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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4658  
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Do Mercedes not make a profit on the Unimog? That is a 100% utility vehicle that sells less than the Defender. I see no reason why Land Rover do not develop the Defender as a 100% utility and avoid all this current bureaucratic safety crap. Let them release this other thing and call it what they like.
In this day and age, image and advertising seem to be the be all and end all. I am sure Land Rover spend a lot keeping the Land Rover brand out there and in peoples subconscious. Surely a top notch Defender would be an ideal advertising tool encompassing all that is desirable in a car, i.e strength, ruggedness, versatility and great in winter. People like to aspire to these things but few-apart from us- actually go down that route. Most people buy a car that points them in that direction and makes them feel like they have the "real thing". Let the design team work out how the existing Defender can be modified, as little as possible to meet whatever briefs are necessary. If the passenger car market is too restrictive, take the Defender out of it. I like the Puma and think it is a wonderful car to drive. Maybe if they went down the road I am suggesting it would no longer be suitable as a family car but it's integrity would be intact. It would be a wonderful advertising tool for Land Rover and it would help them sell more of the stuff that the masses want. Widen it a little to get airbags in. Give it a an internal roll cage discretely built in to the interior for roll over integrity and entrance to the U.S market. As for the frontal modifications,just enough tinkering to get it legal. The Unimog is a very capable vehicle but it does not make for a good family car. Somewhere between the Unimog and the current Defender lies the answer. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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31st Aug 2011 8:46pm |
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| tatra805 Member Since: 16 Aug 2011 Location: Dolany Posts: 436  
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just found these first variants by the guys from kilometer.
 Click image to enlarge more here: http://www.kilometermagazine.com/cgi-bin/p...1;i=0;pg=1 its all  and  to me Pajero nose, mini roof, yeti windows and C3 pillar and wheels
i really really hope they are playing us and come up with something closer to this in Frankfurt |
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31st Aug 2011 9:29pm |
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| ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1782  
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I'm sad to say but the 5 door looks kinda nice - do something with the front end, some easily replaceable plastic sills & arches............Not a third world fix it with a coat hanger workhorse maybe, but surely current Defender will be built in India for those who still want / need one?
Keith |
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31st Aug 2011 9:41pm |
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| MrFlips Member Since: 27 May 2009 Location: Cardiff Posts: 682  
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I like how the long wheelbase does its own thing with shadows - its shaddow starts in the same place as the swb, yet the shadow from the door mirrors is further back. I think it's a case of stretchy-stretchy on photoshop. Peter
2008 SWB Truck Cab 1952 80" Soft top |
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31st Aug 2011 9:42pm |
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| CFB Member Since: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Posts: 803 
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I must be in the minority but I think it's bloomin fantastic!
No one else really produces a decent off roader still apart from LR so this can only be a success. Time to move on and embrace something new me thinks  Andy |
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31st Aug 2011 9:43pm |
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| Setok Member Since: 16 Jan 2009 Location: Helsinki Posts: 422 
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Yes please! This one even has vents under the windscreen
As for the front, pedestrian safety requires some roundness there, but you could slope it like the Wrangler, giving the illusion of straightness, and have forward facing lamps behind the slanted lamp covers. Fixing the front would go a long way to improving this concept. As well as reintroducing the vents (imagine how much Landy fanatics would be willing to forgive if we got those back!). Oh and I hate the tyres and the stupid plastic edge protection that all 4x4s seem to want to have these days. How useless is that in even the mildest of terrain? I want to see something that wouldn't look totally dumb parading with the MOD in Afghanistan. |
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31st Aug 2011 9:46pm |
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| Setok Member Since: 16 Jan 2009 Location: Helsinki Posts: 422
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Oh, another definition of a good Landy:
it will take me no more than 5 minutes to replace any light bulb. |
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31st Aug 2011 9:49pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5035 
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that happens Mike |
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31st Aug 2011 10:18pm |
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| kingofthesparks Member Since: 06 Jan 2011 Location: Very close to Watford gap services , northants Posts: 987 
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seems like they invited the wrong people, well at least they had a day out of the asylum
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31st Aug 2011 10:30pm |
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| Higgers Member Since: 08 Apr 2009 Location: Cheshire Posts: 668 
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If it looks a bit more like this I would be happy.
Apologies for the crappy small picture. |
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1st Sep 2011 4:04am |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2945
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I like it square off the front a tad ,not some thing to be taken apart and fiddled with like older defenders ,maybe thats why some are not keen ???
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1st Sep 2011 7:59am |
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| Landie Boy Member Since: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Essex Posts: 431 
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I got bored, changed the wheels, gave it a lift and reduced the front of it.
Click image to enlarge Jack |
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1st Sep 2011 8:39am |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2945
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[quote="Landie Boy"]I got bored, changed the wheels, gave it a lift and reduced the front of it.
Click image to enlarge TATS BETTER |
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1st Sep 2011 9:00am |
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| robpenrose Member Since: 15 Jan 2011 Location: Hampshire or Cornwall Posts: 338
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Looks like a Bummer (Sorry i meant Hummer).
Looks like i may be moving away from LR when i need to change my Td5. Current:D4 HSE Gone: BMW Z4MC Gone: Defender TD5 90 CSW Previous: Discovery TD5 ES (Gone) |
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