Thread: Best Price on a New Defender 110?

To get a 2005 model you will probably be waiting till Dec 2005
SORRY
Andrew

Why? They tell me they have plenty in stock for immediate delivery.

Hi hgb,,

theres been LOTS of discusion on delivery,,

from what i can gather,

since the dealers have to buy individual cars from LR,,

if LR dont happen to have what you want,,

then its the slow boat from England.

So they are not particularly interested in discounting vehicles that they do not actually have in stock to sell?

If by "2005" you mean manufactured in 2005 then I think it will be much later in the year. If you mean "take delivery in 2005" then you can do that now, with models built in 2004.

There are tiny but significant differences between Defenders. I was lucky and scored a bullbar, two remotes, rear tie-downs, CD player, 4 speakers and wall-to-wall shagpile carpet. Others who bought Defenders around the same time have had only two speakers, a casstte player and no tie-downs.

When I bought mine they had none in stock (so no test drive), a waiting list and a 3 month delivery time. No way they were interested in discounting the price under those conditions.

Trouble is, if I wasn't a committed (who said should be committed???) Land Rover nut I would have walked away and bought something else. Dealers aren't really interested in trying to sell the Defender, they know that the market is limited and only people who really want one anyway will buy them. I'm sure that profits are higher on the Disco too. :roll:

Originally posted by rmp
wall-to-wall shagpile carpet.

Carpet in a Defender?? Your joking aren't ya?

Mick

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wall-to-wall shagpile carpet.

Carpet in a Defender?? Your joking aren't ya?

Mick[/b][/quote]

Well, it's not fully carpeted. You can see still bits of the walnut trim and leather.