RE: Land Rover launches new 525hp Defender V8

RE: Land Rover launches new 525hp Defender V8

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RShole

467 posts

62 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Fizz time.

595Heaven

2,387 posts

77 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Today is a good day.

Pleased we’re finally out in the open.

Edited by 595Heaven on Thursday 25th February 04:12

fwaggie

1,644 posts

199 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Back looks great.

Front looks revolting, jelly mould like. Bonnet melting over the headlights.

Interior looks great apart from the iPad. It 100% looks like they've just built the dash with a little shelf for an iPad to rest there, and made an app to show the radio controls. Why the heck couldn't they at least make a microscopic effort to make it look integrated? Or is that it? Is it an actual iPad / Android tablet?

Turini

415 posts

165 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Sod the cost, I like it and want one. Nobody complained when MB pushed out G55s that couldn’t go round corners and the their G63 seems to be liked by one very well known SUV detractor

I’ll have a 110 in that colour please

Ninja59

3,691 posts

111 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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I worry as most recent petrols fitted with OPF's should sound good but frankly most I have heard sound pretty pants and I include that from the most humble to some of the most extreme models.

I do hope it sounds like a V8 should. That being said I love something about this, but cannot see it on the uk market for long given how quickly some of the previous engine changes have been and well the Vi is clearly only for a small niche at least here.

Corkys

253 posts

200 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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So much love for this.

McRors

264 posts

55 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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A 90 in dark green please with a bike rack. Dare I ask what the fuel consumption would be in real life?

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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A reasonable spec hybrid would make more sense, but ooh, this is a bit of a thing isn't it! biggrin

forrestgrump

1,539 posts

190 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Big fan, about time a manufacturer put out a cooking model without stupid arches and canards everywhere. SVRs look ridiculous.

BroadsRS6

785 posts

38 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Wonderful. Unique. Fast. Fun. Will annoy the hell out of Defender diehards.
What's not to like?

Billy_Whizzzz

1,989 posts

142 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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In a flat colour in steelies please.

GTEYE

2,092 posts

209 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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I guess it’s time to forget the old Defender. The new one is clearly aimed at the new money, it’s really a Range Rover with all the bling that just happens to be in the style of the old Defender.

I do love it, but that’s a serious amount of money.

I do worry that JLR are heading in the wrong direction. All these premium priced products will inevitably lead to lower volumes.

It’s a risky time for JLR, Jaguar are effectively nearly dead and planning an electric only future and LR are at the top of the market price wise - I wish them luck, but it’s risky.

The other premium makers MB, Audi BMW make most of their profit on the volume selling cheaper models....

Edited by GTEYE on Thursday 25th February 06:44

GR_WILL

778 posts

77 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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I think that’s bloody ace.

Bill

52,472 posts

254 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Cold said:
A reasonable spec hybrid would make more sense, but ooh, this is a bit of a thing isn't it! biggrin
yes And the P400e seems a bit over the top.

And then this comes along... thumbup

tyrrell

1,670 posts

207 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Looks brilliant as the 90, they will sell loads & loads of these.

tramart50

34 posts

40 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Pointless being 4 wheel drive. Who will take a 100k car off road 🤣

Spiros115

346 posts

49 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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If JLR wants to compete in the G63 bracket I just don’t think this is unique enough, the “wagen” is so imposing, a massive retro box that sounds as angry as it looks with an s class level interior (in finish anyway), this looks great but it’s too ordinary, at least in this factory spec. In this bracket options and customisation are everything so expect most to get some gaudy adjustments...

Drakey52

115 posts

140 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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clacs2 said:
This is a Defender?

The styling is flashy, the price ludicrous, it's a fundamentally off-trend luxury dinosaur mainly rivalled by products from Jaguar Land-Rover with not even a semblance of a nod to the Defender heritage.

I utterly, completely love it.
Seconded with several nicely knurled knobs on.

V88Dicky

7,302 posts

182 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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I’m certainly not one for SUVs / 4x4s, but that looks ace. And having owned a couple of iterations of Jag V8, I’m pleased the venerable power unit is continuing for now. By the time it ends, it’ll have been around longer than than the Chevy LS.

Bloody good going that thumbup

MOOSECORTINA

159 posts

78 months

Thursday 25th February 2021
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Hope to have one of these in a few years.