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They're still there,

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Land Rover AU - Home

Originally Posted by 2_door

I see that there is no Defender listed on LR's Australian website...is this because of the 'impending' new model coming soon???? 2012 seems a bit far away to stop selling them here or at least advertising them....

I don't know why that may be. If I speculate:

AFAIK Victoria will soon (2011 ??) be requiring all new vehicles to have safety measures such as dynamic stability control. I think other states will have these requirements by the following year.

This is in line with European requirements/2012 deadline and I believe a main reason for the Defender upgrade (maybe scrapping).

With all the happenings/delays (from Ford sale to Tarta, economic crisis, lack of decision/plan, concentration on RR, LRX, etc.) Land Rover will be hard pressed to deliver the hoped for Defender replacement by 2012.

Originally Posted by Drover

They're still there,

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Land Rover AU - Home

thanks mate

thats very interesting, when I googled Landrover it gave me this

Land Rover

which is a completely Aussie different website but a similar URL

WTF

It seems Landrover au have two web sites. One with the Defender listed, one with out. I wonder if they know something they are not letting on. Perhaps the current Defender will not be replaced quickly enough by the new one to meet the coming regulations. If that happens they can just switch off the site with the Defender listed.

Originally Posted by amtravic1

It seems Landrover au have two web sites. One with the Defender listed, one with out. I wonder if they know something they are not letting on. Perhaps the current Defender will not be replaced quickly enough by the new one to meet the coming regulations. If that happens they can just switch off the site with the Defender listed.

yes, its very interesting. I guess we will have to wait and see....

I read an article recently suggesting that LR would be aiming to continue commercial nature of Defender, even reducing cost, and expand on range to capture sales in boom countries (Think India / China). Being that they want to continue tray back, and aiming at similar buyers as current, would think that at least a live rear axle is a given?

Same article suggested that the line between Land Rover and Range Rover has become too blurred with the Disco 4, and the next Disco would then be built on this same structure as next Defender, and brought back down to a Disco 1 level as far as features, functionality, and off-roadability go.

Whatever happens, next 2-5 years will be very interesting.

All this talk of D4 3 litre having 19 inch rims has really put me off. I was ready to go the D4 path when the time (& $) came to move on the Defender.

So yeah it looks like I will be staying with Defender or the rumoured down market D5.