All discussions relating to the Defenders end of production

Howie I honestly would not wait I don't think you will be able to order one in 2015 being as though most waits are at the minimum 4 months, I reckon even if they continue to build in 2015 I would be surprised if they would continue to allow you to order in this year.

Australia is not a huge market and they may still have other European markets to fulfil first so they may get priority on what gets pumped out in terms of last off the production line.

My personal felling is (I have nothing to base this on other than my gut feeling) I def reckon you won't get an order on a def after sept of this year I have already ordered mine because I wouldn't be surprised if it was earlier

Yeh I am hoping that they still offer to sell them until Jul/Aug at least, so I can get mine.

But at the back of my mind I feel like, in buying one this year, I could miss out on whatever goodies they may put into a 2015 Defender, if there is one....Or surprise us with something.... What do you guys think about that?

I have thought they might put out a limited edition for the last run off... In saying that though they only bought 70/74 SVXs so if they were only to do a limited run of last production I couldn't even imagine what the cost of them would be like..

I still to this day think the SVX owners were ripped off with an extra 10gs I reckon it would be even more than that personally..

So way out of my price range

And there is always the other side of the coin what if they do but they don't come here like the fire and ice edition.

I just wasn't prepared to take the chance and miss out all together. I had one of the first 110's that came in to oz and I really wanted to have one of the last 130s but again I would rather have the car then risk not having one at all so I played it safe

Yeh looking at those 2 SE defenders, dont think there is a huge deal to them, depending on the price as a result...

Looking at the pictures, I am reminded that I saw on the LR website you can get the recaros seats as an option. Would anyone ever entertain the idea of getting recaros??

Geez, there's a LOT of "waffle" going on here.
There is NOTHING official from JLR except that the last Defender will roll down the line at Solihull on 20th December 2015. Now, if you want one built to your specs, you're obviously going to have to order it probably 6 months earlier, because that's how long it'll take to get here, maybe earlier if the demand is big,...which it could very well be.
But, no more orders after October 2014??...where is there any official word on that, because ULR, one of the, if not the, oldest LR Dealer in Aus, knows nothing about it?
Cheers, Pickles.
NB:, I ain't worried about any of this, 'cause we've got ours, & very nice it is too,...but has anyone seen anything in writing,.....has any Dealer got anything in writing???....or is it all just someone's feeling/opinion?

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

but has anyone seen anything in writing,.....has any Dealer got anything in writing???....or is it all just someone's feeling/opinion?

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Oblig. ;):angel:

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

Geez, there's a LOT of "waffle" going on here.
There is NOTHING official from JLR except that the last Defender will roll down the line at Solihull on 20th December 2015. Now, if you want one built to your specs, you're obviously going to have to order it probably 6 months earlier, because that's how long it'll take to get here, maybe earlier if the demand is big,...which it could very well be.
But, no more orders after October 2014??...where is there any official word on that, because ULR, one of the, if not the, oldest LR Dealer in Aus, knows nothing about it?
Cheers, Pickles.
NB:, I ain't worried about any of this, 'cause we've got ours, & very nice it is too,...but has anyone seen anything in writing,.....has any Dealer got anything in writing???....or is it all just someone's feeling/opinion?

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Your quite dismissive considering you don't care... :D

Lets face it there is nothing in writing so who knows?? What we are saying may well be correct!!!! May not:p;)

Be interesting to see what happens. However I'm pretty sure we all found out about the defend stopping from the UK well before any dealer here had told us after having it officially in writing :)

We didn't want a Defender until June this year but we were looking in Sept last year and the dealer said for a $2,000 deposit we could book a build date which we did. Ours should be in the production line by now. So for those who don't want one until later in the year see if you can book a build date and reserve your spot.

How would booking a spot work, if you were to get a novated lease I wonder

I'm sorting a novated lease at the moment. My 110 was already in the dealers yard, but to hold it I have paid a deposit. The dealer will refund the deposit when the leae company pays them the full amount.

A slightly different scenario to using a deposit to book a build slot, but I can't see why the funds flow process should be different