bankz5152 wrote:

I like it. Very excited.

If they arnt toooo spendy will try and get the mrs to get one

Most basic starts at 45k Bankz. 45k. And the average price across the model range will slot it in between the Évoque/Freelander and Disco5/RRS. I think most of us agree that is ‘spendy ‘.  Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

Grenadier wrote:

Gilarion, you naysayer. I have absolutely no idea what you’re on about. This vehicle that JLR are about to launch will absolutely be the logical successor to the Puma, and all the variants before it that you’ve enjoyed over forty years.

It will be affordable, simple to run, robust, easily modified/adapted/repaired; it will have a unique character, it will be identifiably different from every other car, it will be simple enough to wash-out with a hose, it will load anything, tow anything, save anything. And because of this affordability and adaptability it will be craved I tell you, craved, by farmers, police, mountain rescue, boat-towers, chalet owners, overlanders, electrical companies, sewage companies, armed forces etc, the world over. You will see cherry picker variants, gardening variants, expedition variants. You’ll see versions that have been used only for school runs, others that have been battered on a farm. You’ll see versions covered in weaponry and camo, or turned into a pizza oven or gin bar. You’ll see one driven by a chap in wellies and flat cap, or the Queen (also in wellies and flat cap). You’ll see one that’s been ‘Kahned” and one that’s been ‘ambulanced ‘. You’ll have numerous on-line shops selling parts that should have been put on the car in the first place, just to make it function normally, but also parts to improve it or bling it. You’ll see them putting out fires at airports, delivering vaccines in the Third World, discovering places that even the current Defender has never been. You’ll see people point at it when it passes, talk to strangers in a pub car park about it, meet at festivals dedicated to it, discuss at length on forums expressing love for it. There will be journalists waxing lyrical about how iconic it is, how it is arguably the most important car in British motoring history. It too will become the most widely seen car ever, and in 50 years time there will be an anniversary edition.

THIS IS ALL TRUE

So honestly, I don’t know what you’re moaning about....

Grenadier wrote:

It will be affordable, simple to run, robust, easily modified/adapted/repaired; it will have a unique character, it will be identifiably different from every other car, it will be simple enough to wash-out with a hose, it will load anything, tow anything, save anything. And because of this affordability and adaptability it will be craved I tell you, craved, by farmers, police, mountain rescue, boat-towers, chalet owners, overlanders, electrical companies, sewage companies, armed forces etc, the world over. You will see cherry picker variants, gardening variants, expedition variants. You’ll see versions that have been used only for school runs, others that have been battered on a farm. You’ll see versions covered in weaponry and camo, or turned into a pizza oven or gin bar. You’ll see one driven by a chap in wellies and flat cap, or the Queen (also in wellies and flat cap). You’ll see one that’s been ‘Kahned” and one that’s been ‘ambulanced ‘. You’ll have numerous on-line shops selling parts that should have been put on the car in the first place, just to make it function normally, but also parts to improve it or bling it. You’ll see them putting out fires at airports, delivering vaccines in the Third World, discovering places that even the current Defender has never been. You’ll see people point at it when it passes, talk to strangers in a pub car park about it, meet at festivals dedicated to it, discuss at length on forums expressing love for it. There will be journalists waxing lyrical about how iconic it is, how it is arguably the most important car in British motoring history. It too will become the most widely seen car ever, and in 50 years time there will be an anniversary edition.

THIS IS ALL TRUE

So honestly, I don’t know what you’re moaning about....

Absolutely Grenadier.

Can I have some of what you are eating/drinking/smoking please?

DSC-off wrote:

Almost as funny as people that don't own recent JLR products getting excited about another new one.

BogMonster wrote:

Triple bypass is what you'll need when you get the bill for fixing the air suspension!

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Ever personally owned one?

Nope, but through my previous career I spent an awful lot more time with broken ones that most people will in a lifetime. That's why I don't own one  ---
2006 Defender 110 SW 300Tdi • 2011 Ford Ranger XLT crewcab • 2015 Defender 110 Station Wagon Utility TDCi

BogMonster wrote:

Triple bypass is what you'll need when you get the bill for fixing the air suspension!

Why? I have found the air suspension to be very reliable, in fact I have never ever had any failures and I have used the vehicles off road with heavy loads. The component prices are no more expensive than normal springs. Clearly if you drive like a dick you will break components regardless of suspension type.

Here is a pic of an 'air' D3 driven by a dick. 90mph into a river bed will usually cause an issue. In this instance a pipe blew out of a fitting the vehicle was fixed within an hour and was able to continue.

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Here is s pic of a 90 that broke something in the same place not sure what exactly happened we didn't see the car again.

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Here is a pic of my D3 in super extended mode having successfully driven through a very soft river bed.

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The above pics are all from a competition in Morocco, quite a few of us drove loaded 'air' D3's to Morocco from the UK competed whilst carrying all our kit and drove home without an issue with the 'air' suspension. 130's have feeling's as well you know