Thread: Defenders on "Car Sales."

Originally Posted by scarry

You can't compare the USA second hand market for Defenders to ours,as they have not been available there for years.

On the contrary Scarry, Defender prices will rise in Australia in the future for this reason... They are no longer available.

...and they are iconic like virtually nothing else.

Originally Posted by Eevo

for that price, you could of got a good car

What is wrong with a noisy clunky Defender?
Chris

Originally Posted by cafe latte

What is wrong with a noisy clunky Defender?
Chris

Nothing if that's what you want

Originally Posted by cafe latte

What is wrong with a noisy clunky Defender?
Chris

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

On the contrary Scarry, Defender prices will rise in Australia in the future for this reason... They are no longer available.

...and they are iconic like virtually nothing else.

In the US,the numbers of Defenders compared to the population is completely different to here.A few were imported between 1993 and 1997,and older ones may be imported,but the rules are very very strict.Very few come in for this reason.

Prices go up,and down due to supply and demand,and what people will pay for them.
Much more demand in the US than there ever will be here.

Originally Posted by scarry

In the US,the numbers of Defenders compared to the population is completely different to here.A few were imported between 1993 and 1997,and older ones may be imported,but the rules are very very strict.Very few come in for this reason.

Prices go up,and down due to supply and demand,and what people will pay for them.
Much more demand in the US than there ever will be here.

This is true, currently I have 44 D90's newer than 2012, that I've saved from carsales. With that much choice they are hardly hard to come by.

Stumbled across a D90 in a car yard today:

2013 Land Rover Defender Manual 4x4 MY13

It had been well setup for touring duties and looked a nice clean example. It had been traded in on a BT50, the guy wanted something to tow his van better according to the sales guy. If it was me I'd sell the van and buy a smaller one.

I'm sure residual values on Defenders will always be good, I just don't think they'll be as good as some hope long term.

As far as what a new model might do, you only have to look at Jeep and how owners of TJ Wranglers felt when end of model arrived and the JK was unknown. In reality its been the best thing Jeep have ever done.

Ok lads, let's check back in 2020. Cheers!

PS: I wouldn't sell mine for $100K ...you can't even buy a decent Disco or Tojo 200 for that and neither are as good as a Defender. Was at the dealer waiting for service pick up. Sat in a new Range Rover, nice leather but the rest? No thanks. At $250K? bonkers.

Ciao

Originally Posted by MrLandy

Ok lads, let's check back in 2020. Cheers! PS: I wouldn't sell mine for $100K ...you can't even buy a decent Disco or Tojo 200 for that and neither are as good as a Defender. Was at the dealer waiting for service pick up. Sat in a new Range Rover, nice leather but the rest? No thanks. At $250K? bonkers. Ciao

On the contrary, SDV6 SE just under 80k, 200 Series GXL 82-83K.
I would hardly say a Defender is better than these two examples, rather a personal opinion.
There is nothing about the Defender that is better than these two examples except nostalgia.
Yes the Defender is Iconic and somewhat eccentric and comes to its own in certain ways but I wouldn't class it as better.

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