Grenadier wrote:

despite its pedigree and despite its clear abilities. I cannot see anyone beyond the sort of person who might have otherwise considered a RR/RRS/RRV buying one. It'll be bought by young, wealthy Instagram urbanites, and perhaps owners of prestige shooting estates, ski chalets, yachts etc. And perhaps it'll be bought by some owners of Discos and RRs who have a pretence to being Bear Grylls.

You seem to have a very low opinion of people who drive other Land Rover models Grenadier  yet another pommie bar steward down under

MY20 110 P400 SE Defender
MY10 3.0 RR Sport

Naks wrote:

Although I'm starting to re-think its applicability to overlanding, as my RRS could the same in much more comfort & safety.

a number of my fellow RRS/D4 owners and I have done overland excursions across Australia such as the Kimberleys,
Cape York, etc, anything between a 6-10K round trip, and the D4's/RRS have done it with
ease, with little or no modifications, apart from maybe LLAMs lift kits, a decent set of off road tyres..

Like you, i think the old Defender is a classic and a great vehicle, but i am more comfortable and safer in my RRS when
we head out.. oh and we take a fridge so we can keep food fresh, no need to go into bear grylls mode and start hunting
the local wildlife for bush meat  yet another pommie bar steward down under

MY20 110 P400 SE Defender
MY10 3.0 RR Sport

Francisr wrote:

I am very interested to buy a new 90 or 110, however the Carbon Tax on these vehicles would be around £15K (€20k) in France, hence I will wait for a PHEV hybrid version. But I don't know when it will be available and wondering what will be the specs.
Thank you