't a production-ready concept but the beginning of a four-year journey to design a relevant Defender for the 21st century."
rappy1
Active Member
haha i not come across the word chav over here. Just searched its definition, had to have a laugh.
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Yeah true, but at the same time the defender replacement must conform to pedestrian safety standards, meaning it can't have a nice beg metal nudging bumper, nor a flat edge for a cuppa.
Which leads me to say.. whats the ****ing point?!!
If a pedestrian steps out in front of a Depender then the result is down to Darwin if you ask me.
If, as shown, it was a front winch - that will have to be mounted to something structural - I cant see a winch being mounted to a plastic bumper.............. mind you - this Landrover
.it does have flat front wing tops, from what I can see, rather than a bonnet which covers the whole of the top surface.
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Landie_Man
New Member
I had a rant too! Where would SEB fit their cherry picker, or rear lockers? How would it be used as an ambulance or fire engine? Wheres the bumper? where do you put your coffee?!?! This is all wrong. I reckon you'll see Brazilian Defenders in years to come, just like with beetles and T2s
As much as i hate to say it... they probably are - as much as we all hate it the gaylander has been a huge success for Land Rover... and soft roaders are increasing in sales for other companies so they are probably trying to build something which will appeal to all.
The defender is bought once in a blue moon by a farmer who then keeps it running for the next 30 years, most people on here are buying old defenders and keeping them running, not going out to buy the new shiny (expensive) ones.
Even the army use a host of specialised vehicles, not just Land Rovers
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
but it is what helps sells the rest
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
How do you figure that then??? they're unreliable, expensive, and sales are dwindling. LR never planned to build the current puma Ford foisted it onto them. Army won't be buying them for much longer as they've proved to be next to useless in the sort of warfare we're likely to face in the future as currently been fought in Afganistan/Iraq.
Why would anyone throw money at a dead donkey..
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
even though people may not want to drive them in large numbers ,it gives the rest of the ranges its credence
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
Rubbish the majority of people buying new landrovers today wouldn't dream of buying a defender.
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
i didnt say they would ,defender gives lr a ruggedness thats apparent in defender and rubs off on other models why do you think theyve kept it so long, youll have to try harder
