RE: Land Rover revives the V8 Defender
Discussion
I know it's a cynical marketing ploy, but I don't mind it to be honest.
If they had made a run-out v8 "relatively" affordable, lots of people on here like me would be thinking "I'd like a bit of that" and be queuing up, while at the head of the queue would be the usual flippers who would get there first and make more money per unit than LR did in making the things and they'd be going for £150k eventually anyway.
I still think these will sell quicker than you can say "overdrive" but at least LR will have made a decent whack on them, and got rid of those donkey steering wheels in the process.
Yes they won't end up muddy and full of spaniels but hey ho. I'd love one to make it muddy and fill it with my collies & welsh springer but life goes on. Where's that bowler article I read on here a while back... that may look a bargain now too..
If they had made a run-out v8 "relatively" affordable, lots of people on here like me would be thinking "I'd like a bit of that" and be queuing up, while at the head of the queue would be the usual flippers who would get there first and make more money per unit than LR did in making the things and they'd be going for £150k eventually anyway.
I still think these will sell quicker than you can say "overdrive" but at least LR will have made a decent whack on them, and got rid of those donkey steering wheels in the process.
Yes they won't end up muddy and full of spaniels but hey ho. I'd love one to make it muddy and fill it with my collies & welsh springer but life goes on. Where's that bowler article I read on here a while back... that may look a bargain now too..
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?)
As for this Defender, I'm in the 'well, at £[reasonable] it would only end up being resold by speculators and LR might as well grab as much of that coin as they can' boat.
I doubt the work to make a 'new' V8 just for this car (or is it..?) and to make the ZF box work with the low range gubbins would be cheap, even without some of the other bespoke bits and bobs for what is a very limited production run.
Silly wheels though.
Edited by loudlashadjuster on Wednesday 17th January 08:42
I'd prefer a set of "Rostyle" rims instead of these hideous over-styled aluminium alloys.
Also ditch the plastic grille for a galvanised mesh one and give it an original paint colour too, same options as for the Stage 1 V8 109" - Java green?
Interesting comment about "as do the heavy-duty differentials front and back", hope it at least has some four-pinion differentials front and rear and significantly better quality halfshafts, CV's and drive flanges!
Also ditch the plastic grille for a galvanised mesh one and give it an original paint colour too, same options as for the Stage 1 V8 109" - Java green?
Interesting comment about "as do the heavy-duty differentials front and back", hope it at least has some four-pinion differentials front and rear and significantly better quality halfshafts, CV's and drive flanges!
tomw2000 said:
I quite like it.
But my feeling is that £150k would get you a lot of Twisted or JE defender and I suspect they'd be better put together.
[i get that they're not 'originals from LR' and so won't carry the potential future value...]
That's totally how I feel.But my feeling is that £150k would get you a lot of Twisted or JE defender and I suspect they'd be better put together.
[i get that they're not 'originals from LR' and so won't carry the potential future value...]
Surely you could get one built to your spec to a factory standard for half that?!? Obviously one for the Investors - sad
Cashing in on the release of the new G Wagen, as every single person in the UK said "that's what Land Rover should have done".
Can't argue with it. They had the shells in inventory, and the engines. put them together with some underutilised workforce and charge a 500% premium. Why not?
I'd imagine they'll already be all sold.
Now, if they made a LWB real world version of this with acceptably modern systems I'd be interested.
Can't argue with it. They had the shells in inventory, and the engines. put them together with some underutilised workforce and charge a 500% premium. Why not?
I'd imagine they'll already be all sold.
Now, if they made a LWB real world version of this with acceptably modern systems I'd be interested.
Am I alone in thinking 400hp in a Defender is a recipe for disaster?
That Benz G looks like a bargain now.
I said a few days back - let this be a lesson for Land Rover - but this really was not what I meant.
And even as an investment, £150k? Really?
But I'm sure they will sell out instantly, so what do I know.
That Benz G looks like a bargain now.
I said a few days back - let this be a lesson for Land Rover - but this really was not what I meant.
And even as an investment, £150k? Really?
But I'm sure they will sell out instantly, so what do I know.
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?)
As for this Defender, I'm in the 'well, at £[reasonable] it would only end up being resold by speculators and LR might as well grab as much of that coin as they can' boat.
I doubt the work to make a 'new' V8 just for this car (or is it..?) and to make the ZF box work with the low range gubbins would be cheap, even without some of the other bespoke bits and bobs for what is a very limited production run.
Silly wheels though.
Edited by loudlashadjuster on Wednesday 17th January 08:42
GTEYE said:
Am I alone in thinking 400hp in a Defender is a recipe for disaster?
That Benz G looks like a bargain now.
I said a few days back - let this be a lesson for Land Rover - but this really was not what I meant.
And even as an investment, £150k? Really?
But I'm sure they will sell out instantly, so what do I know.
I have hired various Defenders and find them hideous on the road.That Benz G looks like a bargain now.
I said a few days back - let this be a lesson for Land Rover - but this really was not what I meant.
And even as an investment, £150k? Really?
But I'm sure they will sell out instantly, so what do I know.
I cannot imagine driving a 400bhp 110 Station Wagon. I'm pretty sure my car would handle better with dinner trays under the rear wheels.
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