Naks wrote:

duckworthparts wrote:

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Yeah, not a single one of these people look like Defender drivers. Most likely actors that LR hired as part of their marketing campaign

What would a typical Defender owner look like

according to some around here, unless you're doing this, you're not a *real* Defender driver:




my original comment was TIC, I most definitely DO NOT look like the typical South African Defender driver

but also, not a SINGLE person from Africa or Australia, the last truly 'frontier' places where the new Defender will have to prove itself.

I managed (as the vehicle commander, not the driver) to tip a 110 wolf into one of the biggest tank tracks I have ever seen, filled with water after biblical rain on Salisbury Plain. It was just our vehicle, dark o’clock at night, mid winter, raining and there were only three of us, ergo with one driving only two doing the graft. That photo gives me some serious flashbacks. Lots of waist-deep wading, digging, pushing, shoving etc. After many wasted hours, fortunately one of those armoured recovery thingies bimbled along and dragged us out. They were on a different exercise, so HQ non-the-wiser, but no doubt they had a good laugh back at camp at the idiot, very wet Subaltern with his rolled Wolf  Monsieur Le Grenadier

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

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

Mcfly1985 wrote:

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Oh my god, it looks just like a Range Disclandervoquelar.....  Monsieur Le Grenadier

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

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

duckworthparts wrote:

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Yeah, not a single one of these people look like Defender drivers. Most likely actors that LR hired as part of their marketing campaign

What would a typical Defender owner look like

Naks wrote:

blackrangie wrote:

JordanBefender


I certainly didn't recognise any of them as the type of person I see when doing the rounds of LR shows...

But surely you should be looking at the people being offered free coffee in a JLR dealership to see the people who are actually buying from JLR.

Supacat wrote:

duckworthparts wrote:

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Yeah, not a single one of these people look like Defender drivers. Most likely actors that LR hired as part of their marketing campaign

What would a typical Defender owner look like

No one was stereotyping or looking for a typical owner; but rather the opposite in looking at a pool of people and not seeing anything to identify with. That's a completely different thing and a very normal part of "tribal identity".

NoDo$h wrote:

LandRoverAnorak wrote:

I'm beginning to wonder if this will be Defenders' P38 moment - widely unliked and so LR keep producing the old model (in this guise via the Works V8 and the Heritage division) to be replaced by a much more radical and highly regarded version in a few years time.

I posted along these lines previously; this is now on one of the mainstream JLR platforms and so will need to follow the same lifecycle. We'll see a facelift around 2024.5 MY, then a replacement on a full BEV platform will start to surface around 2028 ahead of the planned banning of new model ICE in key EU markets circa 2030.

So if you don't like this model, you'll not have too long to wait for a new vehicle

Rather than mainstream, it's more redundant/obsolete.

According to JLR's own info graphic all models will be on a full BEV capable platform by 2025.

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This must surely put JLR's halo product right at the back of the queue and won't be good for residuals, especially for those waiting for a 130 not due until 2021.

Naks wrote:

a slightly zoomed out photo was emailed to some people, found this on the Disco3 forum

That is strange some were emailed this, however on closer inspection it does seem to be different to both bond and the paint booth.
The second opening is much bigger (almost same size as top badge opening if you took out middle) giving a tougher look. The bottom of the second opening is also rounder comparing with bond. There seems to be a plate over the lower area, with cam over it.
Bonnet opening for the first time seems to go straight back rather than around the checker plate seen at tusk.??
LR did say re paint booth, we try many options etc.
Maybe they expected bond to leak and tweaked it a little to troll us.

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blackrangie wrote:

Naks wrote:

a slightly zoomed out photo was emailed to some people, found this on the Disco3 forum

That is strange some were emailed this, however on closer inspection it does seem to be different to both bond and the paint booth.
The second opening is much bigger (almost same size as top badge opening if you took out middle) giving a tougher look. The bottom of the second opening is also rounder comparing with bond. There seems to be a plate over the lower area, with cam over it.
Bonnet opening for the first time seems to go straight back rather than around the checker plate seen at tusk.??
LR did say re paint booth, we try many options etc.
Maybe they expected bond to leak and tweaked it a little to troll us.

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