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markb110

Member Since: 22 May 2010
Location: Guildford
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I was kind of hoping that someone might have joined in the humour and suggested that in the current age we are in that Gerry would get the marketing team rewriting LR history and declaring the Centre Steer as the first none binary / inclusive vehicle and that all new vehicles produced would follow suit....

8th Jul 2021 1:24pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17441

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I think it is more likely that the Great Gerry is in denial about the existence of the centre-steer due to verticality inadequacies and other stylistic shortcomings.

8th Jul 2021 2:07pm

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
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A central steering wheel seemed to work well for Maclaren a few years back, didn’t seem to hold back any F1 sales either……. 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!

8th Jul 2021 2:14pm

Philip

Member Since: 09 Mar 2018
Location: England
Posts: 510

Grenadier wrote:

The fact is, all the links alluded to above (fashion, marketing and consumer) are inextricably linked, but to say that a Vegan leather option is consumer led is just palpably wrong. It is clearly a fashion or image led decision by LR (I’m not going to pretend that the LR design department has any real interest in animal welfare in the truest sense) and not because Barry from Essex or Harriet from the Cotswolds demanded it.

But JLR don’t dictate the terms and they certainly don’t set the agendas - it’s neither Barry nor Harriet this appeals to, more like the Whole Foods yoga brigade on West Coast America. Businesses spend a lot of money identifying and forecasting and following trends, and that’s why they identified demand for car seats made from recycled vegan ocean waste etc, rather than trying to upsell to Giant Panda fur or dolphin foreskin.

8th Jul 2021 2:34pm

ickle

Member Since: 22 Jul 2010
Location: South Vendee
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I think the great Jezza Clarkson advocated trimming cars in Panda fur, his reasoning being that if there were enough public demand for it, the world would farm pandas and they'd no longer be endangered.

The new tailgate will be non binary, it will hinge on all 4 sides and the middle and doesn't want to be referred to as a tailgate as that name has gender and sexual overtones.

8th Jul 2021 2:43pm

Grenadier

Member Since: 23 Jul 2014
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Philip wrote:
Grenadier wrote:

The fact is, all the links alluded to above (fashion, marketing and consumer) are inextricably linked, but to say that a Vegan leather option is consumer led is just palpably wrong. It is clearly a fashion or image led decision by LR (I’m not going to pretend that the LR design department has any real interest in animal welfare in the truest sense) and not because Barry from Essex or Harriet from the Cotswolds demanded it.

But JLR don’t dictate the terms and they certainly don’t set the agendas - it’s neither Barry nor Harriet this appeals to, more like the Whole Foods yoga brigade on West Coast America. Businesses spend a lot of money identifying and forecasting and following trends, and that’s why they identified demand for car seats made from recycled vegan ocean waste etc, rather than trying to upsell to Giant Panda fur or dolphin foreskin.

Exactly, they’re forecasting based on a trend. They may not dictate the cultural and social terms and agendas, but they will identify the fads and target them, so they absolutely dictate the terms and decide what they want to put/not put into a car on our behalf. So more likely than not they’ve spotted a trend for vegan leather, NOT that consumers of LR products are demanding car seats made of Vegan leather. They are not one and the same thing. There are car brands with far, far better eco/welfare credentials than LR and they’ve not stuck vegan leather seats in despite having a captive audience. i.e. There’s no genuine demand for it from the consumer. The only one that has is Tesla, but why:

https://www.aglaw.us/janzenaglaw/2019/9/4/...ng-gimmick

And if LR (I won’t put the onus on you) think that’s going to make them appeal to a whole foods yoga fan from WC USA, then they’ve thrown their money away. Anyone could tell them for free that that consumer would never touch a SUV of any type, it’s anathema to them. Nobody who has genuine interest in a vegan lifestyle will be driving a heavy, polluting (even the EV version during production and export) SUV. Complete clash of culture.

So going full circle, LR have either done it in expectation of a fashion/trend or the betterment of their own image. Consumer has nothing to do with it. Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

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8th Jul 2021 3:07pm

Philip

Member Since: 09 Mar 2018
Location: England
Posts: 510

Think we might be agreeing, but you can’t spilt what’s currently fashionable from consumer demand, though - one drives the other. Also the lifestyle thing - nobody really buys into it fully, a hybrid SUV is plenty enough investment to show how very aware you are. (Tesla’s PETA line is a fortunate side-story to the fact that the awful vinyl in them is cheaper than leather).

8th Jul 2021 3:16pm

boxoftricks

Member Since: 06 Feb 2019
Location: Home Counties
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Tim in Scotland wrote:
A central steering wheel seemed to work well for Maclaren a few years back, didn’t seem to hold back any F1 sales either…….

makes perfect sense for an off-road vehicle as better visibility. I think you're onto something. Anyone happen to know a bored billionaire looking for a vanity project

8th Jul 2021 5:43pm

Muddybigdog

Member Since: 11 Apr 2014
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 1018

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

Vegan leather? What does the beef taste like? Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
Puma 90 XS - Sold
D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold)
Freelander 2 HSE - Sold
Freelander 1 - Sold
Disco 2 - Sold

8th Jul 2021 9:22pm

Rashers

Member Since: 21 Jun 2015
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3508

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey

Like chicken?

8th Jul 2021 9:25pm

Muddybigdog

Member Since: 11 Apr 2014
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 1018

Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
Puma 90 XS - Sold
D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold)
Freelander 2 HSE - Sold
Freelander 1 - Sold
Disco 2 - Sold

8th Jul 2021 9:26pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17441

Quorn?

8th Jul 2021 9:35pm

markb110

Member Since: 22 May 2010
Location: Guildford
Posts: 2643

Apparently a new paint colour, Metallic Biege will replace white and black as those will be dropped as not to offend anyone…..

9th Jul 2021 8:27am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
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Beige as a name wouldn’t work (a bit “age” defining), it would put off too many hipsters, they would have to call it something like Overcast Sunrise Smog or something along the lines of the Farrow and Ball paints colour chart names for tinted whites to appeal to fashionistas. 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!

9th Jul 2021 8:50am

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
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Huttopia wrote:
Philip wrote:
Sounds like you’re new to how fashion and marketing and consumer demand work. If there was no demand for it, they wouldn’t sell any.

What's with the tone?

He's still waiting for the internet posting version of this to be installed:

9th Jul 2021 5:31pm

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