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| Vintagepaul Member Since: 20 Jan 2015 Location: Rye, East Sussex Posts: 482  
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Article on the new discovery and the family of new defenders.
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/lan...e-to-come/ 2015 Defender 90XS HT |
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3rd Feb 2016 12:03pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7908  
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Interesting article, thanks for posting.
I'm sure that's what I saw whilst at Lode Lane on the Defender tour. On asking the tour guide 'what was that?' I got the reply... 'I didn't see anything!' 
Slightly concerned about the comment on the new Defender "we’ve got to be quite radical" 
We will wait and see..... |
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3rd Feb 2016 1:24pm |
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| thor44 Member Since: 18 Sep 2015 Location: Ahrntal, Südtirol Posts: 128 
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Thanks for posting the article. There is some quite interesting info in there
This paragraph is really quite concerning
"Not that the styling will be retro, as McGovern says the new models will bear no resemblance to the DC100 concepts: 'I think the Defender was good for it’s time, but I think we’ve got to be quite radical, and create if we create a vehicle that is special and does resonate with people, they will forget what they had before.'" Heartbreaking...  |
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3rd Feb 2016 1:34pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769  
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It's all smoke and mirrors! In one interview McGovern says it will be recognisable as a defender and in another it's going to be radical and one interveiw says it'll be priced above the discovery this one says the disco is getting closer to the Range Rover
 basically they haven't got a clue what it's going to be yet except for the engine. Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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3rd Feb 2016 1:44pm |
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| Eduardo Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Región Metropolitana Posts: 2110  
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As Thor44 said.
Will be a big mistake loss the resemblance with the old Series/defender in the new model. For sure cannot be the same due production costs and new regulation, but it is neccesary to keep the lineage to have a success. If not will be associated to a common asian SUV despite the performance that can achieve. In my opinion when you sell a car you not only sale the performance, you must sell an history and the Series/Defender have a very good one, but you must to link it to de succeful. JLR have a big asset there and if they were smart they should try to use it. For sure more thane 70% of the population can identify a Series/Defender with the adventure and the off road and not all the car manufacturers can said that. Cheers Eduardo MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64' MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"  Click image to enlarge |
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3rd Feb 2016 1:57pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769
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Those Khan monstrositys look worse every time I see them. Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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3rd Feb 2016 2:46pm |
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| Vintagepaul Member Since: 20 Jan 2015 Location: Rye, East Sussex Posts: 482
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I thought the pictures had been photoshopped, then I realised they were for real.
My first thought was why? My second thought was HOW MUCH! My third thought was I need a lie down  2015 Defender 90XS HT |
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3rd Feb 2016 2:52pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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The reason that this article conflicts with other ones published in the last 3 months, it that this one is digging up old quotes that have been superseded! Look at the comment regarding the Disco Sport "Leisure, that’s Discovery, and that’s in the plural because at the moment we’ve only got one Discovery, but we’re doing more, starting with the Discovery Sport." "We thought it’s about time as it’s 60 years since the original." How old are those quotes? We have the Disco 5 coming, and talk of a smaller brother to the Disco Sport and a bigger brother to the Evoque before the new Defender. The old DC100 concepts were based on the steeel D8 platform being used for the Evoque & Disco Sport but we are now told that the new Defender will use a version of the aluminium D7u platform. |
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3rd Feb 2016 4:50pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769
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Makes sense, just sloppy journalism Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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3rd Feb 2016 5:58pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150 
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I have seen the new disco out and about on test, does absolutely nothing for me.
The linked article is typical, and worrying. I honestly think JLR do not know what they are doing with regard to the new Defender. I'm still of the mind that they should just drop the idea, rename the company as Range Rover and move on. They do not have the will to make Utilities/Defenders, but they fear that by not doing so they will damage the reputation of the company. As I see it, the hyper-luxury SUV model seems to do very well for them so run with it, and without insulting the rest of us by offering some new kind of goodness knows what as a Defender alternative. I had thought McGovern (Ill remind you again, photos shows him sat with crossed arms staring into space as the last Defender rolled down the line) had been muzzled regarding the new Defender after he was quite insulting. Either way, I think if I ever buy a new car again it is likely to be a VW or a Mercedes. Unlikely in any case. 2011 110 USW 1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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4th Feb 2016 10:36am |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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^^Certainly is but still people get all het up and as a result trot out the same old stuff.
Save it until something substantiated, preferably current and direct from JLR, is published. Steve. Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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4th Feb 2016 10:38am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Didn't wear a tie either - reckon he's a commie? Click image to enlarge |
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4th Feb 2016 1:24pm |
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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3481  
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Black polo neck and grey suit. Very dapper
 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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4th Feb 2016 2:19pm |
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