Thread: Spotted - New Range Rover

Originally Posted by Max Headroom 2.3m

Is that a bit of the wheel arch falling off already??

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If it is a mud deflector it would be utterly useless.

Well spotted.
Looks like some under body plastic unit hold in by plastic fir tree plugs. One must be missing or it was not designed with the plugs evenly spaced.

Originally Posted by spudfan

Well spotted.
Looks like some under body plastic unit hold in by plastic fir tree plugs. One must be missing or it was not designed with the plugs evenly spaced.

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.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom 2.3m

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.

The moment Gerry McGovern finally Spat it.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

The moment Gerry McGovern finally Spat it.

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.

In his last life he was probably a car salesman

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...

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...?

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..

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

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?

Originally Posted by Saitch

He may want to have a look at this?

Nice note but your gonna need to buy a medium sized petrol station to go with that at 33.6L per 100 km or about a litre per 3km!!!! and that's not giving it some
At least the Rangie still manages 11.7L per 100km