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anhidrit



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Template set for new Land Rover Defender..
Post #350696 10th Aug 2014 5:37am
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RobKeay



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Good spot.

Wonder if we will see pictures soon?
Post #350721 10th Aug 2014 8:39am
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Pickles



Member Since: 26 May 2013
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JLR are doing a mighty job of secrecy with the "new" Defender.
A bit of talk going on (not much from JLR mind you), but pretty much all speculation,...I don't think anyone outside of JLR has a clue.
I suppose the main question for me would be "When" will we "have a clue"?
Pickles.
Post #350913 11th Aug 2014 12:18am
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me@td5.org



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I'd say the autocar article is a couple of days premature. www.td5.org
Post #350917 11th Aug 2014 6:12am
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Happyoldgit



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"Believed to be", "industry watchers" ....the usual all wind and no substance. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades.
Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW.

[Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc]

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Post #350925 11th Aug 2014 7:01am
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Setok



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"Within the company, the DC100 is now viewed as “a little too generic”, and the production model’s design is understood to retain the simplicity but be more adventurous."

One of the more promising statements I have heard about the Defender replacement. Too generic is pretty spot on. 'Retaining simplicity' is, OTOH, exactly what a Defender should be about.
Post #351096 11th Aug 2014 8:15pm
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deplec



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The article reads like any number of iPhone 8 (or whatever we're on now...) bits of lazy journalism where they list potential, rumoured features and present them as confirmed design decisions.

Here we have old bits of news cobbled together as a new story. The tantalising headline generates interest and takes you to a page with adverts on it...which is why they wrote it in the 1st place...there is no new news, so they make stuff up to generate site traffic.

They may as well title the article "New Defender Axed". It would be based on as much fact, and would generate more traffic.
Post #351112 11th Aug 2014 8:42pm
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Muddybigdog



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A friend of friend reckons it's to be a stripped down and back to basics Disco 4 lookalike and size with historical Defender bits, but gut feeling it's hearsay, just like Elvis still walking???

where is the development being done I thought I read in the US, surely must be some spy shots out soon, with the launch next year. 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
Post #351124 11th Aug 2014 9:12pm
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Pickles



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"Launch Next Year"?...Who said that,...because I don't think so?
Pickles.
Post #351133 11th Aug 2014 9:51pm
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Muddybigdog



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Autoexpress quoted 2015, but that was when the DC100 prototype was doing the rounds

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-rover/de...r-revealed 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
Post #351160 12th Aug 2014 6:29am
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Happyoldgit



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My sentiments exactly deplec Thumbs Up Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades.
Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW.

[Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc]

http://forums.lr4x4.com

I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic.
Post #351219 12th Aug 2014 1:06pm
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Simon27



Member Since: 30 Oct 2012
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deplec wrote:
The tantalising headline generates interest and takes you to a page with adverts on it...


When I viewed the page I got an ad for the current Defender!


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Post #351471 13th Aug 2014 8:24pm
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Brucemknx



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deplec wrote:
The article reads like any number of iPhone 8 (or whatever we're on now...) bits of lazy journalism where they list potential, rumoured features and present them as confirmed design decisions.

Here we have old bits of news cobbled together as a new story. The tantalising headline generates interest and takes you to a page with adverts on it...which is why they wrote it in the 1st place...there is no new news, so they make stuff up to generate site traffic.

They may as well title the article "New Defender Axed". It would be based on as much fact, and would generate more traffic.


Apparently there is a new expression for websites like this - called "Clickbait".

I guess the word Clickbait will enter our vocabulary before long. Designed with the sole intention of drawing traffic and generating comments and arguments - and with every comment you add, the writer makes more money from the ads on the page.

Interesting article here: http://www.l2sfbc.com/rmp/blog/oh-god-not-more-4WD-clickbait
Post #353341 23rd Aug 2014 11:57pm
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