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blackwolf wrote:
I've just seen my first one in the flesh, driving out of Tesco Blandford car park as I was driving in. I was staring at this black and silver thing, thinking how much it looked like something out of a paint-by-numbers book, for some time before it dawned on me what it was. Apart from the gauche paint job, I was struck by how incredibly unremarkable and un-noticeable it is. It really doesn't stand out from the crowd, unlike the old one. I'm sure it's nice inside, but my goodness it's bland from the outside.

Very disappointing in my opinion.


Luckily its not expensive and priced to sell Rolling with laughter
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I wonder, with the current distressing climate, how many will now cancel their order for this [or any other new car]. Or, indeed, if JLR will have to delay public launch and sales [due to supply issues].

I understand that the Dealer/Staff Events at Eastnor have been forced to cease prematurely.
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"Jaguar Land Rover says Slovak plant still operating"

"Jaguar Land Rover said its plant in Nitra, Slovakia, continues to operate normally despite the country's lockdown and Volkswagen's suspension of production at its plant in the country's capital of Bratislava.

"Our plants are fully operational," a JLR spokeswoman told Automotive News Europe. "We continue to monitor the situation closely and follow the guidance of all relevant authorities," she said.

JLR's Slovakian plant is ramping up production of the new Defender as sales of the SUV begin globally. The plant also builds the Discovery large SUV. The facility opened in 2018.

The Defender replaces the original Land Rover off-roader and is a key model for JLR as it attempts to return to profitability after sales dropped in China during 2018.

The Nitra region has five reported cases of coronavirus, with three in the town itself, local news website SME Nitra has reported.

Slovakia has 61 confirmed coronavirus cases, up 17 from a day earlier. The country has reported no deaths.

The country has declared a state of emergency and has shut borders to those without permanent residency in the country. The country has exempted those who live outside the country but live within 30km of the border and have temporary residency.

VW shut its Bratislava plant following a potential coronavirus case at the plant, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrinim said on Sunday."

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/jag...-operating

It's been over 6 months since the launch. 6 months of on target production be 50,000 vehicles. Allowing a factor for it being the start of production of a new vehicle, as a wild guess then that should be more than 25,000 vehicles actually produced. Who knows how many more?

The real problem might be with customers picking up vehicles ~ "Dealerships shut doors across Europe" https://www.autonews.com/retail/dealership...oss-europe

China vehicle sales were down 80% in February, March registrations in Italy could be down by 85 percent.
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I was due to collect a new BMW 1250GS on the weekend. Cancelled order and got my money back to retain liquid cash.

Sure many others will do the same 1951 80" S1 2.0
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Supacat



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It's interesting to see where Americans put their money in times such as these:

US sales of guns and ammunition soar amid coronavirus panic buying



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar...nic-buying
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AMBxx



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First you buy toilet paper. Then you buy a gun to protect the toilet paper.
There's a certain logic.
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So basically in America if you cough you get shot.
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yes and If they miss thats when the toilet paper comes in handy
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myonehere wrote:
I wonder, with the current distressing climate, how many will now cancel their order for this [or any other new car]. Or, indeed, if JLR will have to delay public launch and sales [due to supply issues].

I understand that the Dealer/Staff Events at Eastnor have been forced to cease prematurely.


Here's another spin on trying to keep demand ticking over:

"Reuters reports that Chinese manufacturer Geely has opened up a system where customers can order and buy cars through its website and have the car delivered to their driveway.

What’s more, according to Geely, potential customers can spec their cars via an online configurator, while test drives can be arranged through a local dealer, with the route starting from home addresses.

Other manufacturers are moving to this stay-at-home process as Chinese authorities increase warnings to stay away from public places."
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/industry-news/coronavirus/
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JLR to suspend production at their Nitra site from Friday

https://www.reuters.com/article/jaguar-lan...SL4N2BB2HL
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Nissan, VW, Peugeot, etc. have all stopped or are intending to stop production this week so no real suprise.......
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blackwolf wrote:
I've just seen my first one in the flesh, driving out of Tesco Blandford car park as I was driving in. I was staring at this black and silver thing, thinking how much it looked like something out of a paint-by-numbers book, for some time before it dawned on me what it was. Apart from the gauche paint job, I was struck by how incredibly unremarkable and un-noticeable it is. It really doesn't stand out from the crowd, unlike the old one. I'm sure it's nice inside, but my goodness it's bland from the outside.

Very disappointing in my opinion.


Amazingly I followed another one on the A31 for a couple of miles as I came home this evening, this time a "110" painted all one colour, which looked better, a lot better, than the "90". Definitely a "Marmite" vehicle though.

From behind the spare wheel looked disproportionately small, but apart from that it looked ok, the lights were less odd when illuminated than I expected. It still doesn't stand out in a crowd like the old one though, and it's definitely not a proper Defender!
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Tell the truth ~ you're stalking them now!
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J77 wrote:
JLR to suspend production at their Nitra site from Friday

https://www.reuters.com/article/jaguar-lan...SL4N2BB2HL


assume my July-August delivery will now blow out to be a MY21 build and delivery sometime within the next 12 months Laughing yet another pommie bar steward down under

MY20 110 P400 SE Defender
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Some are making there way to dealers


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