Thread: Will be Retro

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

???

Everything else LR has ever sold, sold double/tripple defender sales

thats why it stopped....

Basically if the disco is a dud and sells 40k and the defender only sells 20k on a good year, what are you saying about the defender. Sale price have to also be taken into account, easy to sell 200,000 of 25k cars
Its much harder to sell 50,000 of 100k cars and so on.

Numbers drop usually higher up the market, you simply just dont have to sell as many for the same return.

New from insty based off bond, will put up artist when i find it again.

Originally Posted by Melbourne Park

Here's a recent report on an old D3 that hit a new Pajero:
Discovery 3 vs Pajero Sport

IMO the D3 seems a bit stronger.

Unfortunately for your argument, the Pajero Sport isn't monocoque - it has a ladder chassis. Since it's actually the Triton ute turned into a wagon. And it has no relationship to the actual Pajero, they just borrowed the name at the last update: it used to be called the Challenger.

So, in other words the D3 - which has a monocoque body sitting on a ladder chassis - came out largely intact while the ladder chassis vehicle's bodywork crumpled. QED.

Arapiles,

Me thinks the D3 came out "largely intact", due to the fact it was wearing a bullbar....
What do you think both cars would look like if the D3 wasn't wearing the bar???
What if the Paj Sport was wearing a bullbar?
What if both were wearing a bullbar??

Edit; not to mention the fact the point of impact was not central.

Going to the extreme end, the Disco 3/4 series of vehicles can save it's occupants in pretty big impacts even without a bullbar. The link below is from 2009 or thereabouts.


HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WITH A D3 IN SOUTH AFRICA

Mod hat on. Back on topic please people.

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

Going to the extreme end, the Disco 3/4 series of vehicles can save it's occupants in pretty big impacts even without a bullbar. The link below is from 2009 or thereabouts.


HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WITH A D3 IN SOUTH AFRICA

There's is a thread on chassis/mono posted above

YouTube

Selected Land Rover fans were invited to Gaydon, UK, to have a look at the new Defender ahead of everyone else. Reactions? Look for yourself!

#TeamDefender | Der neue Defender | Land Rover

Can anybody translate? they certainly don't look disappointed