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Silb Member Since: 24 Apr 2024 Location: Hamburg Posts: 9 |
Using the "Defender" letters on the tailgate as reference is an excellent dea!. Thanks! |
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2nd Jun 2024 1:46pm |
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Emp Member Since: 15 May 2024 Location: NRW Posts: 20 |
Has an MY25 already been delivered? I would be very interested to know how many small changes there are. Fortunately, the badge is easy to fix.
I'll have to wait until the end of September. |
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21st Jul 2024 7:34am |
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LawyerFarmer Member Since: 08 May 2024 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 11 |
My MY25 arrives at the dealership mid-August. I’m not expecting anything not covered in their media release.
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26th Jul 2024 10:41pm |
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Defender trek Member Since: 23 Nov 2021 Location: mountains Posts: 10 |
My dealer has updated my order;
• 18/05/2024 – Paid the deposit (delivery at the time 3-6months) • 25/07/2024 – Build slot in the factory • 01/10/2024 – Delivery (possibly late September) |
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2nd Aug 2024 7:34am |
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LawyerFarmer Member Since: 08 May 2024 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 11 |
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge My MY25 arrived at the dealership compound yesterday; needs mud flaps, wheel arch protectors and side steps fitting and hopefully I shall be collecting next weekend. |
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2nd Aug 2024 8:58am |
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jsinclair Member Since: 11 Aug 2020 Location: Brisbane Posts: 46 |
I quite like the look of the badge deleted on the signature graphic
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5th Aug 2024 4:29am |
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Trafask2024 Member Since: 21 Aug 2024 Location: London Posts: 15 |
Ordered a MY25 D350 earlier this week and only now seeing they have deleted side and rear ‘Land Rover’ badging - really disappointed as I quite liked them on older models! Does anyone have recommendations on stockists for replacement badges and whether I need a specialist to attach them? Are they magnetic?
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22nd Aug 2024 12:30pm |
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J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3404 |
They ditched the rear badge on 24MY I just used a decal in its place. It’s all to do with their House of Brands marketing BS, it’s no longer Land Rover
I got this one made Click image to enlarge 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue |
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22nd Aug 2024 3:55pm |
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ruben Member Since: 04 Feb 2021 Location: ASTURIAS Posts: 204 |
What nonsense does LR do from time to time! Even though it is JLR nowadays, how can they refuse to put such a genuine, recognizable, envied and historical badge as the Land Rover one? To me it seems like an absolute outrage… By the way, yours is very pretty J77
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22nd Aug 2024 4:57pm |
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Philm Member Since: 19 Jun 2020 Location: Manchester Posts: 171 |
I have MY24, the rear badge missing, but I have them in the signature panels
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22nd Aug 2024 5:10pm |
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Silb Member Since: 24 Apr 2024 Location: Hamburg Posts: 9 |
I also have a MY24 without the rear badge. The partnummer is LR062123. However it is tricky to fit, because there is no template and there is nowhere in the LR manuals any measurements where to fit it. You need to measure un existing vehicle, at a dealer
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23rd Aug 2024 7:13am |
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H1Tad Member Since: 20 Jul 2024 Location: Maine Posts: 130 |
I'm pretty sure the de-badging is in relation to JLR essentially dropping the "Land Rover" brand in lieu of individual nameplates like Defender, Range Rover, Discovery, etc... https://www.motortrend.com/news/jaguar-lan...-defender/
Not saying I agree with it - in fact I find it quite ... pig-headed. Remember that in order to explain the behavior of any large organization, just assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its worst enemies - then it makes sense.
I'm still new around here, so I don't know if I'm touching a 3rd rail here, but the new Defender was never about offroad prowess. Sure its capable - it has a proud heritage to live up to after all. But much like what GM did with my beloved H1 when they introduced the H2 - the masses want "just enough" offroad prowess for what the consumers dream about doing when they buy the car... which is re-enact those dramatic slow-motion action shots from the advertisements they see on TV where the vehicle is going over a bunch of rocks, through deep snow, or submerging itself under water. In reality though, it's going to be on pavement 99.99% and that 0.01% is going to be the soccer field where the kids get dropped off. That being said - JLR did miss an opportunity - at least over here in the states. It started right before the pandemic but there has been a huge, massive offroad vehicle market explosion over here in the US. You can't go anywhere without seeing dozens of not hundreds of Jeep Wranglers, Ford Broncos and Toyota 4Runners now. A Defender with a hard plastic interior, cloth seats, 17" wheels, manual transmission and a removable top in the sub $50k price point would have sold like wildfire - and during the height of the pandemic, people would have been buying them for $150k like they were Broncos when they first came out. (By comparison, over here in my neck of the US, which is admittedly very rural, you can go days at a time without seeing another L663 on the road). But much like Toyota found out when the Land Cruiser was a $100k vehicle - luxury vehicle buyers do not like mixing with the plebs in the dealership service waiting room. Its a real thing and I suspect JLR knew that when they decided to release the L663 as an upmarket luxury vehicle. 2022 Defender 110 SE P400 Tasman Blue Expedition and Cold weather package 2003 Hummer H1 P400 Firehouse Red 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser |
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23rd Aug 2024 12:45pm |
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Trafask2024 Member Since: 21 Aug 2024 Location: London Posts: 15 |
Looks great! I really do find it quite sad they have ditched the Land Rover branding and all of the heritage it entails - I put in the order not aware of this change- feels like a step backward to something quite generic and not sure what their marketing people were thinking. |
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23rd Aug 2024 8:58pm |
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eno Member Since: 15 Apr 2024 Location: Qld Posts: 30 |
And here at the other end of the world we are still waiting on MY24's to arrive. At least the badge should still be on the Signature Graphic
Last edited by eno on 24th Aug 2024 3:39am. Edited 1 time in total |
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24th Aug 2024 3:37am |
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