A companion for my Lego Defender....
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Customer cars not yet being delivered...
I work for JLR, and am One of the lucky ones to get the chance to run an early build car for a few months.
Mine is a D200 base spec car in Pangea Green with satin paint protection and a white roof. Smallest wheels (18”) with off road tyres so lovely tall sidewalls.
I work for JLR, and am One of the lucky ones to get the chance to run an early build car for a few months.
Mine is a D200 base spec car in Pangea Green with satin paint protection and a white roof. Smallest wheels (18”) with off road tyres so lovely tall sidewalls.
595Heaven said:
Customer cars not yet being delivered...
I work for JLR, and am One of the lucky ones to get the chance to run an early build car for a few months.
Mine is a D200 base spec car in Pangea Green with satin paint protection and a white roof. Smallest wheels (18”) with off road tyres so lovely tall sidewalls.
Very nice.I work for JLR, and am One of the lucky ones to get the chance to run an early build car for a few months.
Mine is a D200 base spec car in Pangea Green with satin paint protection and a white roof. Smallest wheels (18”) with off road tyres so lovely tall sidewalls.
We need more pics!
warch said:
I'm hoping plebs like me will still be able to drive them. I only drive Defenders on hire from SHB, but I suspect the new model will only be available in their executive hire range.
Prices for the 110 start at just over £45k. The 90 three-door is coming later, and will start at around £5k less. More than an old Defender for sure, but you are getting rather a lot for your money...
595Heaven said:
Prices for the 110 start at just over £45k. The 90 three-door is coming later, and will start at around £5k less.
More than an old Defender for sure, but you are getting rather a lot for your money...
I do own an old Series II but I am pleasantly surprised with the direction the new vehicle has taken, it needed completely redesigning decades ago really.More than an old Defender for sure, but you are getting rather a lot for your money...
You may be able to correct me on this but was it possible to pay 45 grand on a old Defender? We had a 16 plate top of the range 110 SW on a quarry job which I reckon would have cost nearly that much.
warch said:
You may be able to correct me on this but was it possible to pay 45 grand on a old Defender? We had a 16 plate top of the range 110 SW on a quarry job which I reckon would have cost nearly that much.
The final editions certainly could - the Autobiography started at over £60k, but the Heritage was the one to have, and this was under £30k.Can’t find a price list, but I suspect a 110XS was high 30s plus options, of which there were a lot...
EarlofDrift said:
Oh dear, can't say I'm a fan of the new Leg-o-ender.
At least it's only a few months then you can give it back
Yep, it won’t appeal to everyone. No reason why it should, and I’m fine with that - there are too many vanilla cars out there which are more of a transport appliance than a car.At least it's only a few months then you can give it back
It’s my third Defender after a 110XS (stolen, never to be seen again
) and one of the last 90XS built which I sold three years ago. They didn’t appeal to everyone either, and were rubbish at lots of things, but unstoppable, and brimming with character.The new one has a lot of Defender touches, but putting your right ear 2” from the upper seatbelt mounting bolt isn’t one of them!
I really want one of these, in fact the 90 is probably big enough for me.
I'm just very reluctant to believe that Land Rover have genuinely made this more reliable that any previous cars they've made. The horror stories of the current DS (oil dilution, DPF issues, ridiculously short service intervals) and how they have essentially changed nothing to improve it or sort the issues don't give confidence that they really care?
I'm just very reluctant to believe that Land Rover have genuinely made this more reliable that any previous cars they've made. The horror stories of the current DS (oil dilution, DPF issues, ridiculously short service intervals) and how they have essentially changed nothing to improve it or sort the issues don't give confidence that they really care?
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