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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735  
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The Demonstrator is for sale at Lookers in Bishop Stortford. I think it’s £53k it’s a D240 S
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15th Aug 2020 10:15am |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3395 
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They have a few advertised on the used car website with dates when they are ready for sale. |
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15th Aug 2020 11:00am |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526 
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That's a lot of good for us Sun readers
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15th Aug 2020 11:09am |
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| seriesonenut Member Since: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Essex Posts: 1211
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Im suddenly a bit overtaken by anticipation, like a child at Christmas
So far the confirmation is information light (date & time) I assume you need to take ID & Driving licence etc? I was going to take my 110 and leave at the dealers but the temptation is probably to great to not take a picture of them both on the drive. Looks like the fiesta will have to clutter the dealership!! 2010 XS USW 1957 Series One 88 diesel 1958 Series One 88 4x2 |
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15th Aug 2020 11:44am |
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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735
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They want your driving licence and your NI number! Sold the Puma Defender and bought a brand new Pangea Green 2020 Defender D240 S with a few factory extras!
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15th Aug 2020 11:50am |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3395
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All I was asked for was my driving licence.
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15th Aug 2020 12:30pm |
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| muddypaws Member Since: 22 Jan 2013 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 122  
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I must admit, I was expecting the 'hard sale' when I returned but was only greeted with 'do you like it? - let us know if we can do something for you'
- took me completely by surprise Richard Defender 90 SVX |
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15th Aug 2020 12:52pm |
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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2636 
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I heard it too this morning, does seem odd that it has taken this long for JLR to actually advertise the Defender. Most of the radio ads I have heard have been for the Discovery.... And as per someone else’s comment, JLR could easily target existing users , or search their own dealer databases for past and present owners. My wife has had numerous Land Rover products since the days of the three door Freelander 1. She never gets any communications from the dealer. Have JLR sales people had it good for so long that they have forgotten how to work for a sale......appears so |
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15th Aug 2020 5:14pm |
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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735
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Well while it looks that way, the sales figures for Jaguar Land Rover products definitely suggests otherwise.
I think the Sales managers, dealership managers and dealership groups are absolutely dreadful at marketing and utilising the cheapest and most reliable marketing method available to them - and that is their existing customers. Sold the Puma Defender and bought a brand new Pangea Green 2020 Defender D240 S with a few factory extras! |
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15th Aug 2020 7:20pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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Of course there has been one major hurdle for the dealers since the spring - there was no way during lockdown down and even until recently that they could have viewing evenings when the cars have finally made it to showrooms unlike other cars in the range. C-19 seems to have caused a block in dealership managers imagination. I know that they had a showroom launch evert back in January I think but that was with cars that were driven from dealership to dealership around the country.
There was no launch night party at dealers where invited customers where introduced to the final versions of the car and some lucky owners got to take delivery. 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! |
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15th Aug 2020 7:44pm |
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| BigCol66 Member Since: 16 Aug 2020 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 36
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Hi everyone new to this forum as a long time Disco owner . Currently running a 2016 Disco 4 Landmark.
Well yesterday myself and the other half took up the extended offer of a test drive. We were both very impressed it was a D240 SE with extras. Was impressed how quiet and smooth for a 4 cylinder. Would like to try a D5 though as I think the D5 would be better value car and be more powerful for towing. This was what we tried Click image to enlarge |
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16th Aug 2020 2:52pm |
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| BigCol66 Member Since: 16 Aug 2020 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 36
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Does look nice in silver
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16th Aug 2020 2:56pm |
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| Smilesapart Member Since: 28 Sep 2013 Location: Suffolk Posts: 735
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Welcome. Come back and tell us your thoughts and decision after you’ve tried the D5 won’t you? Sold the Puma Defender and bought a brand new Pangea Green 2020 Defender D240 S with a few factory extras!
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16th Aug 2020 3:49pm |
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| oop north Member Since: 23 Mar 2016 Location: Preston-ish Posts: 59
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I have been lurking here for a while - had a D3 in 2010 which was a disaster and got rid after 4 months, 2015 got a D4 which I had for 3.5 happy and reliable years, wife on second FL2. I have done an off-road session in a D5, and had a three hour drive in a defender 240. Ooh; should say I have a jaguar ipace (16 months and 14k miles in). I also had a full fat Range Rover vogue SE for 5 weeks 2500 miles when the iPace broke a part on back order. Drove the defender on A road, B road and dual carriageway. Much better to drive on B roads than the D4 was. 4 cylinders terrible getting onto roundabouts / out of junctions compared to my 3.0 litre D4 and the iPace (the full fat Range Rover (275 bhp version) felt Disappointing compared to the iPace. I may have been spoilt).
The defender was very comfortable and roomy and relaxing to drive. Having a rather excellent EV in the iPace though, 240 diesel four cylinder bhp definitely disappointing. I would maybe consider a 6-cyl or PHEV (hopefully the electric motor fills in from a standing start) but would really like 400 electric bhp please. The Land Rover salesman are really anti ev, and I think JLR is in danger of dying before they get round to electrifying their range - it does of course remain to be seen what happens in the wider market place (and I acknowledge that I may not be representative of that having had a bmw i3 at the same time as the D4, and following a few ev people on twitter and being in ev groups on Facebook) but it seems extraordinary that the defender at launch was less efficient (mpg, co2) than everything else in the JLR range. There won’t be a full ev Range Rover or Land Rover for another 7 or so years, but Volvo are a year or two off an ev xc90 I think, ditto bmw with x5 (or a lower, sleeker version of rhat). I have managed half a dozen 380 miles in a day trips in the iPace and the charging position is only getting better. And I have a (share in a) wind turbine so generate some of my own “fuel”. Oh, and the JLR PHEVs have far too poor an electric range to consider sticking through my business - so if I get a PHEV as a compromise (ipace a bit on the small side for me) it may be an x5 with 50-odd (gentle!) electric miles rather than 20 as in Range Rover attempt. I would love an EV defender - my wife and younger daughter both really like the new defender (and don’t care about emissions / mpg). Really not sure what I will get but 20 months to decide yet! |
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16th Aug 2020 6:44pm |
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