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| BuckBlu110 Member Since: 19 Apr 2014 Location: in the pub Posts: 714   
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Looks very similar to the disco in this link: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/lan...e-to-come/
Maybe a new discovery model or old photo? |
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22nd Nov 2017 5:41pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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That looks like a heavily disguised D5, possibly sporting the much rumoured revised tailgate. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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22nd Nov 2017 5:43pm |
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| NMBRPL8 Member Since: 07 Jul 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 147 
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23rd Nov 2017 10:23am |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758
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Its just a top hat mule, running gear could be anything - forget the bodywork
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23rd Nov 2017 11:26am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769  
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The story says on test ahead of the 2016 motor show so it's a very old story and pic of the now released disco 5. It would have looked a bit better if they'd stuck with that tailgate set up. Ray My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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23rd Nov 2017 12:17pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Ah, didn't spot that. Perhaps they'll just surprise everybody with the new tailgate
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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23rd Nov 2017 12:22pm |
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| What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 952
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Land Rover have moved...upmarket. They'll never sell a small 4x4 again. The new Defender is going to be £35,000 minimum, I firmly believe that now, possibly a lot more. As I've said before; if Suzuki can make a profit on the great little Jimny 4x4 that costs just £14,000 why can't Land Rover? Sadly, I won't be buying a JLR product anymore, either. If they were ultra reliable, like Skodas and anything Japanese, then I might be tempted. But seeing as they are never going to be that type of company, and just want to keep making bigger and bigger cars, and more expensive ones, then they've lost me. I've had a RR and three Defenders. Sadly, that's it. Now left.
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23rd Nov 2017 12:58pm |
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| NMBRPL8 Member Since: 07 Jul 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 147
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1st Dec 2017 6:54am |
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| rockster57 Member Since: 15 Nov 2014 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 937 
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And extracted from that....
“To me a retrospective approach proves a lack of creativity," said McGovern. The new Mini, new Beetle and new Fiat 500’s being spectacular examples of retrospective iconic sales flops eh!  |
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1st Dec 2017 7:48am |
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| Freypal Member Since: 23 Sep 2013 Location: Shropshire Posts: 271 
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This just shows it's ego driven. It's all about how he perceives a design rather than what people actually want. As above the evolutionary mini, fiat, 911, beetle etc do rather well relying on design cues from the past.
From what I gather the radically different D5 isn't doing too well compared with the evolutionary D4 as evidenced by them already talking of re designing the hideous back end. |
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1st Dec 2017 7:52am |
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| What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 952
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rockster57: Great point
 Now left. |
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1st Dec 2017 8:02am |
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| BCdefender Member Since: 26 Oct 2015 Location: Nanaimo Posts: 211  
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I just read this today as well. Looks the DC100 fans will be happy. 1999 Defender 110 2003 P38 2007 RR SC "And that's why it needs to be celebrated, because when the Defender goes we'll have lost this pointer to where we came from, and we're really going to miss it." My build thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic47750.html |
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2nd Dec 2017 3:24am |
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| adolfy Member Since: 01 Dec 2016 Location: Mid Wales Posts: 58 
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As I was out walking the dogs, I was thinking about Mr Govan's comments in the article above and I am sure that he is confused or in denial. The original Land Rover was creative, as was the original Range Rover and the Discovery but creative isn't a word that I would use to describe Land Rovers current range.
Boring, mediocre, bland, soulless, unimaginative, ugly, depressing, these are all words that one could use to describe today's crop of designs. The Land Rover legend was born with the Series 1 and is kept alive by enthusiasts, as there's little to get enthusiastic about in the current range I wonder about the future. Jon Last edited by adolfy on 2nd Dec 2017 1:49pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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2nd Dec 2017 1:24pm |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2947
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Whatever it is we won't be seeing any in uk on the road till 2019
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2nd Dec 2017 1:34pm |
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