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Zilch Member Since: 20 Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, sometimes the Whitsundays Posts: 2835 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
looks like the first reveal pictures are up for the new Grenadier.. still quite a while away from being
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naks Member Since: 15 Jul 2016 Location: Stellenbosch Posts: 1172 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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naks Member Since: 15 Jul 2016 Location: Stellenbosch Posts: 1172 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Zilch Member Since: 20 Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, sometimes the Whitsundays Posts: 2835 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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RRT Member Since: 26 Mar 2018 Location: South Coast Posts: 251 ![]() ![]() |
Isn't this what the new Defender should have been?
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timhum Member Since: 06 Mar 2017 Location: Suffolk Posts: 389 ![]() ![]() |
According to the Autocar report its not available for another 18 months and drives like a Jeep Wrangler on the road, prices from £40k.
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Jjvd21 Member Since: 20 Dec 2011 Location: Chicago Posts: 241 ![]() ![]() |
Ineos Grenadier design meeting:
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Zilch Member Since: 20 Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, sometimes the Whitsundays Posts: 2835 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
i think it is what the purists / series / original defender owners wanted.. but it most probably did not play to what LR wanted from the vehicle in regard to attracting new customers and markets. In addition with the BMW plant and Auto, i assume it will not be as easy to fix as many of the old Defender owners wanted, no modern vehicle is
From a price perspective it seems comparable to the new Defender, so hardly cheaper. I do wish them well, there will be a market for it.. but i believe many of the purists who run older land rovers may find it is not the cheap utility/alternative they thought it would be Another Pommie Bar Steward down under MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre |
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Eaters Member Since: 11 Apr 2016 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1540 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Whilst I don't consider myself a purist, I do think that the new Defender seems to have strayed too close to others in the LR range. But the thing I can't get my head around is that they didn't include a pick-up truck variant. You only have to look around to see that there is a significant market for them - Navara, Hilux etc. Or have I missed something Robin 2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8 Gone: Jaguar S-Type V8 4.2 Sport MGZTT 190 2.5 |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8991 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
THe reason LR haven't done a pick up version of the new Defender is because it doesn't have a ladder frame chassis. If you cut the top off the rear of the new Defender, the thing will just want to fold up/crumple.
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Eaters Member Since: 11 Apr 2016 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1540 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ah - thanks RRSDTDV8. Then I think that's a fundamental flaw in their strategy! Robin
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8991 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Their strategy is "premium and luxury SUVs", not "things a builder might buy". They're not interested in the utility market anymore, they're interested in wealthy people buying expensive status items.
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RRT Member Since: 26 Mar 2018 Location: South Coast Posts: 251 ![]() ![]() |
Having sold Japanese vehicles in West Africa, whilst a relatively small marketplace, probably 90% of the vehicles we sold were 4x4s (generally sold to businesses rather than individuals)and the double-cab pick up was by far the best seller. MY17 RRS 4.4d V8 Autobiography - Aintree Green (also referred to on Topix as British Racing Green) |
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Camelrock Member Since: 31 Aug 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1003 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Still think it looks like a 1970’s throwback, keep it ! 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
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