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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804   
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I saw this last week at a local garage. Had no idea what it was, just immediately thought that I knew VW did a pick up, not Merc. Apparently I had spotted a concept. Quite a beast and actually a modern pick up I'd consider if they ever release it.
 Click image to enlarge Monsieur Le Grenadier I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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27th Mar 2018 3:30pm |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526  
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It's basically a rebadged Nissan Navara with a Mercedes re-trim to the cab. Defender 90XS SW
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27th Mar 2018 3:53pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804
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I saw it in a garage at the bottom of the run to Flaine, a local road well known for car journos and bikers. Didn't look too hard to see if it had crashed or broken down. Still like it though. Monsieur Le Grenadier I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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27th Mar 2018 4:03pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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Sat in it at the Geneva motor show. 3 liter Diesel, and apparently made in Spain. Not bad overall, pretty spacious, correctly priced. But not really the usual Merc quality.
Eric Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Oh,  and then there was the revisited G class at Mercedes. As much as I loved the looks of the outgoing G class, the new one is a total misser in my opinion. Both interior and exterior design are a bridge too far for me.
Click image to enlarge You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw Last edited by ericvv on 27th Mar 2018 4:15pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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27th Mar 2018 4:04pm |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4785 
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A Nissan Navara underneath hence the overall feel isn't that of usual Merc quality
2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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27th Mar 2018 4:14pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804
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Won't stop it selling like hot cakes to Rappers and Footballers who no doubt have considerably less taste than you Eric.  Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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27th Mar 2018 4:39pm |
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| jomara Member Since: 26 Oct 2009 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 1790  
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Rather have an Evoque for the money, couldnt bring myself to spend over £45k on a rebadged Navara with a Renault Diesel engine!! 2014 110 2.2TDCi XS Station wagon
1971 Bowler Tomcat 88 4.2 V8 Auto 2022 110 D250 XS Edition - Gone 2024 110 D250 X-Dynamic HSE |
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27th Mar 2018 7:33pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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If your builder arrived in a merc pickup - what would you think?
(Eric would rather have a jeep  ) |
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27th Mar 2018 8:14pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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I surely would. Like this one for instance.
Click image to enlarge You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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28th Mar 2018 5:01am |
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| Birdy Member Since: 07 Oct 2011 Location: Côte d'Azur Posts: 865
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"... rebadged Navara with a Renault Diesel engine!!"
Yeah, the real poseurs are waiting for the Mercedes V6 with permanent 4WD. In the meantime they're snapping up the V6 Amarok... ... or Defenders, of course. Peter |
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28th Mar 2018 10:30am |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 1031 
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I suffered the rattles in a Mercedes A Class for 18 months. Great to drive, but rattle, buzz & squeak.
Never again - make LR build quality look good. |
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28th Mar 2018 10:58am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3749
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It was at the geneva show,
Its a nissan nirvada inside, cheap thick plastic. Basic will cost I guess around £30k and with mercedes options before you know it with a radio and mats it will be £45K a lot of money to chuck your cement and wheelbarrow in I do like the VW version mind  |
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28th Mar 2018 11:00am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Merc quality is variable at best - not surprising given the volume & where some of the models are made; combined with the fact that many of them buy interior trim sections from the same pool of suppliers. Badge engineering at it's worst. |
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29th Mar 2018 7:09am |
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| Tdi4 Member Since: 24 Oct 2014 Location: Houten Posts: 513  
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It’s as nice as a Saab 9-7x. Or should i have said as hideous?
 a defender from 1984 pretending to be a puma with a touch of Range Rover |
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29th Mar 2018 7:22am |
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