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| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169   
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I'd like to see what the length of the load space is as it looks way shorter than a 90 from driver/passenger seats to the back door. Looks like they've made the cabin more roomy for the comfort of the driver (which isn't a bad idea) at the expense of the 'use' aspects (which would be a rather backward step). These are the sorts of things they'll need to work on if indeed it is going to do all the things a Defender does.
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22nd Apr 2012 11:41am |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1585  
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If its on a disco chassis it will be cavernous. The only thing better for moving lots of stuff is a 130. My 90 is tiny in the back with the seats down.
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22nd Apr 2012 12:41pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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A better comparison is probably with the RR Sport, as it's currently on one of those chassis. Imagine one of those with the rear seats folded, but a shorter rear overhang, and that should give a good idea. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Apr 2012 12:45pm |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6613 
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RRS chassis is the same as the D3/4 chassis (albeit the RRS is 5" shorter in wheel base) - they are both on the T5 platform.
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22nd Apr 2012 2:11pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, I know. It's the fact that the RRS chassis length matches the concept that I was getting at. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Apr 2012 4:38pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1585
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Only ever driven a sport for weekend and it was massive alot more room than me 110.
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22nd Apr 2012 6:08pm |
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| T1G UP Member Since: 08 Dec 2009 Location: Bath Posts: 3101 
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a defenders only 60" wide so thats small compared to a new Mini!
my old D1 v8 massive inside compared to a Defender. |
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22nd Apr 2012 6:23pm |
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| Pam W Member Since: 25 Oct 2011 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1169
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I'm aware that is it a longer chassis than a 90 Defender and therefore perhaps more comparable to current 100" models. However, I don't think at the moment it is easy to compare those 100"s with the concept, as pictured.
My point was that in the pictures the doors are longer than the Defender and the seats seem a long way back... the rear tub therefore seems to be very short, looking at the point from the back edge of the door pillar to the end of the rear wing. Maybe it is all deceptive in the photos, but all the length of the 100" chassis seems to be taken up with engine compartment and, in particular, the cabin, with much less of the chassis length given to load space.... |
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22nd Apr 2012 7:20pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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In fact, having just done a bit of reading, it turns out that it's on a shortened RRS chassis, so meaningful comparisons are going to be null and void anyway
I guess we're all just going to have to wait and see afterall. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Apr 2012 8:59pm |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677 
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http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/new-land-r...ld-/262426 maybe not! |
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24th Apr 2012 9:20pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4722 
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http://www.completecar.ie/testdrives/artic...t/505/1647
Apologise if this has been posted before. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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24th Apr 2012 9:34pm |
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| nidge n Member Since: 04 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 719 
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The comments quoted in the what car article completely conflict with those contained in this months (may) land rover owners international magazine. LR either dont know whats going on or they do and there not telling  |
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25th Apr 2012 9:28am |
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| BigWheels Member Since: 21 Mar 2010 Location: Somerset Posts: 1405 
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Having just read that the Freelander 2 short term future is a cosmetic & gadget facelift, I'm wondering if the DC will also shoot off into Freelander 3C.
The DC100 Sport SUV certainly seems like its aimed for the Freelander 1 soft top Safari's successor. With RR Evoques & the soft roader DC100, will there truly be a place in the LR range for Freelanders any more. Digressing, will there be DC vans, pickups, crew cabs etc. Land Rover Defenders. 67 years heritage, minimal appearance changes, still going strong all over the world. Not a fashion vehicle, but fashionable to own. Made for the needy, not the greedy. Ta ta Defender |
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14th Jul 2012 1:58pm |
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| lrmaniac Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lisboa Posts: 762  
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More Interesting Reading ... this time not from magazines...
Last month when I was in Solihull, among other stuff bought a book, "Born In Lode Lane" by Roger Crathorne, the man some call Mr Land Rover... Although it's not new, it has some interesting reading, about LR and the future Defender, of wich I higlight these lines, reproduced below -remember the book was written in 2008, long before the first sketch of the DC100 was released/known -(sorry if some of you have read it) : Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge ps- if you can't read it, go directly to my gallery and click the image...use Ctrl+ to zoom... Regards Joao '10 Land Rover Defender 110 CC '08 BMW F800GS '64 SIIA Forward Control '69 SIIA 109 ZA CKD _____________________________________________ You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. |
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