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Yeah great to see em giving fraser a crack aye? Guys with horse and carriages probs sat there when the series 1's where going over having a laugh [emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by weeds
I saw a few brand new RRS on straddie over hols and one inparticular i had a chat too just sat ontop of sand and smashed it.
Yep a few rambles is about right. They need to start winding the market up and do a few teasers. Time to give away something at least. I imagine TJM and ARB will be getting specs and drawings from LR well before the first vehicles arrive here.
Yes it's not their first Rodeo but they have never had such big shoes (and a lot of legend not always equated to reality especially in the Puma versions) to fill and expectations to meet. Never. So I reckon they will have a lot of internal disagreement about everything from wheel and tyre sizes to how best to manage the release and marketing.
Cheers
PS. If only they had the AULRO experts to set them straight [emoji16][emoji1787][emoji41]
With the TJM and ARB thing, is that how they usually work? I guess that's what happened with suzuki?Quote:
Originally Posted by ozscott
You might be right actually, seems to be a normal wheelbase RRS there aswell, maybe 2020 RRS testing at same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by scarry
Engineer:Quote:
Originally Posted by blackrangie
"We been out here tuning these...been here for 2 weeks..this is the finished car...not bad for road tyres at road pressures"
Offroad Alliance:
"Out here testing the 2L diesel..We were quite impressed with how these vehicles performed on the trails, they have great terrain management systems, we saw them crawl up and down the trails right in front of us"
“Blah blah blah Rambles blah blah blah”
Just ask my loverley wife
That is my existence in summary!!!
I still think JLR need to start owning this
And I disagree - this is the first time they have ever tried to leverage 60 years
Of motoring history into a new vehicle
Every other time was something different
The new defender must have the DNA of the old defender / series
Or else JLR is dead....
Well dead to me anyway
S
On this, a few things:Quote:
Originally Posted by roverrescue
Thoughts on JLR being at Moab around the same time as EJS (Easter Jeep Safari)
Regarding actual facts, if you have been following this thread, there is really not much we haven't been able to accertain fundamentally, just the style and minor details.
I believe they are doing a slow reveal and for two reasons
1. Viral marketing, gets people talking. Tick
2. Keeps the Chinese from copying it like they did with the Evoque/Landwind (this would be the main reason they don't reveal cars well in advance anymore.) Tick(maybe)
The 90 looks, sounds and performs pretty defenderish in the moab video, even low range looks on point. Ramble over [emoji1787]Quote:
Originally Posted by roverrescue
New Range Rover models illustrate Land Rover's design ethos - Autoblog
Land Rover Creative Director Massimo Frascella
"Defender is going to be a very different vehicle from both Range Rover and Discovery," Frascella said, adding that it will be distinctive from both families of SUVs. "By nature it's going to rebalance the whole strategy."
Rebalance the whole strategy. Now I understand what the new Deefer will be...
Cheers
PS. sarcasm aside (or adding more) I think rebalancing in this context means having a proper roofline again instead of one that satisfies looks and a wind tunnel and allows a decent load space (as well as having a reasonable line for a roof rack to follow...ie very different to the way LR are going with their other offerings).