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grzesiul



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Landy andy wasnt it your 110 in front of sainsburys another day ...
Post #86712 30th Aug 2011 9:36pm
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DG



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kingofthesparks wrote:
Haldex 4wd maybe ? like the yeti
Instead of permanent mechanical 4wd


Oi ...didn't I just answer you over there Question Laughing

T5 D3\4 platform with TR ..likely to be much lighter though Wink Interloper from disco3
Post #86713 30th Aug 2011 9:38pm
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kingofthesparks



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DG wrote:
kingofthesparks wrote:
Haldex 4wd maybe ? like the yeti
Instead of permanent mechanical 4wd


Oi ...didn't I just answer you over there Question Laughing

T5 D3\4 platform with TR ..likely to be much lighter though Wink


the joys of d3 and defender ownership. Thumbs Up
Post #86715 30th Aug 2011 9:48pm
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Landy nut



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If that ever makes it to production and when I change my car, I promise I will leave the LR brand forever. I would honestly rather buy a Jeep Wrangler. That vehicle in the image is a complete abomination to the brand and history and I personally find it offensive that the company would be so reckless and disregard any opinion and brand loyalty from the people that held LR afloat during the recession. I know of many dealers who said that sales of the Defender (both new and second hand) held them afloat during the recession whilst sales of Range Rovers and Discoveries dried up.

To produce a vehicle which purely by looking at it will barely meet the needs of most stalwart Defender owners is a sure way to create a failure. Those ridiculous wheels and low profile tyres, the complete lack of approach angle and I wonder how long it will take to rip the front bumper and ugly plastic silver painted front valence off when you follow a REAL Defender through some heavy ruts????

Can you imagine how few accessories will be available and what use they will be? How will anyone fit a 2" lift and decent articulation? How will it cope with 35" tyres?

I was going to be selling my little 06 green immaculate 90 pick up but it looks like it might be going up in value quite quickly in the near future Very Happy Very Happy

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Post #86716 30th Aug 2011 9:49pm
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KPNuts



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kingofthesparks wrote:
Haldex 4wd maybe ? like the yeti
and Freelander 2 and RR Evoque (and my daily drive Tiguan escape) 2010 110 Utility Station Wagon
1996 110 Station Wagon
Post #86717 30th Aug 2011 9:49pm
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markb110



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I thought that they were working on 'Project Icon' nobody mentioned Project Noddy Car Laughing

Land Rover needs to get the new Defender into America to make money and take on the F150 and Toyota Hilux - that version looks better suited to the Indian market to take on the Mahindra.

Dont do it chaps you have got the other models so right dont feck this one up.

Mark
Post #86720 30th Aug 2011 9:57pm
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DG



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This is the first live prototype ..they have a few years to work on all of your collective misgivings ..I'm sure it will be the mutts nuts. Thumbs Up Interloper from disco3
Post #86721 30th Aug 2011 9:59pm
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T1G UP



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KPNuts wrote:
kingofthesparks wrote:
Haldex 4wd maybe ? like the yeti
and Freelander 2 and RR Evoque (and my daily drive Tiguan escape)


theres nothing wrong with a haldex system especially with the gen 2 stuff that you can buy a controller for.

its the styling....or lack of

Still defenders will only go up in value Thumbs Up
Post #86722 30th Aug 2011 9:59pm
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DG



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It's not going to be Haldex Thumbs Up Interloper from disco3
Post #86723 30th Aug 2011 10:00pm
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funrover



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Call me sick, but I actually quite like it Very Happy Editor of FunRover - One blog. Read it!
Land Rover rebuild video series here:
Post #86724 30th Aug 2011 10:08pm
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markb110



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This is the competition

http://www.ford.com/f150raptor/

Mark
Post #86725 30th Aug 2011 10:09pm
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kingofthesparks



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funrover wrote:
Call me sick, but I actually quite like it Very Happy


Sick Rolling with laughter
Post #86726 30th Aug 2011 10:11pm
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T1G UP



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markb110 wrote:
This is the competition

http://www.ford.com/f150raptor/

Mark


like it!
Post #86727 30th Aug 2011 10:12pm
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Landie Boy



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side view,


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Post #86731 30th Aug 2011 11:05pm
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Eduardo



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Well,

Someone can said that this is a nice car and I could be agree (If they change several things in the model starting by the wheels)...

But I don't think that this model can serve as a workinghorse like the current Defender. I don't see it loading piles of trees inside or a large group to the Patagonia, towing a trailer with garbage out of the farm or be washed inside using the garden hose.

A nice try, more similar to the Toyota than the Wrangler approach and not useful at least for me.
Several iconic things has been lost (neat straight lines, the alpine window, etc)

I hope that they can solve it before going in production. If not I can keep mine for a long time.

Cheers Eduardo

MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64'
MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"

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