Thread: All discussions relating to the Defenders end of production

I visited our Dealer ULR today, & I spoke to the Sales manager, who DOES know his stuff, and who has had no advice whatsoever that PRODUCTION will cease in Decenber 2014. I will go on record now, and say that is (12/14) incorrect, AND, I will be the first to apologizze if I am wrong.
However, a trend appears to be developing. ULR has NO 90's in stock, only a few 110s, and no spare allocations at the moment. That means that if you did want to order one, you'd have to wait in line, until an allocation became available, before your car could be built.
So, the trend is that, the waiting list is growing,...the question is, how long will it (waiting list) eventually be, & when will orders have to be cut off because no more will be able to be built/"fitted in" before the end of production in Dec 2015?
Cheers, Pickles.

I got a similar answer to Pickles from the salesman at the dealer in Geelong.
What with all the talk of production ending, I thought I'd better start thinking about upgrading from the disco1 !!
I was told that the more "non standard" deefers, the 110 crew cab, the single cabs, etc would be the first of the production to be wound down (so if you want one, get your order in quick as there's no telling how long the build queue would get).
After that, the dealers would only be looking at getting 90 and 110 wagons, so if you're prepared to take the risk and accept whatever the dealer may be able to get hold of, then you can wait a bit longer.

I guess its all a bit of conjecture still, but I'm finding more and more reasons not to wait and order a nice new present for myself!!

You still can get a lot of parts for many Classic British cars, Moggie thou, E type Triumph Stag and series Landies. hopefully the parts dept guy will one day ask" which defender classic or current?"

There is more chance of hell freezing over as far as not getting defender parts. Pat

Yes, I believe the main point now, of this issue is, "Date For Final Orders", ie the date that Solihull says that their Defender order book is full, as a consequence of which, they can take no more orders".
This date will be WELL BEFORE the date production finishes in December 2015.
Cheers, Pickles.

Robert Pepper of the 4WD Handbook posted this excerpt from a Land Rover media release re the 2015 Defender.

From 2015 Model Year the 90 station wagon and 110 Station wagon will be fitted with Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) as standard. This will be packaged with ABS and therefore means that these Defender models will have ABS with Electronic Traction Control (ETC) and DSC as standard. ABS will also be available for the first time on 130 wheel base Defender models"

Scott

Originally Posted by minibloodhound

Robert Pepper of the 4WD Handbook posted this excerpt from a Land Rover media release re the 2015 Defender.

From 2015 Model Year the 90 station wagon and 110 Station wagon will be fitted with Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) as standard. This will be packaged with ABS and therefore means that these Defender models will have ABS with Electronic Traction Control (ETC) and DSC as standard. ABS will also be available for the first time on 130 wheel base Defender models"

Scott

What the Land Rover press release available on newsroom.jaguarlandrover.com says is:

From 2015 all UK and European specification Defenders will be fitted with Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) as standard. This will be packaged with ABS and therefore means that all new UK and European specification Defenders will have ABS with Electronic Traction Control (ETC) and DSC as standard. ABS will also be available for the first time on 130 wheel base Defender models.

So it doesn't really clarify whether this spec 2015 Defender will be sold into Australia. Also consider that these are LR Model Years so MY2015 production would begin around mid-2014.

cheers
Paul

So how does it work? If we place an order now, and build date is say - not until Nov 2014...does that mean we get an MY15 spec Defender?

Seems like a bit of a conundrum - wait until next model and get stability control (if rumours are true), or get one know in fear that theyll stop making them (if that rumour is true)