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Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Is the New Defender a new design?

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1998 Degree Show of the Coventry University Transport Design course ~ an uncanny likeness...

Nir Kahn (@Nir_Kahn) Tweeted:
I’ve been scanning old photos. Here are some of the final projects from the 1998 Degree Show of the Coventry University Transport Design course https://t.co/oCUhX6fXE4 https://twitter.com/Nir_Kahn/status/1311186894546403328?s=20

30th Sep 2020 6:55am

markb110

Member Since: 22 May 2010
Location: Guildford
Posts: 2636

I still find it mad that the B1 Stealth Bomber was on the drawing board in the 1970’s.

When I started school that decade we did not even have calculators....

30th Sep 2020 7:15am

Rashers

Member Since: 21 Jun 2015
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3498

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey

What was even funnier is that Airfix had a model of the the B1 before the US Airforce even admitted it existed

You are right, Supacat, an uncanny likeness but I bet most of us have come up with an idea at work which has been slated and dismissed as unworkable, then three months latter, it becomes a Management decision

30th Sep 2020 7:18am

discomog

Member Since: 09 May 2015
Location: Notts/Lincs Border
Posts: 2526

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

Yes and the silver car looks uncannily like the original Audi TT Defender 90XS SW
Mini Countryman Cooper S
Morgan Plus 8

30th Sep 2020 7:24am

Huttopia

Member Since: 23 Feb 2016
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1972

Or a 996 911...

30th Sep 2020 7:31am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

The orange one looks more like a shortened Toyota FJ Cruiser than a New Defender

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2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

30th Sep 2020 8:39am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17382

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

I wonder who the student or students responsible for the Defender mock up were?

30th Sep 2020 8:44am

jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 8027

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

part of my final year mech eng was suspension work and anti roll system working in corporation for LR. they paid £1 for the ideas..... Cheers

James
110 2012 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop

30th Sep 2020 10:00am

Ads90

Member Since: 16 Jun 2008
Location: Cots-on-the-Wolds
Posts: 809

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Keswick Green

Tim in Scotland wrote:
The orange one looks more like a shortened Toyota FJ Cruiser than a New Defender

Good spot - certainly the roofline cut-out & short rear door.

30th Sep 2020 10:18am

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

blackwolf wrote:
I wonder who the student or students responsible for the Defender mock up were?

Nir Kahn (@Nir_Kahn) Tweeted:

The 4-door Porsche and baby Landie are by @MilesNurnberger, now Aston Martin.
The Stratos is by Simon Grand, now Land Rover.
The extreme quad is by @grahamc25399004.
And the SEAT coupé is @MatteoGilles (ex-Ferrari) https://twitter.com/Nir_Kahn/status/1311193303283630081?s=20

30th Sep 2020 10:29am

J77

Member Since: 04 Nov 2019
Location: Fife
Posts: 3395

I’m with Tim more like the FJ Cruiser.

30th Sep 2020 10:51am

StructuralDefect

Member Since: 08 Aug 2020
Location: Middletown, Ohio
Posts: 44

The true inspiration: lol

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30th Sep 2020 4:13pm

ibexman

Member Since: 13 Dec 2008
Location: Essex
Posts: 2945

jst wrote:
part of my final year mech eng was suspension work and anti roll system working in corporation for LR. they paid £1 for the ideas.....

James you were robbed

30th Sep 2020 4:26pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

I think I've found a 130 you can buy now...

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1st Oct 2020 6:20am

lohr500

Member Since: 14 Sep 2014
Location: Skipton
Posts: 1316

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

Looks like the panel fit is as good as the real thing as well

1st Oct 2020 7:01am

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