Thread: Finally, Hope it doesn't get seasick

This bad press the new Defender is getting - you generally hear these things on websites. I've done 27 000km in mine - driven it all over the country. Nothing has gone wrong. It's the best vehicle I have ever driven, period.

Enjoy your new truck.

Originally Posted by kenleyfred

Then apparently two weeks to dealer prep it .

What are they doing to it ?

The Defender is the quickest LRs to PD. No transit mode crap, no personalisation, no EAS to programme.....
It should be out the next day once the dealer get's his hands on it.

Hi everyone,
Have been silently reading away at the many posts here and have learnt alot and laughed heaps!
I ordered an svx last december, and have been eagerly awaiting its arrival. It seems to have been quite a roller coaster ride, in regards to bad points relating to the puma and the good points! One week I am sold and the next week I was ready to cancel the order. Now that it is getting closer I think the excitement has taken over. The defender has always been my dream car and was ready to get the new defender until I saw the svx. I know it's quite flash compared to the standard defender, but it seems to be a great balance for my wife and kids.

The dealership told me yesterday that the svx was now in the holding yard and will be delivered in the next 2 or so weeks. Won't get my hopes up until I am driving it home though. I received an emailed with a purchase contract, which had the total driveaway price at $71,380. I thought this seemed a little high so I rang two other dealers in sydney, who both had one svx still available. They quoted a driveaway price of $69,110 and $69,780.

Emailed my dealer, so will be interested to hear his story, or maybe he just had a little addition problem. They also informed me that the deliveries would be staggered over the next 3 months, with around 80 svx's in total. Not really sure what is the real story is anymore??

Anyhow enough dealer talk, thanks for the entertainment so far!
Jas

Originally Posted by mcgrago

Hi everyone,
Have been silently reading away at the many posts here and have learnt alot and laughed heaps!
I ordered an svx last december, and have been eagerly awaiting its arrival. It seems to have been quite a roller coaster ride, in regards to bad points relating to the puma and the good points! One week I am sold and the next week I was ready to cancel the order. Now that it is getting closer I think the excitement has taken over. The defender has always been my dream car and was ready to get the new defender until I saw the svx. I know it's quite flash compared to the standard defender, but it seems to be a great balance for my wife and kids.

The dealership told me yesterday that the svx was now in the holding yard and will be delivered in the next 2 or so weeks. Won't get my hopes up until I am driving it home though. I received an emailed with a purchase contract, which had the total driveaway price at $71,380. I thought this seemed a little high so I rang two other dealers in sydney, who both had one svx still available. They quoted a driveaway price of $69,110 and $69,780.

Emailed my dealer, so will be interested to hear his story, or maybe he just had a little addition problem. They also informed me that the deliveries would be staggered over the next 3 months,

with around 80 svx's in total

. Not really sure what is the real story is anymore??

Anyhow enough dealer talk, thanks for the entertainment so far!
Jas

interesting how we all get different stories as the dealership in sydney said australia had only been allocated 50

Originally Posted by mcgrago

They also informed me that the deliveries would be staggered over the next 3 months, with around 80 svx's in total. Not really sure what is the real story is anymore??

Jas

Lol. I was told by the dealer ALL SVX's were being delivered in 1 shipment.

There's one here in WA. Ordered mine in Feb. Reported from the dealer that only two where coming to WA and I managed to get my hands on the second one. When reading all the gaf on the SVX it was stated that only 26 where heading to Oz but now I've seen numbers like 32? Can anyone shed some light on this?
Cheers

It seems we have all been given a different story.
What I have been told is that it was 1 per small dealer, 2 per major dealer with some big dealers to get smaller dealers allotment. And then 4 or five extra to that number. The original allotment was 36. They believe this number has grown slightly.
In Brisbane mine still has not arrived. Still on the computer as shipped. ETA 21st September.
Can't wait
Kenley

I am still being charged the higher luxury tax on mine. Even though it was voted down.
Apparently I will get a refund when Land Rover are sure that the higher tax is not applicable.
Is this the case with you others?
Kenley