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So what do we think, apologies if we have all seen these but I hadn't till now.
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You serious you know how long it took to add integrated air-con and a decent CD playerOriginally Posted by nick_e
Our Land Rover does not leak oil! it just marks its territory.......
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So what do we think, apologies if we have all seen these but I hadn't till now.
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Or this? Not to my taste but maybe to others!
Eerrgghh, yuk! that blue one looks like a stock deefer with bad taste plastic add ons attached to it. I hate those little strip led lights. Proportions are all out of whack and the second one looks like a Merc G wagen with maybe a Deefer bonnet and disco 3/4 lights.
Whoever is coming up with these drawings/ photo montages needs to start taking better drugs in order to create something worth considering - hopefully these aren't real leaked concepts. I don't believe they are as LR have been boasting it will keep the traditionalists happy as well as draw in a new generation of defender devotees.
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Yep I have to agree Didge but I personally thought the blue one had the most potential of what I have seen so far. Lots of styling cues from the older models & still recognisable of a Defender. Tone down the silly 10" flares.
It will be interesting to see what we finally get. I worry that we won't get a proper replacement at all! Not enough market share?
Regards Chris
Yes Bess unfortunately the market demands that LR tow the same design line Nissan and Toyota did years ago and produce a variety of softer road models rather than utilitarian models. I should apologise in that my previous comment was obviously a personal opinion and beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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Where did you source that picture? It's either a mockup on a current defender chassis or a photoshop of one.
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G'day Dougal
I just did a new Defender replacement search then images & troulled through to see what came up.
To be honest I am just curious if what we end up getting was ever leaked out before hand. I have to agree with Didge that the demands of the masses will circumvent anything like what we currently have ever being made again.
The current thinking appears to be fifty internal airbags, self parking, crush zones to make a coke can look strong & a pillow for any idiot that walks out in front of you.
God forbid you might fit a bulbar cause we all no that a 2/14 tonne vehicle travelling at 60kp/h will only kill you if that's fitted to it.
Oh we'll time will tell.
Regards Chris
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SPY SHOT!!!! New Defender being transported for extreme weather testing.
Sorry people, couldn't help myself!
Master
SubscriberHi Guys
Reckon yous all need to look at BMW Mini and Toyota LJ?? "cruiser".
Then look at RRC and the BMW RR.
BMW and Toyota didn't make them that way because they really wanted to; or the "stylists " reckoned they were better that way.
They are made the way they are because they have to "comply"
Adding the weight of "compliance" bits like airbags, side intrusion bars, pre-determined crumple rates etc etc and the list goes on ............... Oh and there is "survivable space". means more strength = weight to carry it all around; more motor, more gear box/s more brakes to stop it all ; and even more weight ................................and more and more compromises.
For those not in the know (mine) old Cooper S weighed 9cwt, ie 990 lbs. Wonder what a new "retro" Cooper weighs?
Would reckon a new "Landie" will possibly just keep sliding right. Making it to satisfy both you guys (me too) and the regulators may be just too hard.
Cheers
RF
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