Thread: Won’t be retro...

I hope there is a TDV8 version, just to blow off the 70 series Toyota fans. Would be fun to watch them splutter.
Seriously I hope JLR absolutely nails the new Defender and it is a huge success.
I'll be a starving pensioner living on Wheetbix and dog kibble and unable to afford one until they are a decade old, but that's okay.

Originally Posted by Vern

The h-arc uses shocks as well? Nissans hbmc doesn't use shocks, just hydraulic rams. I would guess the landy system works better, they always handled better than anything else.

Not sure, i think landy is airspring/shock in one?

Originally Posted by Vern

Neither can i, but the purist rivet counters will want manual, and small diesel, and beam axles, and uncomfortable driving position, and most of all, a handbrake that cuts off the circulation in your leg

They can go buy one on carsales

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I hope there is a TDV8 version, just to blow off the 70 series Toyota fans. Would be fun to watch them splutter.
Seriously I hope JLR absolutely nails the new Defender and it is a huge success.
I'll be a starving pensioner living on Wheetbix and dog kibble and unable to afford one until they are a decade old, but that's okay.

V8 natural with 8speed auto would do the trick
Tdv8 would be great with all the other options they are talking about, not sure there would be a biz case for it?

Originally Posted by Vern

Neither can i, but the purist rivet counters will want manual, and small diesel, and beam axles, and uncomfortable driving position, and most of all, a handbrake that cuts off the circulation in your leg

Well if my right arm isn’t crammed up against the window, my left calf isn’t impaled on a handbrake lever and my left foot isn’t on fire, I’m not interested....

Funny that, I don't actually have any of those problems and I'm tall and lanky. Do you have to be a deformed pygmy dwarf with a twisted spine and arms longer than your legs to be uncomfortable in a Defender?

Originally Posted by Homestar

Well if my right arm isn’t crammed up against the window, my left calf isn’t impaled on a handbrake lever and my left foot isn’t on fire, I’m not interested....

haha..im sure the aftermarket will make a kit for those wanting that retro feel

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Funny that, I don't actually have any of those problems and I'm tall and lanky. Do you have to be a deformed pygmy dwarf with a twisted spine and arms longer than your legs to be uncomfortable in a Defender?

Drive a RRC then a defender, chalk and cheese for tall guys, the leg spread is real.