Real Life photos of 2007 Defender! at the paris motor show.

[matbor]

from : http://rovering.squarespace.com/journal/2006/9/29/real-life-photos-of-2007-defender.html

pics here : http://www.autoweek.com/files/specials/2006_paris/landrover/defender/pages/01.htm

[Vandermorph]

Same shape as the old one not like other motor companies changing the shape of thier cars every year

[solmanic]

I love the cut-away effect. Should make for nice breezy driving.

[CraigE]

7 seater?? Flat rear floor. I wonder if they have utilised the wasted space under the floor.
Not bad apart from a crappy engine. These Transit engines have a reputation for overheating. I know of 2 in Adelaide less than 6 months old that are on 2 and 3rd engines and still having problems.
Put in the V10.
:(

[Michael2]

Finally, decent rear seats. I wonder if I'd be able to retrofit them to my Defender.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

http://www.autoweek.com/files/specials/2006_paris/landrover/defender/images/01.jpg
at least we now know what the bonnet hump is for---

to throw slow pedestrians over the roof:D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

still gunna hose the insides fellas??
;):D:p

[hiline]

http://www.autoweek.com/files/specials/2006_paris/landrover/defender/images/06.jpg

still gunna hose the insides fellas??
;):D:p

sure will its still vinyl:D :D

[dmdigital]

Forward facing, folding rear seats, I agree it would be interesting to see the floor area and how its utilised. Really suprised they haven't had to put airbags in the front, its kind of a must have like the rear seats nowdays. With all the safety codes in the EU etc and also I would say this could preclude it from the USA (as well as the 2.4L motor). So where are Ford going with it?

[LandyAndy]

Will it come to Australia if there are no airbags???????,about the only vehicles in Aust without airbags are commercial vehicles.
Is their an airbag law for passenger vehicles in Aust????
Andrew

[dmdigital]

I think there is and at present light commericial vehicles are exempt. But I think the Land Cruiser 78 and the Defender are the only 2 vehicles in that market without airbags this probably means their days without SRS are numbered.

I reckon the new Defender, if it gets to Australia, will be a full trim spec (like the xTreme) and probably priced at about the same as the base model D3. Lets face LRA seems to think only city people want new Land Rovers to drive the kids to school

[CraigE]

Remember that is probablly not the completely finished production models for all areas and is just a display prototype. I would not be suprised to see it with air bags whan it hits the US and Aussie markets.

[Blknight.aus]

I hope we're talking suspension airbags........

Might be convinced to be interested if they can;
get peak torque below 2Krpm
have a model that seats and packs like big red
makes the same or better economy as big red
service it without charging the wife to change the sparkplugs
proove its as good off road as big red.

(big red IS a 03D110 Extreme)

[dmdigital]

I hope we're talking suspension airbags........

Might be convinced to be interested if they can;
get peak torque below 2Krpm
have a model that seats and packs like big red
makes the same or better economy as big red
service it without charging the wife to change the sparkplugs
proove its as good off road as big red.

(big red IS a 03D110 Extreme)

No we're not talking suspension airbags. Whilst I don't want to debate the pro's and con's of airbags and whether a Defender needs any of this it is an unfortuante fact of life that the various motoring standards are now almost demanding they be fitted.

It would be nice if they had one of those 2 stage turbos like the BMW's and other diesel cars are now getting so that there is no noticable lag below 2Krpm

[def-90]

book me in for one of those bonnets though!!! :cool:

with a nice little slit in the start of the hump!:twisted:

[hiline]

when will they release them here ???

late next year maybe ??

anyone know for sure

[tempestv8]

Does anybody know the power of the current TD5 motor in the 2006 Defender?

I went to Land Rover Australia's website to look it up, but there's no information!

http://www.landrover.com.au/au/en/Vehicles/Defender/Specifications/Defender_engines_and_performance.htm

What's up with that?

Anyway, 122 hp translates to 90 kw for this new Ford Transit 2.4 litre motor, which doesn't sound like much....:mad:

And that bulge in the bonnet - is that meant to accomodate a bigger motor in the future? I hope so... 90 kw isn't a lot for a 7 seater and towing a trailer. :(

[hiline]

Does anybody know the power of the current TD5 motor in the 2006 Defender?

I went to Land Rover Australia's website to look it up, but there's no information!

http://www.landrover.com.au/au/en/Vehicles/Defender/Specifications/Defender_engines_and_performance.htm

What's up with that?

