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Lateralus

Member Since: 05 Jan 2016
Location: Ohio
Posts: 185

If Chrysler can make the jeep wrangler pass US emissions

...and crash tests, surely land Rover can build a defender to pass even US emissions and crash tests. I don't see what the big f'ing deal is to build a crash worthy defender with a modern engine. None of this new age fiat looking stuff that has been rumored to be the new defender. If land Rover keeps the mold and improves it in the safety department to sell in Europe and US they will sell like crazy. Americans are practically begging for another option over the jeep wrangler.

Come on Brits! Buck up and get it done! The defender is too iconic to simply fade away or lose its identity. That can't happen.

29th Jun 2016 5:15pm

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

We do not have the power to control LRJ and their productions line and product development, but I hole Hartley agree with this, The defender is too iconic to simply fade away or lose its identity. That can't happen.

29th Jun 2016 6:12pm

Lateralus

Member Since: 05 Jan 2016
Location: Ohio
Posts: 185

Any business worth their salt usually listens to its most loyal consumers.

29th Jun 2016 6:16pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20292

Trouble is LR are no longer British.
If it was, right now we really could have been getting somewhere!

29th Jun 2016 6:19pm

dorsetsmith

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: South West
Posts: 4554

That would be right thing for them to do ( but it will never happen ) as it not British

29th Jun 2016 6:23pm

Ramsay

Member Since: 30 Sep 2015
Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway
Posts: 627

1995 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Auto Keswick Green

Is it the right thing if it devalues the Range Rover brand? They sell more of those models and they are cheaper to build.

If they choose to go big on utility vehicles they can. They will be head to head with Ford, Toyota, and Volkswagen and that might be just too scary for what is a small car company. 1995 Defender 110 CSW
1971 SIIA Lightweight

29th Jun 2016 9:16pm

Lateralus

Member Since: 05 Jan 2016
Location: Ohio
Posts: 185

From 2005 to 2015, Chrysler has sold over 1 million jeep wranglers. Since introducing the new body, interior and motor sales have gone up. Land Rover needs to get in on that. So does Toyota! Bring back the fj40!

Americans yearn for solid axles and low torque turbo diesels in a 4x4 package. If anything maybe tata motors helps the defender because India, the Chinese and others do not prohibit themselves like the west does. The west is in decline. We are hell bent on regulating ourselves into 3rd world's.

29th Jun 2016 9:36pm

Lateralus

Member Since: 05 Jan 2016
Location: Ohio
Posts: 185

Just to clarify, I am a wrangler owner but I'd give my right testicle for a new-ish defender 90.

29th Jun 2016 9:58pm

DonH2000

Member Since: 12 Jan 2015
Location: North Kent
Posts: 551

2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

JLR are not interested in Defender users or users of products older than 4 years, otherwise they would have developed the Defender in the same way as Jeep have keep up with their Wrangler.

A friend of mine who was involved with the Defender for may years (a well known LR author and journalist) told me so...... Cheers Don.

12th Jul 2016 10:08am

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