Ger in, ger ou'[biggrin].
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Nope, my bad…..they appear to be mud deflectors after all !!
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I assume the design brief was to ensure no mud splatters on the rear quarter panels. No doubt these deflectors are the result of a 3 month investigation and optimisation by a team of design engineers with Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Analysis packages, confirmed by full scale wind tunnel testing and made of Graphene TFT to enhance functionality opportunities. I’m guessing it then went to the body styling consultants…..it is clear who had the bigger sway.
Wasn’t he the one that said they didn’t follow on with the split tailgate in the D5 because it was difficult to get them to fit perfectly and they attracted rust?I have yet to see a D3/4 with a rusty tailgate,or one that didn’t fit properly,in fact they fit so well I have never seen a complaint about dust getting in.
Yet the RR continued on with it?
He also said the New Defender will have that many accessories the after market guys won’t be needed.[bighmmm]
In his last life he was probably a car salesman[biggrin]
Overall opinion - I bet it is a dream to drive and I'd have one in my driveway if money were no object - so that will never happen... [biggrin]
My main criticisms is (as mentioned by others) - the arse end is sooooooooo fugly. Second one is that the screens - both front and back - look like an after thought in both cases. The rear screens wouldn't bother me, but that main front screen seems to obscure some of the other controls - it actually looks really out of place IMO.
Wonder what they'll be worth in 10 years...? [bigwhistle]
One of the bosses who was looking at the Rangie (he has the previous model - an autobiography model) spoke to me today and said:
* He didn’t like the new one
* The screens looked like an after thought
* He thought that the interior wasn’t nice enough
* He thought that it “wasn’t much different from his model”
He has never taken his Rangie off road and has had a few.
About a year ago he got rid of his Rangie (apparently the engine blew - I didn’t get to the bottom of that) and bought a Porsche Cayenne..
What’s he looking at instead? Trading in the Cayenne on a brand new Ram TRX - with the hemi V8…
I am not sure that he has test driven a Ram yet.. Might be a bit of a culture shock..
He may want to have a look at this? [biggrin]
https://youtu.be/Yt5A5z8fJco