Anyway, 122 hp translates to 90 kw for this new Ford Transit 2.4 litre motor, which doesn't sound like much....:mad:

And that bulge in the bonnet - is that meant to accomodate a bigger motor in the future? I hope so... 90 kw isn't a lot for a 7 seater and towing a trailer. :(

Engine locationFrontEngine orientationLongitudinalEngine descriptionFive cylinders, in-line, SOHC, two valves per cylinder, cast-iron block, aluminium alloy head, turbocharged and intercooled.ConfigurationIn-lineCylinders5Valve trainSOHCValves per cylinder2Block materialCast-ironHead materialAluminium alloyCapacity (cm3)2495Bore (mm)84.5Stroke (mm)89.0Compression ratio19.5:1Maximum power90kW @ 4200rpmMaximum torque300Nm @ 1950rpmInduction systemDirect injection Diesel, turbocharged and intercooledForced induction typeTurbochargedFuel typeDieselFuel tank capacity (litres)75


this should help you :D ;)

[weeds]

the sun roofs a bit gay

umm wonder if i'm allowed to order one

[camel_landy]

Remember that is probablly not the completely finished production models for all areas and is just a display prototype. I would not be suprised to see it with air bags whan it hits the US and Aussie markets.

That's exactly what I was going to say but you beat me to it... ;)

M

[solmanic]

7 seater?? Flat rear floor. I wonder if they have utilised the wasted space under the floor.

It's not actually a flat rear floor - the Paris motorshow photos don't show it as clearly as the original Landrover press release ones from a few weeks back (see below). The rear seats sit on the wheel arch boxes and hang out over the lower centre floor section. The carpet in the display one hides the step in the floor somewhat.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://imageshack.us)

[VladTepes]

That's good news Hiline - you can buy a new one and sell me your 130 at an incredibly good discounted mate's rates AULRO special price !!!

[Ace]

Doesnt look to bad to me, i would still prefer the TD5 though. I wonder why they went with the transit engine instead of the 2.7L enlarged capacity version of the 2.2L Mondeo engine. Seems like a step back with that engine. They would have been better off holding back on the release and getting the TDV6 in there. Matt

[harro]

It's not actually a flat rear floor - the Paris motorshow photos don't show it as clearly as the original Landrover press release ones from a few weeks back (see below). The rear seats sit on the wheel arch boxes and hang out over the lower centre floor section. The carpet in the display one hides the step in the floor somewhat.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4541/51028139lrnv6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I will just have to see how easy it is to pull all that extra seat crap out so I can fit my camping gear in.
The couple of bolts on the current Xtreme are a 2 minute job.
But apart from that if we 'regress into simplicity', I for one will be very happy.

[noddy]

From memory they cannot fit airbags because the firewall would need to be strengthened and that meant a complete re-design. They faced this problem back in the late '90s when they were forced to stop selling the NAS90 in the US because of the need to fit airbags.

I just want the bonnet. LRA should just ship a couple of containers of bonnets and some of those swanky seats and that would do us all. Forget the rest of the car and THAT engine:D :p

[Ace]

I just want the bonnet. LRA should just ship a couple of containers of bonnets and some of those swanky seats and that would do us all. Forget the rest of the car and THAT engine:D :p

I reckon that would be right, i cant really see that engine competing with a TD5, let alone a chipped one. Seems like a step back in the engine department and a step forward on the interior department. How long do we have to wait for a step forward in all departments. All this kinda tells me that Land Rover doesnt really care to much about the fender and is really only keeping it because of its heritage and iconic status. Matt

[tombraider]

From memory they cannot fit airbags because the firewall would need to be strengthened and that meant a complete re-design. They faced this problem back in the late '90s when they were forced to stop selling the NAS90 in the US because of the need to fit airbags.

I just want the bonnet. LRA should just ship a couple of containers of bonnets and some of those swanky seats and that would do us all. Forget the rest of the car and THAT engine:D :p

Yeah!!! I've got my guy in the UK lined up...

1 sexy new bonnet and COMPLETE dash assembly for Lara will be leaving the UK as soon as they are available :D

As for rear seats, not too sure on those, I'm going to go Camel style and drop mine to a 4 seater soon anyhow ;) especially as theres 2 more seats coming from Exmoor trim the same as the fronts!!!

Tombraider

[hiline]

That's good news Hiline - you can buy a new one and sell me your 130 at an incredibly good discounted mate's rates AULRO special price !!!

no probs mate :D :D

and i'll even clean it for you ;)

[Tyrepower]

Will it come to Australia if there are no airbags???????,about the only vehicles in Aust without airbags are commercial vehicles.
Is their an airbag law for passenger vehicles in Aust????
Andrew

Nah..... the steering wheel is on the wrong side as well.