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fisha

Member Since: 17 Mar 2012
Location: Vegas, Scotland
Posts: 33

The winter pictures and its bonnet vent

Bored, so was browsing about.

Looking at the winter pics of the defender mule thing again and I wondered about the wide vent across the bonnet. That is just about where the previous defender and I suppose series bonnet lips would be.

Then got me wondering , if that were the front lip edge of the bonnet and that there is a lot of botched grill work down the front / middle of the mule ( a classic hide the features move ), could the new model have a recessed grill face, as a throwback to the original series land rovers ?

It was commented that it would be unmistakably land rover looking ( to paraphrase )

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(Source: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-rover/de...e-pictures ) -------------------------------
I miss my V8's....

10th Mar 2018 8:45pm

apt100

Member Since: 05 Mar 2015
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 1547

2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Aintree Green

It would be ironic, in a good way, if the "Defender replacement" actually looked more like a Series than a Defender.
Imagine if it was almost a clone externally, but with everything modernised.
And then we woke up

10th Mar 2018 9:31pm

L90Andy

Member Since: 29 May 2014
Location: Stratford-Upon-Avon
Posts: 719

To answer the OP's question in one word - no.
The trend of vehicles front overhangs growing in recent years is to meet the ever increasingly stringent crash performance regulations, both occupant and pedestrian. By removing an area of compressible space before the engine and other hard points would make it very difficult to meet the regs.
That and packaging increasingly complex drivetrains means all the space is needed. Instagram: L90andy

My 1984 Ninety: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56071.html - SOLD!
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10th Mar 2018 9:52pm

nidge n

Member Since: 04 Feb 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 719

It knowing a great deal about these things but how did Mercedes-Benz achieve the update on the G wagon?

11th Mar 2018 7:26pm

L90Andy

Member Since: 29 May 2014
Location: Stratford-Upon-Avon
Posts: 719

Money! They were happy to invest, JLR weren't. Instagram: L90andy

My 1984 Ninety: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic56071.html - SOLD!
My 2015 Defender: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39625.html - SOLD!

11th Mar 2018 7:44pm

discomog

Member Since: 09 May 2015
Location: Notts/Lincs Border
Posts: 2531

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

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11th Mar 2018 8:29pm

RoddyK05

Member Since: 08 Apr 2015
Location: Inverclyde
Posts: 633

Unmistakably LandRover looking does not mean unmistakably Defender looking unfortunately.

11th Mar 2018 8:52pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

The basic structure of a G Wagon is very different to the Meccano set that is a Defender. It is more readily adaptable for modern safety measures such as air bags. Darren

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11th Mar 2018 9:33pm

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