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| Vintagepaul Member Since: 20 Jan 2015 Location: Rye, East Sussex Posts: 482  
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Disappointing news for the Midlands, had hoped production would stay in the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48103070 2015 Defender 90XS HT |
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30th Apr 2019 3:31pm |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
old news
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30th Apr 2019 3:59pm |
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| Vintagepaul Member Since: 20 Jan 2015 Location: Rye, East Sussex Posts: 482
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It had been rumoured for a while but today bought actual confirmation from JLR themselves. 2015 Defender 90XS HT |
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30th Apr 2019 4:18pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20348 
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From what I've seen on a lot of the comments it hasn't gone down well at all.
There is also a lot of rumour of astronomical prices. It's a fashionista icon, for me? N.O. Certainly not. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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30th Apr 2019 4:33pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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May help the quality to improve. Nothing wrong with Slovakia labour hungry for a decently paid job.
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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1st May 2019 7:24am |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629 
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Well if it’s anything like the build quality of the Czech built Škoda it will be a big improvement.
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1st May 2019 9:03am |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526 
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Don't knock the Slovakian motor industry, they built over 1,000,000 cars last year for the likes of Volkswagen, Peugeot/Citroen and Kia.
Perhaps like Kia the new Defender will come with 7 year warranty, (sorry, that's me just dreaming  ) Defender 90XS SW
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1st May 2019 9:34am |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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+1 for that. I had a skoda pick up, bought new, kept it for 12 years. No issues with it whatsoever. Just normal service items. 👍 |
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1st May 2019 9:41am |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
No point building the same body and chassis ,doors and so on in different country just because it has different name badge on bonnet and as LRJ has been payed 211.0000 euro as sweetener to build disco in the same place last year and parts from Poland |
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1st May 2019 11:44am |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 445 
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It thought Hungry was next to Slovakia?  |
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1st May 2019 6:08pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298  
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yes. I'm off to get a pizza.
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1st May 2019 7:57pm |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629
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After thinking about it I may have to qualify the above statement. If the underlying design is poor then no matter how well they build them there will still be failures, so if the design has been carried out in the U.K. which I think it has then we may just have premature failures of systems cropping up again, for example the gearbox issues with the Puma. I really hope I’m wrong as I would like the new Defender to be a success. |
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3rd May 2019 7:13am |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4209 
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Unfortunately, in my view, the reliability of the product has less to do with the geographical location of the factory and more to do with the attitude and culture of the company towards its customers. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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3rd May 2019 7:55am |
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| Swine&Small Member Since: 20 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 1223
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^^^^
it will be rubbish again then  1983 Series 3 Pick up in Marine Blue
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3rd May 2019 8:17am |
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