Thread: Please use this area now the new Defender has been released.

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Originally Posted by RobA

OK surprised this has not already been posted. Or I've missed it. Makes for the most detailed read of everything I have yet to find. Lots of stuff not on the configurators. Enjoy!

USofA specs, information, pricing et al at OvalNews this link 2020 Land Rover Defender US Product & Order Guide >> OVALNEWS.com – Always fanatical; Occasionally interesting Land Rover & Range Rover News

Tried this link but it doesn’t seem to work, or maybe just not up here in East Arnhem Land

cheers

David H

Try this one

http://cdn.ovalnews.com/pdf/L663-Def...r-Guide-v1.pdf

should take you straight to pdf.

Originally Posted by johntins

Great. Can you tell the rest of us?

Because I'm not sure you do..... I'm not sure I do either.....

We are not that special, our ADRs pretty much follow what happens in Europe so, no, we are not getting charged extra because of any unique manufacturing requirement for our market. Where there are specific requirements it is most likely minor (like global closing on windows) and is simply configured in the CCF and controlled by software.

The landed cost of the vehicle is the the price the LRA buys it for + 5% duty + Insurance + Freight with GST applied to that total. LRA make their margin selling to the dealer and the dealer in turn selling to the public.

From Here:
Australian Design Rules

The decision to develop a Third Edition of the ADRs was made at the 63rd meeting of the Australian Transport Advisory Council (ATAC) in February 1983 following a comprehensive review of the vehicle regulatory system. Several major recommendations were endorsed relating to ADR Development. The first was that international harmonisation of vehicle safety standards should be actively pursued, with close attention given to the alignment of vehicle categories and particular ADRs with their international counterparts except where there is sufficient evidence to justify unique requirements. Another was that all regulations relating to the design and construction of new vehicles should be integrated into the national ADR system.

On harmonisation with EU:

The Australian Government's policy is to harmonise the national vehicle safety standards with international regulations where possible and consideration is given to the adoption of the international regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Australia is a signatory to the UNECE 1958 Agreement and the 1998 Agreement. The policy to harmonise is also important to fulfil World Trade Organisation and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation commitments.

I understand the major influencer between US and AU pricing will be volume the difference is made worse by the local profit taking.

YouTube

CarAdvice reckons AU$ 70K for the basic 110 and 55-60 K for the 90. About the 2min mark in vid.

Cheers,
Randy

from a snip from one of the walkaround videos in Frankfurt : this equates to AUD $90k for base 110, model on display is AUD $166k . This not including our delightful LCT......they have got to be joking.

Greg,

That's for the X P400 MHEV which I understand is the top of the range?

I would expect the D240 SE to be low 80's so its under the D5 and then optioned up to be 90k.

Originally Posted by Gregz

from a snip from one of the walkaround videos in Frankfurt : this equates to AUD $90k for base 110, model on display is AUD $166k . This not including our delightful LCT......they have got to be joking.

Originally Posted by Gregz

from a snip from one of the walkaround videos in Frankfurt : this equates to AUD $90k for base 110, model on display is AUD $166k . This not including our delightful LCT......they have got to be joking.

Defender x is the most expensive fully optioned model

Base 110 tipped to be 70k

Base 90 60k

Hopefully we get numbers soon

Yes, the base price of the X model 110, with the P400 donk, appears to be equiv to $160K AUD, which, for comparison, is a good $25K more than the base price of the top-of-the-line D5 HSE Luxury SD6. Not sure if it will be worth $25k extra in my opinion, but others may have differing opinions. Maybe they ratchet up the prices just for those fancy European Monte Carlo types, and the Au prices will be (much) lower ?

You can't do straight currency conversions when pricing overseas vehicles. The manufacturers price their vehicles higher or lower for the same vehicle in different markets. Hopefully OZ pricing is competitive.