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  1. 21st April 2012, 09:39 PM #1
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    New Defender concept for Frankfurt

    No, No, No and No

    http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...fender/258535/
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  2. 21st April 2012, 09:44 PM #2
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    Has shades of a D1 about it in the roofline...


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  3. 21st April 2012, 10:35 PM #3
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    Vomit !

    If Hindustan Motors can still make the Ambassador

    which is basically a 1958 Morris Oxford
    and New Royal Enfields are still being made in India like they were in 1955
    well why the hell can't Tata leave the bloody Defender alone, holy crap don't they get it, its like a sacred cow !!!

    If they have to modernise it why can't they follow Jeep Wrangler, at least it still looks like a Jeep !!

    I'd sooner buy a a 76 series Cruiser
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  4. 21st April 2012, 10:40 PM #4
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    Looks more like a Freelander than a Deefer.

    Is does look better than the 1st attempt,but would like to see it in all the different models to make my mind up(am looking at 130 HCPU to buy)

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  5. 22nd April 2012, 12:13 AM #5
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    By removing all the things that make a Landie so good, they've created something . . . POINTLESS!!!!!

    I'm just going to go into business rebuilding Defenders, as obviously there won't be anything similar in the future.
    At any given point in time, somewhere in the world someone is working on a Land-Rover.
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  6. 22nd April 2012, 07:34 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by goingbush View Post
    Vomit !

    If Hindustan Motors can still make the Ambassador

    which is basically a 1958 Morris Oxford
    and New Royal Enfields are still being made in India like they were in 1955
    well why the hell can't Tata leave the bloody Defender alone, holy crap don't they get it, its like a sacred cow !!!

    If they have to modernise it why can't they follow Jeep Wrangler, at least it still looks like a Jeep !!

    I'd sooner buy a a 76 series Cruiser
    Tata own land rover but all the planning was well on the way for before hand. Tata is just a parent company and would have nothing to do with land rover direction.
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  7. 22nd April 2012, 07:38 AM #7
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    looks like a cross between a D1 and a D3/4 with a touch of Freelander thrown in
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    The defender is a work utility, that concept, whether it is good bad or indifferent isn't and that is all there is to it.

    I dont have a problem with the new concepts at all but they are not a defender; a defender is what you buy for working out of as well as having for touring play etc but ulitmately it's roots are a work horse

    To me it is obvious that landrover no longer intend to cater to the worker
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    Article linked to is from August 2011.
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  10. 22nd April 2012, 07:58 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by disco gazza View Post

    Is does look better than the 1st attempt,but would like to see it in all the different models to make my mind up(am looking at 130 HCPU to buy)

    cheers
    That is the first attempt.. the article is from August 2011..

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