MY12 Defender - engine and colour questions. [Archive]

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jplambs

28th January 2012, 10:22 AM

I've finally woken up to the fact that buying old vehicles and then spending inordinate amounts of money on them eventually cost more than a new defender would, so I've decided to get either the 130 single cab-chassis or the dual cab-chassis. I was a bit jipped to find out that they had discontinued the 110 cab-chassis.

So my questions are;

1) What does anybody with the new engine think of it? I've found a couple of posts regarding it but any further info would be much appreciated.

2) Would people mind putting some pics of their new defenders up with a note to say which colour variant it is? (Not sure if this has been done before so feel free to point me in the direction of a different thread) I'm pretty sure that I don't want to get the white option but I'd like to know what the other variants look like before forking out an extra $1000.

I've tried ringing around a few of the dealers, however they all appear to come in within about $1000 of each other, my local one appears to be the cheapest so far.

Still trying to work out how a vehicle that costs 28,000 pounds in the uk can cost $60,000 with the current exchange rates. ;)

Cheers.

Loubrey

28th January 2012, 10:54 AM

seano87

28th January 2012, 11:01 AM

Still trying to work out how a vehicle that costs 28,000 pounds in the uk can cost $60,000 with the current exchange rates. ;)

Cheers.

There's drive away no more to pay brand new 130 dual cab-chassis for $56,300 on carsales, so not quite 60k.

Current exchange rates have diddly squat to do with it. Pricing is on a hedged basis, that's why prices don't really change with exchange rates, they hedge where they think it will be for a certain period, get extra when the exchange is better, and less when its not and it all averages out.

Import taxes on vehicle coming into aus, collected by our government.

Local cars in UK are probably subsidised much the same as a falcodore is here.

jplambs

28th January 2012, 11:49 AM

The best price I've managed to get so far on the 130 dual cab is 60,900, This includes the tray, bullbar, towbar, dealer delivery, stamp duty, GST and Rego. It also includes a no trade bonus that offsets the cost of dealer delivery.

rick130

28th January 2012, 11:58 AM

The price difference is due to the importation levy. The Australian government's idea of protecting the local manufacturing and assembly industry...

It was a bit of a shock when I came over and my "equity" from selling my UK Discovery 3 was only worth a deposit on a Defender in Australia!

There's eff all import duty on cars, infact Oz has probably the lowest import duties in the world, it's only something like 5% for commercial vehicles.

You then you have your 10% GST on top of that which is still a bucket load less than the UK's current 20% VAT.

Freight and shear markup account for most of the difference. (the importers claim lower volumes = much higher margins need to be charged)

juddy

28th January 2012, 05:44 PM

Its all about Greed......

Heres my Silver one, was going to go for Grey, but i am happy with Zermatt Silver..
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/232.jpg

Sue

29th January 2012, 10:01 AM

Here is a link to some of the Defender colours..

Land Rover Defender - Hard Top | Land Rover UK (http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/defender/explore/hard-top/)

I saw a Sanotori green one yesterday and it looked good.. but I don't think that it beats the red ones I've seen about town.. they really stand out and look great!

Here is my Nara Bronze one..

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/206.jpg

juddy

29th January 2012, 10:07 AM

Sue

29th January 2012, 10:36 AM

Thats a lovely 90 you have there Sue...

Thanks...

Your 130 isn't too bad either.. oh okay its gorgeous!!! :)

jplambs

29th January 2012, 12:36 PM

That is a seriously nice looking 90 Sue, I take it that was a one off colour option? It looks beautiful.

Sue

29th January 2012, 04:12 PM

That is a seriously nice looking 90 Sue, I take it that was a one off colour option? It looks beautiful.

Yeah sorry.. it's last years limited edition.. I think there were 40 bought into Australia and I don't know about the other owners but I'm not planning on selling mine any time soon.. :) They do the disco's in this colour though.. don't know why not the Defenders all the time..

Def_9

29th January 2012, 08:40 PM

Hey,
Here is my Galloway Green MY11 D9, i wasn't sold on the colour from any photo's as they don't do the colour justice, in the flesh it's a classic and i really like it.
as for the puma engine i've only clocked 7k but have had no problems (even after trying to drown it). One thing i think that needs attention is the intake ducting from the front quarter to the air box which is defiantly not water tight and i would suggest sealing it even if your not planning on installing a snorkel (also check if its done properly if you have one installed) because there are plenty of joints and a few drains that would possibly allow water into the air box if enough was being thrown around the engine bay. either way though i've been having stacks of fun and i still cant believe how capable they are out of the box. Cheers, Lucas.

jplambs

29th January 2012, 10:07 PM

Thanks Def 9, I was tending towards the galloway green but I hadn't seen any defenders in that colour. Looks a lot better on the car than it did on the colour card. Do you have any other close ups?

Def_9

30th January 2012, 02:09 PM

Yep,
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/def_9-albums-d9-picture3164-img-0638.jpg
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/def_9-albums-d9-picture3163-img-0748.jpg
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/members/def_9-albums-d9-picture3162-img-0682.jpg

Scouse

30th January 2012, 02:23 PM

I was a bit jipped to find out that they had discontinued the 110 cab-chassis.

Have you spoken to your dealer regarding this?
While they're not available as a 2012 MY, I have heard there's a few 2011 MY left (with the 2.4 engine).

jasonedu

30th January 2012, 08:33 PM

We went with Rimini Red and we are very happy with the way it looks. For the 130 you need to remember the standard rims are white which look a bit funny so budget some extra money to get some new ones.

Scratches show up very nicely - but they just add to the character.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9415/p1040427g.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6862/p1030827j.jpg