Some better spy shots at last!

My L322 spends most of its life parked up unfortunately. But it’s done plenty of beach work to Straddy, Moreton, Bribie and Fraser. The only bush work has been on a property I have through tall grass, inclines and uneven ground but nothing really hard.

I’m not knocking coils. I have a Perentie and 2 project 110s in waiting.

I’m sure like the L494 RRS and D5, the new defender will provide both options. But the D4/3 coiled vehicles without terrain response did not have the same capability as EAS/TR vehicles.

The last trip to Moreton.
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I recounted this story before on AULro but about 10 years ago we helped out old mate with a GU Ute and Tvan near Bathurst Bay (Cape York)
He had rear converted to airstone bags

Had holed one on road in luckily carrying spare
So installed it and then holed the otherside on way out where we found him

Both holed right where the bag rolls on the sleeve so no chance of rubber repair

Now he had a lot of weight onboard so maybe they were overloaded
Maybe if he had coils in he would have cracked his spring bucket
Maybe maybe?

Anyways in four million degree baking heat we cut up a foam mat, stuffed the bag full
Of foam, (no rolling action) , wrapped it with canvas from memory and rope epoxy

We towed the tvan and he limped out to the PDr

Point is they can fail

But so can anything!!!


I would argue that a well engineered OEM designnisbpropoable less likely to have catastrophic failure than a retro mod

In any case I’ll hold judgement till I see a Ute variant of the 660
But at the moment it looks like a D3/D4 = ugliest thing ever to leave Solihull

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My pleasure... and good question, if so then it certainly risks losing the traditional 'classless' appeal of Defenders hitherto

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I suspect that the "original classless Defender" was a 2nd or 3rd hand machine. Similarly when the new Defender has been out for a bit, it will no doubt be affordable when it's also 2nd or 3rd hand. I think it looks pretty good though.

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The truth sometimes hurts;
boxy “can” look timeless and cool ... like a defender

Or it just looks meh and ugerley like a D3/D4

Honestly, even D3/D4 owners will say - “well the look grows on you”and “ it’s so practical “ and “it fits lots in” - geez It’s not like I’m dissing them completely. They are nice to drive, go anywhere, are comfortable, well thought out (mostly)
It’s just that the D3/D4 body shape
Fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down

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At least the D4 is not a babushka doll clone of everything else, like all current LR models. And I’m a Defender tragic :)

I like the D 3/4 squarish shape, it's looks very purposeful to me.

Hang on, the D5 is so much uglier then the D3/4.....

D5, like evoque is for the car park
Doesn’t even compute as a four by

So it doesn’t matter if it’s ugly or meh

I’m coming around to the look of the D5, and people are reporting it’s more agile than the D4. The D4 is impressive in my limited experience of driving one on Fraser and Straddie.