Thread: A marketing opportunity missed

Originally Posted by dm_td5

This is what I had in mind...



You're missing the point, its what they could have done to the style of the vehicle, not the mechanicals.

I get your point dm_td5 Iam not going to get into the engine debate as ive never driven a new one and I like my 300tdi fender....

I like it ill have one in a 90 please ...The missus can keep the 110 300tdi and ill have the 90 as my toy

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

They were not, and that is why LR lost the market to Toyota and Nissan. Not enough engine to give the performance the buyers wanted. This was typical behaviour from British industry at the time. Bulid what you can or what you want to build and never ever build what the customers want and then blame the dealers for the loss of market share. Remember when Britain had a motor cycle industry? Remember what happened to it?

And Range Rover! Rover buy an engine from GM that had already been built in a 5 litre version. So what do Rover do? Build it at 3.5 litres and put it in a two ton car. Should have been 5 litres from the go. Would have been a ripper of a high performance 4WD if that had been done.

i really dont understand why you own a landrover (i'm actually assuming you do own one my apologise if you don't) as you seem to do nothing but whinge about them and the way landrover build them....

your the first landy owner i know that is infact a closet toyota lover..
it's usually the other way around

I think Brian is just being a realist and brings up some very good points. I think that he is on the money personally. It's not Landy knocking, its just the way that LR do things and perhaps there are reasons for it, such as pommy tax laws etc.

i wasn't meaning to offend...just joking around!

but there are reasons for landrover doing it which are pointed out EVERY time he bashes the same old line...

and it is very much to do with laws and tax and the size of the countries in which landrovers are used..

he does have good points...i dont think deep down anyone disagrees with that, but he doesn't seem to be able to except that there are reasons for which landrover do these things.

I'm sure if we could all design landrovers they would be much better!!!

Absolutely. To do design a new LandRover from home is to do it without restriction, considerations or error.

and as you see above is done in about 20mins ....i'm sure if brian asked dm_td5 or sleepy would happily stick a big air intake on the bonnet and some slick dragster wheels on the back
to give him that big engined feel

dullbird, Brian is one of the elite of the elite - he has a late 1980's 110 4BD1 not the anaemic 2.5 litre land rover diesel of the time....

Originally Posted by dm_td5

This is what I had in mind...



You're missing the point, its what they could have done to the style of the vehicle, not the mechanicals.

Eugh!

Each to their own but I've never really been a fan of the Series vehicles.

M