Thread: Pretty sure our Defenders are not built like this VW production line

That's pretty funky, but then again, most car plants in germany are.

This is the main BMW plant:


Where we lived, we used to regularly see prototype merc sedans being road tested.

And then at the other end of the technology food chain is the Trabant assembly line...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIAYxWCXF8A"]YouTube - Trabant Quality Control[/ame]

Wow. Wonder how much it adds to the cost?

Defenders are made in a muddy paddock by guys in gumboots with dogs sitting under the car.

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To build a Defender with a robot would require a complete redesign of the body - or alternatively, a quantum leap forward in robotics.......

Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

Wow. Wonder how much it adds to the cost?

Defenders are made in a muddy paddock by guys in gumboots with dogs sitting under the car.

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They don't allow dogs in the factory since the Puma came out, they also concreted the floor,to make it a sterile enviroment for the paint to dry without bits of gravel sticking to it.

Wow, never had much to do with VW, but after the old lady getting a new golf and Vern's new van, I can say, they're pretty impressive well built things

Ive heard a story of when the Berlin Wall came down, there was a smoke haze from the 2stroke Trabants crossing the wall that it lasted for 3 days.

I have also heard they were the worst car ever built for emissions.

The VW plant is super impressive. Innovative thinking, the tram, mag guideance, body screw that flips out of the floor. But you just don't get that hand built feeling like you do when you buy a Trabant.

Originally Posted by rovercare

Wow, never had much to do with VW, but after the old lady getting a new golf and Vern's new van, I can say, they're pretty impressive well built things

We've had tons of them in my family,IMHO only Audi are better built.I had one for 10 years and the doors still closed like a bank vault when I had to sell it.My only wish is VW buying LR. Pat