RE: Land Rover Defender | Frankfurt 2019

RE: Land Rover Defender | Frankfurt 2019

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DonkeyApple

54,919 posts

168 months

Tuesday 1st October 2019
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InitialDave said:
Come on, man, the same page, even!
Pesty and I covered the top and the bottom of the page. Can’t help noticing you couldn’t be arsed taking care of the middle. biggrin

It was the statement that the new Defender won’t be any good for sticking dead giraffes in the back that does mean I’m out as a customer though.

SidewaysSi

10,742 posts

233 months

Tuesday 1st October 2019
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My local farmer has just ordered one. Thinks he can get 16 live sheep in one.

Leithen

10,799 posts

266 months

Tuesday 1st October 2019
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SidewaysSi said:
My local farmer has just ordered one. Thinks he can get 16 live sheep in one.
Ford Fiesta can do that.....

NomduJour

18,973 posts

258 months

Tuesday 1st October 2019
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DonkeyApple said:
It was the statement that the new Defender won’t be any good for sticking dead giraffes in the back that does mean I’m out as a customer though.
Fake news!

Land Rover said:
An optional full-length Folding Fabric Roof provides an open-top feel. It also allows passengers in the second-row seats of the Defender 110 to stand up when parked to provide the full safari experience

TorqueR

1,767 posts

131 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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I saw the new Land Rover Defender today on the M1 between J31-J29a; two of them sporting trade plates - a facelift Jaguar F-Type was behind.

My initial impressions (of the Defender) are that it looked great, a really good design. They had not got any camouflage disguising the shape or the design elements. It’s much bigger and taller than I had thought. I’d say it was Land Rover Discovery size.

The rear lights are the standout feature with the accessory pod on the side also being a stylish addition.

The same couldn’t be said for the facelift on the Jaguar F Type; the small changes and the new front make it look dated and generic. I’d opt for the outgoing model.

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Saw some on a transporter a few weeks ago. Only brief glimpse but yes looks promising.

Waiting for a proper review of one.

C Lee Farquar

4,066 posts

215 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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Chap I work with was taken out in one this week. He liked it, inside, outside and the ride.

petemurphy

10,108 posts

182 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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seen 2 on the road briefly go past and each time ive thought it was a disco 4 like mine to start with

C Lee Farquar

4,066 posts

215 months

Friday 24th January 2020
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petemurphy said:
seen 2 on the road briefly go past and each time ive thought it was a disco 4 like mine to start with
Which must be a good thing. Everything designed since has been visually challenged IMO

FA57REN

1,012 posts

54 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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DonkeyApple said:
The utilities were Govt owned and locked out from overseas procurement and of course the British Army had to buy them.
That's a bit revisionist. The Army started with the FV1800 ( Champ ) and bought nearly 12,000 of them before reliability curtailed procurement. It was only then that they looked at the Land Rover.

FA57REN

1,012 posts

54 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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DonkeyApple said:
The utilities were Govt owned and locked out from overseas procurement and of course the British Army had to buy them.
That's a bit revisionist. The Army started with the FV1801A ( Champ ) and bought nearly 12,000 of them before reliability curtailed procurement. It was only then that they looked at the Land Rover as a replacement; about 4,000 had been procured as light trucks and were found decently capable but needed to be reinforced which led to the Mk III

Two LRs could be procured for the cost of one Champ. It wasn't about a 'command economy', quite the opposite!

Edited by FA57REN on Saturday 25th January 10:54

FA57REN

1,012 posts

54 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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DonkeyApple said:
The utilities were Govt owned and locked out from overseas procurement and of course the British Army had to buy them.
That's a bit revisionist. The Army started with the FV1801A ( Champ ) and bought nearly 12,000 of them before reliability curtailed procurement. It was only then that they looked at the Land Rover as a replacement; about 4,000 had been procured as light trucks and were found decently capable but needed to be reinforced which led to the Mk III

Two LRs could be procured for the cost of one Champ. It wasn't about a 'command economy', quite the opposite!

Edited by FA57REN on Saturday 25th January 10:54

FA57REN

1,012 posts

54 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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FA57REN said:
That's a bit revisionist. The Army started with the FV1801A ( Champ ) and bought nearly 12,000 of them before reliability problems curtailed procurement. It was only then that they looked at the Land Rover.

Slow

6,973 posts

136 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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I’m overdosing on unimog and new defender vids at the moment.

Not much defender stuff out there. No proper reviews a few walk arounds and a few organised off road days with little info.

It’s really grown on me almost certainly end up with one down the line.

Sixpackpert

4,538 posts

213 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Just the average school run then lol

DoctorX

7,240 posts

166 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Deranged Rover

3,316 posts

73 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Hmph. Whatever happened to "Tread Lightly"? mad

Seriously though - love it!

king arthur

6,538 posts

260 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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I saw a lot of these on the M40 yesterday. They certainly look distinctive, at first glance you'd think a facelifted Disco 4 but then you realize they don't quite look like anything else on the road, not even other LR products.