Won’t be retro...

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Originally Posted by blackrangie

Basically a Chinese copy of the y62?

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No,as said in another post.Nissans 'luxury' brand.Similar to Toyotas Lexus.

if you ever see one in the flesh,and i think i have only ever seen one,you will understand what i mean.

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

LOL ... no, it's Nissan's own work. It's the Infiniti version of the Y62.

BTW, the V8 in the Y62 sounds great.

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Wow, they made ugly even uglyier

Why, whats different?

100% on the V8, apparently its awesome, and race bred!

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Originally Posted by rick130

Yep, the proportions are much better than the D1, even though the rear overhang should be worse off road. I never cared for the D1 shape at all.
The original RRC was just a gorgeous shape too.

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D2C and RRC and last of the fenders are 3 of the best imo

I've seen a few. They are even uglier than the Lexus.

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Originally Posted by blackrangie

Wow, they made ugly even uglyier

Why, whats different?

100% on the V8, apparently its awesome, and race bred!

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Wait until you see one in the flesh[bigsad][biggrin]

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Originally Posted by rick130

And practical can be considered beautiful too.
I remember a number of years ago the Willys MB made the shortlist of the most beautiful cars of the 20th century, and IIRC it was voted on by car designers.

That's nothing superfluous about it, total form follows function.

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100% one of the greats

The RRC also has to be one of the greats from a form and function point of view [emoji7]

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Originally Posted by scarry

Wait until you see one in the flesh[bigsad][biggrin]

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Yeah ok ha, don't mind the sedan they have getting around though.

New Defender spotted testing for African conditions

this must be the one that the interior shot was taken from

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fe&oe=5D2458E2

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Originally Posted by Arapiles

LOL ... no, it's Nissan's own work. It's the Infiniti version of the Y62.

BTW, the V8 in the Y62 sounds great.

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Sound is the only thing I like about the Y62.

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Originally Posted by goingbush

New Defender spotted testing for African conditions

this must be the one that the interior shot was taken from

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fe&oe=5D2458E2

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LOL....and you can pop into a dealer and buy one today, market leaders unlike Land Rover