Thread: Will be Retro

Originally Posted by roverrescue

BR
At least by mid 2020 delivery for Aus
The poms will have started to iron the bugs out!
At least enough so you’re aware of what to hassle the dealer about!

Also gives ARB 6 months to ramp up production of a reasonable front bar?

S

How much quicker do you think the uk will get there's before considering they are being made in Slovakia.

Will have SOTA too so niggling software issues should be no dramas.

Im not to concerned about the rest of it with all the testing, but I'm sure things will pop up, just not much.

With front bar if the factory tube/winch bar looks good enough ill be ticking that box, if and when something better pops up, ill swap it out then, hopefully ARB can have all the hard yards with plans done before the grab the first one off the ship and test it when it arrives

UK will for sure have delivery this year
What’s it take go to whoa to churn out a single vehicle in the new Slovakian factory?
Surely they have it setup to be taking only a few shifts to roll out the door
Order on the 10th on a car carrier to the motherland by 15th delivery soon after

6 month delay for Aus incorporates time to let EU and US market delivery as they are more important than Aus plus longer shipping time

Heck the factory is probably at half production already



Oh and don’t kid yourself - testing means nothing
They tested the D2 for a million miles and it still had gremlins
D5 had gremlins

Just be happy you have 6 months of beta testing by some other schmuck!!!

S

Originally Posted by roverrescue

UK will for sure have delivery this year
What’s it take go to whoa to churn out a single vehicle in the new Slovakian factory?
Surely they have it setup to be taking only a few shifts to roll out the door
Order on the 10th on a car carrier to the motherland by 15th delivery soon after

6 month delay for Aus incorporates time to let EU and US market delivery as they are more important than Aus plus longer shipping time

Heck the factory is probably at half production already



Oh and don’t kid yourself - testing means nothing
They tested the D2 for a million miles and it still had gremlins
D5 had gremlins

Just be happy you have 6 months of beta testing by some other schmuck!!!

S

Sounds good and hope your right re: UK and US, good to get the US aftermarket testing their gear asap, Lucky8 have seen the engine bay so who knows what that means.

Respectfully testing technology and engineering has come a very long way since the Discovery 2 was tested prior to 1998 21+ years ago, so as I said before time not too worried, about the engineering side of things or the software, there will be niggling software issues which will be taking care of by SOTA, and as I said before largely the engineering will be fine however there will be issues that pop up for sure like any car.

I dont wish ill on anyone so I hope most people have an enjoyable experience from day 1.

If Defender Ornkey owned the new defender can someone please fix the tubebar on the left?
Not sure who made this but prob Ornkey for marketing.

BR your faith in JLR engineering is admirable
There will be issues.

Accept that and just be happy you are not vehicle number 1


That render you posted looks even uglier than the 007 photo
WTF is those flares and wide tyres
And silly tube bar

S

The engines and transmission are already tried and true, so there should not be any issues with them.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The engines and transmission are already tried and true, so there should not be any issues with them.

But when you integrate 1 engine + 1 transmission into a new vehicle design you don't get 2.0. You get 1.95 and 0.05 bugs.

Mike

This new one will increase the value of real Defenders!