South African Defenders ?

[crispy]

Is it true that in Australia we have Defenders built in South Africa and Defenders built in England? How do you tell which is which,Ive been quoted $5000 cheaper for a brand new South African Defender,does this sound like bull**** or not.Im thinking of holding back awhile to see if the new V6 diesel from the D3 finds its way into the Defender. :?

[DEFENDERZOOK]

yes its true....dunno about the price difference though.


sounds like salesman talk (smelly)


mine was built in south africa.....i think they all are now.
the compliance plate i think tells where it was built


the worst thing about someone else building them, other than the poms, is theres a chance they may not leak!!!!!

[VladTepes]

Mine was built in Solihull.

And doesn't leak.

Well, not throiugh the roof, anyway.





Obviously a mistake on the production line.

[Tyrepower]

Mine is a 2002 Defender and is built in the UK. My fathers is an 04 Defender purchased April 04 and is a South African one. Has the manufacturer info on a plate visable when you open the drivers door. My brothers Defender was purchased last month 12/04 and is a UK manufactured one. Go figure???

[Greylandy]

Mine is an '04 model and built in South-Africa. I doubt if there is a difference in the build quality and surely not significant enough to warrant a big price difference. Agree with Defenderzook ... sounds like sales bull! :wink:

[hiline]

when we bought our 2 fenders in 2000
the sales guy told us to wait for the sth African build ones
to come out , better build quality
so they said

go figure :roll: :roll:

[VladTepes]

So it would seem that LRA is sourcing Defenders from 2 countries and STILL seems determined to kill them off.

Oops wrong thread. (Bastards).


Henry did you specifically try for one that was from your old country (as opposed to The Old Country)
:?:

[Greylandy]

Originally posted by VladTepes
Henry did you specifically try for one that was from your old country (as opposed to The Old Country)
:?:

No Vlad .. guess it was luck of the draw! At the time I knew they were imported from both the UK and SA but I was of the opinion there is no significant difference so I didn't care. Although the sticker of the South-African flag on the back of greylandy has a dual purpose now style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[lewy110]

I wish we could get the South African one with the BMW straight six in it.

Now that would be awesome.

[Ace]

$5000 sounds a bit odd, I would have to agree with the others, sounds like a load of bull to me. Matt

[DEFENDERZOOK]

Originally posted by VladTepes
Mine was built in Solihull.

And doesn't leak.

Well, not throiugh the roof, anyway.





Obviously a mistake on the production line.


too late to fix it under warranty now.
you'll just have to live with it.

[Ace]

Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DEFENDERZOOK)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-VladTepes
Mine was built in Solihull.

And doesn't leak.

Well, not throiugh the roof, anyway.





Obviously a mistake on the production line.


too late to fix it under warranty now.
you'll just have to live with it.[/b][/quote]

How ever will you cope Vlad? Matt

[DEFENDERZOOK]

its tough isnt it?

[Goblin]

Here is a site, i think I found from AULRO a while ago. It tells you all about your Landy, after you chuck the VIN into it.

http://www.clifton.nl/index.html?calvin.html

I'll show you mine and you will see::::

SAL Manufacturer code: Land Rover
LD Model: Defender (for early models: Ninety, or One Ten)
H Wheel base: 110 inch
M Body type: 4-door station wagon (LWB)
5 Engine type: 2.5 litre Td5
7 Steering and transmission: Right-hand drive (RHD), 5-speed manual (LT85, LT77, LT77S, R380 or other)
2 Model year: 2002
V Assembly location: Blackheath, South Africa, for 147-specification
849030 Serial number

The key is the Assembly location....

[DEFENDERZOOK]

i just found out mine is from solihull uk
i was told by the salesman they were from south africa so i never checked till just now.

[VladTepes]

The assembly location for mine is:

Somewhere in Solihull, just before knock off on a Friday. 8O

[Yabbie]

Being Bleack(bestess Tony Greig impression) I thought it would be dead easy to tell if they are from South Africa :twisted:


Sorry it's not BLEACK it's SOUTH AFREECAN

[crispy]

Thanks for the info guys,I think I am going to wait till next year and see if the v6 goes into the defender.I was offered a south african defender for 47000 and a pommy one for 51000+ .But the SA ones were only black or yellow but had the side steps and bull bar.This is QLD prices if that makes a difference.

[Ace]

Originally posted by crispy
Thanks for the info guys,I think I am going to wait till next year and see if the v6 goes into the defender.I was offered a south african defender for 47000 and a pommy one for 51000+ .But the SA ones were only black or yellow but had the side steps and bull bar.This is QLD prices if that makes a difference.

I dont think it will crispy, Aus has until 2007 to get up to date with new emission standards, this was the rumoured date for the release of the new defender, however some have said 2010. You might be lucky, but i think the defender will be stuck with the TD5 for a couple more years yet. Matt

[LandyAndy]

Hi Guys
I Rekon an Xtreme buyer(read ME) could stitch up a secondhand caryard(non landy dealer).
Find a nice Xtreme in the said non Knowing caryard.Work out that its a South African Fender tell the non Landy dealer they were all pieces of slimy poo.And the only decent ones were pommy built(cheap useless labour etc in un developed countries)
Tell you what
I will try it on when the time comes style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif
Andrew

[Maggot4x4]

Originally posted by LandyAndy
Hi Guys
I Rekon an Xtreme buyer(read ME) could stitch up a secondhand caryard(non landy dealer).
Find a nice Xtreme in the said non Knowing caryard.Work out that its a South African Fender tell the non Landy dealer they were all pieces of slimy poo.And the only decent ones were pommy built(cheap useless labour etc in un developed countries)
Tell you what
I will try it on when the time comes style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :lol: :lol:
Andrew style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif :roll: :wink:

[Ace]

Originally posted by LandyAndy
Hi Guys
I Rekon an Xtreme buyer(read ME) could stitch up a secondhand caryard(non landy dealer).
Find a nice Xtreme in the said non Knowing caryard.Work out that its a South African Fender tell the non Landy dealer they were all pieces of slimy poo.And the only decent ones were pommy built(cheap useless labour etc in un developed countries)
Tell you what
I will try it on when the time comes style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :lol: :lol:
Andrew

We could tell him they are only good for parts, we might pick a couple up for 10k a piece. Matt