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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2527   
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Just spotted this interesting snippet in Farmers Weekly.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/4x4s/merce...Ue-cqwosRc Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
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30th May 2020 3:57pm |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4209 
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It was a cynical badge engineering job that customers saw through from a mile away. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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30th May 2020 5:10pm |
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| andydef90 Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: yorkshire Posts: 617 
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the roofer we use has one of these you can see its a Nissan makeover a nice machine but at extra cost
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1st Jun 2020 3:17pm |
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| lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1317 
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I did some more digging and discovered Merc made a few changes so it could cope with their largest engine. Disk brakes all round, changes to the suspension geometry/anti-roll bars and some extra chassis strengthening. But basically still a Nissan, albeit with a Merc dashboard and a few tweaks.
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1st Jun 2020 5:24pm |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2156
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Do they still snap the chassis in half or was that the earlier version??
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1st Jun 2020 6:08pm |
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| gcc130 Member Since: 05 Jun 2015 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 739 |
I think that might be the L200
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1st Jun 2020 6:15pm |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2156
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Thought it was the Nissans as it affected both the pick-ups and the Pathfinder SUV on the same chassis??
Just googled and looks like the slightly earlier version https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/adv...d-chassis/ |
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1st Jun 2020 6:41pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17387 
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It was the Navara D40 that used to break in half. The D22 before it was prone to catastrophic engine failures. I'm unaware of any similar bad habits with the Mitsubishi L200 trucks.
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1st Jun 2020 7:16pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763 
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Interesting how the most backwards piece of farm engineering (defender) has had disks all round for years... |
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1st Jun 2020 10:23pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1972
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A friend (in his 70s) down in Pembrokeshire has one of these. It has spent a great deal of time at the dealership with electrical gremlins - most often a complete failure to open / start / come to life. I only mention his age because he also has an electronic garage door on a blipper, poor eyesight and a raging temper. He spent some long time swearing at the Merc for not opening, without realising he was trying to open it with the garage door blipper.
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2nd Jun 2020 10:57am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Looks like someone still thinks there a market for them:
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge https://www.carscoops.com/2020/07/this-mer...ilderness/ |
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7th Jul 2020 5:55am |
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