Thread: Won’t be retro...

Originally Posted by scarry

Couple of nice pics on here

The Land Rover Defender - Land Rover UK

There is a good rear shot if you scroll down to the bottom.

Its growing on me,not the shorty,but the LWB.

Im with you on the LWB

Its definetly going to look tuff with a set of muddies filling those guards

For some reason the Aussie LR website has decided to promote the new Defender using nothing but snow shots... The Land Rover Defender - Land Rover AU

Originally Posted by roverrescue

Rangie you are totally dreaming at getting a new110 for less than $90 and I reckon in Aus we will find most purchases will be closer to $120, kind of like how you see more VX and Sahara 200s than GXs

Anyways - the good thing is as far as I can tell without having a crawl around one my suspicions were pretty right, JLR have jumped the shark on this and marketed up a lion but releasing a Persian kitty

S

I like to dream

Hmm well JLR have said on record that they have pushed the discovery closer to Range Rover and more upmarket.

So logically the new defender would come in under that at base, especially considering they have said on record there will be utilitarian up to luxury models.

65-70k is my tip for base, but who knows.

LC200 starts at 77k for 2019

Persian kitty any facts to back that up?

I'm seeing a lion, that is going to eat a lot of competitors share. Grrr

Originally Posted by TB

For some reason the Aussie LR website has decided to promote the new Defender using nothing but snow shots... The Land Rover Defender - Land Rover AU

Yep that is strange!

Good to at least see it on the site now, was wondering when AU would add it. US has had it for a while.

This one i haven't seen before

Originally Posted by blackrangie

I like to dream

Hmm well JLR have said on record that they have pushed the discovery closer to Range Rover and more upmarket.

So logically the new defender would come in under that at base, especially considering they have said on record there will be utilitarian up to luxury models.

65-70k is my tip for base, but who knows.

LC200 starts at 77k for 2019

Persian kitty any facts to back that up?

I'm seeing a lion, that is going to eat a lot of competitors share. Grrr

That price will get you one with not much more than a steering wheel inside the cabin. I did a 'build' on the LR website a few weeks ago, and even with the base engine, even a few small upgrades will see the price over $90K pretty quick and if you want the decent powerplant, the sky's the limit.

Originally Posted by Homestar

That price will get you one with not much more than a steering wheel inside the cabin. I did a 'build' on the LR website a few weeks ago, and even with the base engine, even a few small upgrades will see the price over $90K pretty quick and if you want the decent powerplant, the sky's the limit.

Isn't that what some on here want?
Bare Bones

Bare bones doesn't mean coil springs though. Bare bones to most people when considering a good off road vehicle used in low range conditions must mean, when talking indepenent suspension, air springs cross linked to simulate as best it can live axles...so base model D5 no good for that (and it doesn't have low range) and as soon as you go dual range and air springs you are very close to $100k without breaking a sweat. I hope the air suspended version of the new Defender will be cheaper than a D5 but I reckon it might be wishful thinking. Anyway we will see soon enough.

Cheers

Unless L/R put up a version that is fairly capable for around 60K or less , to match the cost of a hilux or Ranger , then they will be a flop like the rest of the L/R stable.

I dont think they have had a car in the top 15 best sellers here that i can remember. Im guessing the new batch of clone vehicles D5/RRS/RR/Discovery would be outside the top 20 at the price structure JLR have put on them . Then again they didnt bother testing the pretender here so i assume the Aussie market is not high on their list.

Cheers Ean