Won’t be retro...

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Originally Posted by manic

Compare a 1990 UK spec 110 with a 1991 UK spec 110 with a Defender sticker on it. There are far fewer differences between those two years than between a 1991 200tdi defender and 2016 Defender with a Ford 2.2 lump. Because of this people cannot help but to refer to most post series 3 land rovers as defenders. At least when it comes to those built in solihull . There is a different history over here in Australia with the isuzu, which earned its own name - 'County' (even though that was intended as a trim level)

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My brother has a County...that had a stock 3500 V8. So yep trim level not motor type.

Cheers

'County' is a trim level designator that has been used by Leyland for at least Series 3, Rangerover and 90/110.

In Australia it became an informal reference to pre-Defender 110s (Note: not 90, as they were not sold here), probably because the most numerous model was the station wagon, which, I'm pretty certain, was sold only with 'County' trim and only with either the 3.5 V8 or Isuzu diesel. Four cylinder engines were not sold in Australia in this period. These wagons were prominently labelled with 'County' on the doors, and the name gradually transferred to the other models - hardtop, trayback ute with 120" wheelbase, and 6x6 (although these were usually just referred to as "6x6").

With the introduction of the Discovery in 1990, and the final cessation of local production, there were no traditional Landrovers sold here, but continuing demand led to the re-introduction of the (fully imported) Defender a year or two later. These had different engines, and the differences probably cemented the practice of referring to all earlier coil sprung Landrovers as Counties (or should it be 'Countys'?), even when they are not, just to distinguish them.

The new Land Rover Defender will be revealed in September | Driving

So by September we can hopefully have another 2194 posts about what it may or may not have and what it may or may not look like and what it may or may not should be[emoji1787][emoji1787]

Yes you CAN use whatever language you want however from my understanding of the rules, not on AULRO...quote.

So now you want to be a mod?

How about letting the mods do their job and you get on with copying and pasting unsubstantiated trivia.

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So by September we can hopefully have another 2194 posts about what it may or may not have and what it may or may not look like and what it may or may not should be[emoji1787][emoji1787]

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And hopefully some pricing that will also definitely be discussed in the 2194 posts..[biggrin]

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Yes you CAN use whatever language you want however from my understanding of the rules, not on AULRO...quote.

So now you want to be a mod?

How about letting the mods do their job and you get on with copying and pasting unsubstantiated trivia.

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...steady on there mate !!.....

So Blackrangie, tell me this is not confusing.

New Series 1 Defender being built , with pictures of a Defender, so I ask, are they building Series1's with original tooling or Defenders ?, as they are indeed mutually exclusive & you must agree JLR are not just Dickheads they are complete ****wits for exacerbating this travesty.

Land Serwis builds new Land Rover Series I Defenders with original tooling - Autoblog

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Originally Posted by goingbush

So Blackrangie, tell me this is not confusing.

New Series 1 Defender being built , with pictures of a Defender, so I ask, are they building Series1's with original tooling or Defenders ?, as they are indeed mutually exclusive & you must agree JLR are not just Dickheads they are complete ****wits for exacerbating this travesty.

Land Serwis builds new Land Rover Series I Defenders with original tooling - Autoblog

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If it says Series 1 then that covers the age of the vehicle and Defender tells us which of the LR families (Range Rover, Discovery or Defender) it is, so that's all good, isn't it?