Thread: Australian Defenders?

Originally Posted by jik22

OK, on the slight chance I might be allowed a Defender on a corporate lease scheme (should prove interesting if they get me one and see the state it will be in by the first service, not to mention all the extras it will likely have gained) I've been looking at new ones.

Not much in the way of model choice, is there? TD5 110 or TD5 110.

No sign of the new model on the .com.au website either, so does anyone know when we're getting it here and if it's orderable yet?

Oh, and finally....why do the ones here have white roofs regardless of body colour?

can i ask who you plan to lease thru?


thanks rob.

Originally Posted by Tyrepower

My Extreme is a late 2001 (December) Java Black 110 made in England, and has a black roof. On hot days I wish that it was white or that the air con worked better. The only real complaint I have with the thing is that it is so hard to keep cool on 35+ days let alone 45 deg days. And with the air con on full it sounds like an F18 taking off using the bonnet as an aircraft carrier. So during summer it just stays in the garage and I really only get out in it during the winter months. The advantages of having a company car.
Cheers Richard AKA Tyrepower

Now you know why most sold here are either white or at least have white roofs - in this country black has to be the worst possible colour for a car!

John

Mine is a lease vehicle.
With the accessories you just need to get then specified as part of the vehicle. So get your quotes with any of the extras and lease it with them supplied and you are right. After that you can add things but can't claim them on the lease. You can replace broken bits though so if worst comes to worst maybe you need to break you diffs out the front of Maxi-drive

Originally Posted by disco-bob

can i ask who you plan to lease thru?


thanks rob.

There's only one lot we can use, and I'm not even sure they do Defenders. Will let you know.

Originally Posted by spudboy

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He also said that LRA deliberately waited for some time before bringing in the new Defender so that any little bugs in the production would be sorted before we got ours.

After 20 years they still havent sorted out the 'little bugs in the production'

Question is, does your lease company specify that the vehicle needs to be Australian Made/Owned or do they specify a category of vehicle? Is it part of your package where your company supplies the car? If so, then you may be pushing it up hill!

I'm with NLC (Novated Lease Company) and I can specify any car I want because I'm salary sacrificing. You can even have a Ducati as your daily commuter. Need to move down to Black Rock and talk to them about a Yamaha Waverunner FX160

Originally Posted by numpty

Yes, the Extremes were built in Sth Africa. All imported from UK now and when we bought ours last year if you wanted any colour other than white, it had to be ordered. that's why it took 4 months for ours to get here. BTW air con in the new model should be better, but all old stock has the same crappy air con they've been using for years.
Re lease, ours is leased and the Bullbar, Towbar and Snorkel were added as lease items.

My extreme (2001) is a UK build I checked!