Supacat wrote:

Not quite a tangent, but more of a thread drift, why aren't McLaren taking action against this chap?


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Grenadier wrote:

I think it's harsh to say it doesn't lack 'distinctiveness' as to most car fans or certainly fans of 4x4s it is absolutely distinct from a G-Wagen or Land Cruiser. I wonder how much interest either the team at the IPO or the judge have in cars. I'd suggest the more interest you have across the automtove world, the more distinct the shape would become. But I also wonder if the outcome would be different if JLR were still producing the pre-2016 Defender and INEOS was seen to be treading on their design toes. But by stopping production overnight and releasing an all new, and distinctly different model, and publicising it as the second coming, it's almost like a public announcement that you are discarding the old shape, which can't have done them any favours. Finally, they won't have been helped by the fact the modern cars, across model ranges and brands, are looking more and more amorphous. But if they don't win the appeal, it will be interesting to know if that will finally put to bed any talk of the new JLR leadership releasing a retro or classic Defender in the future giving buyers a choice of the 2020 or the 'old' look. Can't see that happening especially as they will be years behind the Grenadier and will have likely lost most of those buyers to INEOS.