RE: Land Rover revives the V8 Defender
Discussion
PunterCam said:
It's sad that anyone would buy one of these. Horrid, and shows how far Land Rover have fallen.
Odd attitude - whilst I can’t pretend to like the wheels, this is only what the aftermarket have been offering for a decade - a powerful, refined, modern drivetrain in an old car with a bit of charm.I see no reason why JLR shouldn’t cash in, just like everyone else.
JLR are a growing success story, and good luck to them as a British company (even if Indian owned, they seem to be allowed to run themselves).
Personally, I am not drawn to McGovern bling, cynical pricing strategies, and ongoing quality queries. It doesn’t mean I’d rather see the company missing out on any opportunity to secure its future.
JLR are a growing success story, and good luck to them as a British company (even if Indian owned, they seem to be allowed to run themselves).
Personally, I am not drawn to McGovern bling, cynical pricing strategies, and ongoing quality queries. It doesn’t mean I’d rather see the company missing out on any opportunity to secure its future.
This model will serve two useful purposes for JLR. (1) It will, or should, make money for SVO.
(2) It will grab attention back from the recently updated Jeep (LA show) and the G-wagen (Detroit show) for Land Rover's 70th anniversary and reset the narrative for the launch of the all new Defender replacement (at the forthcoming Geneva show?).
(2) It will grab attention back from the recently updated Jeep (LA show) and the G-wagen (Detroit show) for Land Rover's 70th anniversary and reset the narrative for the launch of the all new Defender replacement (at the forthcoming Geneva show?).
KTF said:
From that angle, the wheel always reminds me of an octopus (all be it with a few less appendages) clapping above its head.
Once seen, cannot be unseen...The rot set in with (proper) LR interiors when this simple, functional elegance...
...became this horrible plastic mess...
(and here I speak as somebody who's recently changed the washer jets on his s3, which means taking all of that ridiculously unnecessary plastic, and the steel backing frame, out just to get to the screws for the driver's demister nozzle...)
I do like this, but JLR are just making a vast amount of profit on something that has taken like it or not "minimal" effort to actually integrate. It does sound to me like strapping the word "classic" on the end is making up a VERY large proportion of that price.
More effort was put into the Project 8 for god sake, and that is cheaper!
Looking around I would suspect the ZF 8HP variant is the hugely flexible 8HP70. The wheels are hideous as well, like others Diamond Cut is just stupid on any car, totally stupid on a car of this nature.
More effort was put into the Project 8 for god sake, and that is cheaper!
Looking around I would suspect the ZF 8HP variant is the hugely flexible 8HP70. The wheels are hideous as well, like others Diamond Cut is just stupid on any car, totally stupid on a car of this nature.
TooMany2cvs said:
Once seen, cannot be unseen...
The rot set in with (proper) LR interiors when this simple, functional elegance...
...became this horrible plastic mess...
(and here I speak as somebody who's recently changed the washer jets on his s3, which means taking all of that ridiculously unnecessary plastic, and the steel backing frame, out just to get to the screws for the driver's demister nozzle...)
Agreed, disliked the interior in my S3 enough to rip it all out for homemade ally/MDFThe rot set in with (proper) LR interiors when this simple, functional elegance...
...became this horrible plastic mess...
(and here I speak as somebody who's recently changed the washer jets on his s3, which means taking all of that ridiculously unnecessary plastic, and the steel backing frame, out just to get to the screws for the driver's demister nozzle...)
MDL111 said:
loudlashadjuster said:
TooMany2cvs said:
mondeomk4 said:
It is the fuel injected Jaguar-Land Rover engine,
Somewhere along the line ‘naturally-aspirated’ for me seems to have stopped meaning ‘carburetted’.
It never did.Somewhere along the line ‘naturally-aspirated’ for me seems to have stopped meaning ‘carburetted’.
"Naturally aspirated" - as opposed to "forced induction" (turbo, supercharger etc) - has never said anything about the fuel supply, just everything about the pressure of the air supply. There's a clue in "aspirated"...
(Naturally aspirated diesels?)
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