Thread: 2016 'Defender'

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

"He now loves Defenders,.......only problem is He's 6'8", not only that, He's a VERY big boy, and as a consequence,....,.......He can't fit behind the steering wheel!"

Me thinks he might need a bit more than mudrail seat extensions!

Lol,....You're absolutely right,...no hope at all, which IMHO, makes it all the more surprising that He's really into Defenders.....every time when we say we're coming round, the remark always is, "You'll be coming in Gracie"?!!
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Andrew86

Good question. The 70 series, FJ Cruiser and Wrangler/Rubicon come to mind, but I think Land Rover will be aiming higher than that.



It isn't restrictions keeping cars like that out of Australia, it's the fact that GM/Ford/Chrysler aren't seeing a big enough market outside of the USA to produce them in RHD at the factory. As long as there's a third party involved doing the RHD conversions, they're always going to be hugely expensive.

The easiest to make a factory rhd would be the tundra by Toyota as it's just a cruiser with a lwb and leaf springs. The next two easiest would be the titan by Nissan as it's very similar to the new patrol and the ram as they could flog bits from the wrangler and grand Cherokee to suit. Gm and Ford are in a harder position as they stopped exporting anything that size with a similar drivetrain in rhd 15 years ago. Gm back then could have used the suburban front set up for its chev uses and Ford did use Brazilian made F250 in rhd but the dollar killed that.
But, and there is always a but if any one of them start to make factory rhd pickups and sell well here, it will be a rush for the others to.follow, which will make it interesting for the normal sized uses.

Good grief people. MrLandy's gunna flip when he reads this lot.

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

Good grief people. MrLandy's gunna flip when he reads this lot.

Nah...loving the fanboy banter 😎 Keep it coming future seers.

They are only looking at what they can see. You'll see.

Originally Posted by MrLandy

Nah...loving the fanboy banter 😎 Keep it coming future seers.

I really need to put less effort into my posts.

Originally Posted by Andrew86

I really need to put less effort into my posts.

Yeah, yeah..... nah, don't do that. I like your posts.

Originally Posted by tact

Yeah, yeah..... nah, don't do that. I like your posts.

That's right Neil. Keep up the good work Andrew.