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micksta1973
24th September 2019, 05:18 PM
Don't Like The New Land Rover Defender? Here's The Alternative | CarBuzz (https://carbuzz.com/news/dont-like-the-new-land-rover-defender-heres-the-alternative)
goingbush
24th September 2019, 05:45 PM
yes, but unfortunately is going to have a BMW power plant and transmission.

YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/INEOSAutomotive)
micksta1973
24th September 2019, 06:59 PM
So it might not leak, might have power, and could be reliable? We can't have that.
Summiitt
24th September 2019, 07:03 PM
yes, but unfortunately is going to have a BMW power plant and transmission.

YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/INEOSAutomotive)
Unfortunately?? It would be a damn site better than any previous LR engine..that straight six BMW diesel is awesome. Might be the only hope of buying a LR ute??
goingbush
24th September 2019, 09:56 PM
I'd never buy anything from the existing JLR stable , the Ineos certainly looks promising , just hope they have petrol or Electric in mind. Diesel is history .
Tins
24th September 2019, 10:38 PM
Diesel is history .

Faskinating. I think I'll wait for these mobs to lie down before I'll go along with that.

Category:Diesel_engine_manufacturers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Diesel_engine_manufacturers)

List of oil exploration and production companies - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_exploration_and_production_companies)
Pickles2
25th September 2019, 07:44 AM
Definitely real.
And there seems to have been a flurry of "publicity" for it, since the "new" Defender's release.
Pickles.
Max Headroom 2.3m
27th September 2019, 02:56 AM
So it might not leak, might have power, and could be reliable? We can't have that.
Yeh and they probably won't be able to replicate that endearing Defender quality of rusting when you are not looking[bawl]
87County
27th September 2019, 07:10 AM
I'd never buy anything from the existing JLR stable , the Ineos certainly looks promising , just hope they have petrol or Electric in mind. Diesel is history .

You're sounding like me - i.e. old (like me) :)
prelude
27th September 2019, 05:58 PM
it is certainly real. They used to have a poll on what you wanted to see on the vehicle a while back, I gave them all the input that came to mind. Not sure about the BMW engines though... They used to be awesome but as I orated in another topic (diesel vs petrol) the quality of modern engines has decreased and BMW is no exception in my experience. I guess compared to the jlr offerings though [bigrolf]

In any case, I have high hopes for an awesome vehicle but I fear for the NCAP adjustments that had to be made, not to mention the environmental stuff. We can already see that in the engine and gearbox choice.

Cheers,
-P