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Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

SVR Defender on the way

Lordy they cannot get the “cooking” versions launched and today’s Auto-Express is announcing the >£100,000 SVR version with a 4.4 twin turbo BMW engine and performance to mash the AMG G-Wagen into the ground. Surely getting decent sized engines and PHEV/BEV versions onto the forecourts is a higher priority than this. The no-arrival SVX Discovery was an embarrassment, for the half-dozen or so SVR versions that might sell a year this could also end up in tears at Gaydon, although they could be the only British assembled version if you take the SVO build route instead of a “plain” SVR. Also the guys with crystal balks at Auto-Express claim it will only be available as a 110 as too expensive to “reengineer the 90 “ and build two SVR versions...........
I’m sure a >£100,000 Defende will go down well with the Premier League footballers and the residents of Kensington and Chelsea Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

23rd Oct 2019 12:52pm

Naks

Member Since: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Stellenbosch, ZA
Posts: 2651

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alpine White

Could it be this one?

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2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged

Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9
Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO
Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ

23rd Oct 2019 1:56pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Just looking at the RRS SVRs ~ depreciation can be as high as £20k per annum for each of the 1st 4 years. Truly eye-watering.

23rd Oct 2019 2:44pm

Tommo

Member Since: 19 Dec 2013
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 830

2006 Defender 90 Td5 Black LE Java Black

Best buy one when its 4 years old then

23rd Oct 2019 2:55pm

RobKeay

Member Since: 19 Jul 2009
Location: Stafford
Posts: 1588

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey

I’d buy one with 80k off at four years old. Be lucky to find one for less than 55k.

23rd Oct 2019 3:03pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

Even a medium spec RRS will depreciate at £12,000 pa........... having owned three of them from new I have felt the numbness of my wallet come time to change, and it seems my present Countryman PHEV is also a hefty depreciator too

Maybe I should become a boring old fart now I’m passed bus pass age and buy a Honda Jazz next time instead of a new Defender. My sister runs a 1.4i Jazz, dirt cheap to run, never breaks down and sips petrol at an average in excess of 60mpg. Makes my PHEV look seriously alcoholic even though I run it in purely electric mode for 80% of my drives. In ICE only mode I’m lucky to see better than 35mpg from its little 1.5l 3 cylinder turbo petrol lump Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

23rd Oct 2019 3:19pm

Swine&Small

Member Since: 20 Mar 2017
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 1223

Enough of the "boring old fart". I am still running the Honda Jazz that I bought 14 years ago. It has never let me down and sips fuel, the first set of tyres I changed at 55,000 miles, still on original battery and exhaust. Easy to park and cheap to tax and insure. AND!!! nobody wants to nick it !!!

1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue
1967 Morris Traveller
1966 Morris Convertible
2012 VW T5 Camper
Quod Abundat Non Obstat.

23rd Oct 2019 4:00pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

My 1996 90 is almost as good as that (first new battery 2018, never broken down even after I ran it almost 100 miles with no oil in the transfer case........ but it had a galvy chassis in 2011 and a new transfer box in 2015

only on its 2nd set of tyres (BFG AT’s ran to 76000 miles and still had plenty of tread but not enough for having fun offroad) and I still have the original Freestyle wheels with new AT’s on them but have run it on MT’s on Zu lightweight alloys now and for the last 20000 miles.
It has been much more reliable than any more of my modern Range Rovers! Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

23rd Oct 2019 4:23pm

Pickles

Member Since: 26 May 2013
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3787

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Keswick Green

Sounds pretty good to me, but I still believe that for me, the ultimate Defender would be the "70th Anniversary V8 Works Edition",...hard to toss that one I reckon,...I believe they were all pre sold.
Pickles.

23rd Oct 2019 8:58pm

defender9

Member Since: 12 Mar 2016
Location: Fylde Coast
Posts: 1629

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green

If Premier League Footballers buy them that’s a good enough reason not to buy one

24th Oct 2019 9:10am

Grenadier

Member Since: 23 Jul 2014
Location: The foot of Mont Blanc...
Posts: 5878

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Corris Grey

Re: SVR Defender on the way

Tim in Scotland wrote:
Surely getting decent sized engines and PHEV/BEV versions onto the forecourts is a higher priority than this.

I have no doubt that this was high on the priority list, if not actually the plan, all along. A self-confessed premium brand wanted a ‘premium’ Defender.

Monsieur Le Grenadier

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

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

24th Oct 2019 12:39pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

Re: SVR Defender on the way

Tim in Scotland wrote:
The no-arrival SVX Discovery was an embarrassment

Range Rover SV Coupé also. Lack of cash biting all sorts of projects.

Tim in Scotland wrote:
Surely getting decent sized engines and PHEV/BEV versions onto the forecourts is a higher priority than this.

I think the decision to not have a BEV variant has been all but announced officially.

24th Oct 2019 1:59pm

King Luis

Member Since: 23 Oct 2019
Location: Toronto
Posts: 42

i think it looks awesome and if priced right, would sell like hot cakes.

Quote:
The BMW V8 is due to be rolled out across the JLR product portfolio, and will also appear in the Jaguar F-Type, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models. Although the twin-turbo engine produces up to 616bhp in BMW’s own X5 M SUV and M8 coupé, the same engine would be expected to produce around 500bhp in the Defender SVR, in order to keep it competitive against the Mercedes-AMG G 63. Like other Defender models it will be four-wheel drive and use an eight-speed automatic gearbox as standard.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-rover/d...ith-500bhp

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24th Oct 2019 6:45pm

Oldyellar

Member Since: 04 Sep 2015
Location: Central
Posts: 403

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Corris Grey

The old ford engine is being replaced, so does that mean the svr rrs had the 5.0 coyote? Out of the mustang?

27th Oct 2019 9:13am

NoDo$h

Member Since: 18 Aug 2007
Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset
Posts: 972

No, RRS had the JLR AJ-V8. Same engine from the XK-R and F-Type R

54 Freelander modded for mud
2008 D3 SE
2010 90 XS SW
1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner
2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone
2006 D3 SE - gone
2004 Freelander Sport - gay
1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits

27th Oct 2019 11:08am

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