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FWD and EV rear in a significantly downsized product. Land Rover working on a Jimny? Land Rover appears to be working on a new entry to the Defender family, one that will do battle with the hardiest of opponents – the Suzuki Jimny. We’re not joking either, at least if What Car is correct in...

I doubt break-in period or altitude is the issue. The 10,000 ft perspective would say manufacturers would not be able to sell into areas of the intermountain west. Taking the Defender on a off road journey to 10K is actually a pretty mild workload profile of long drives and low rpm's. In fact it...

Yup, lower cost and compliant to regulation. Rear wheel / four wheel drive added with part time electric motors. Pure EV by 2030. Virtual government motors.

I'm hoping they don't lemon the vehicle but actually find root cause. And yes, I'm concerned that the embedded diagnostic capability is falling short on pinpointing the problem.

Depressing but not unexpected. JLR made a significant course change when sales tanked a few years ago and regulation trajectory became clear. They moved away from purely mechanical systems and heavily invested in their IT / embedded control systems and also began the move to Blackberry QNX. QNX...

Actually long term viability of highly computered vehicles will be an issue down the road. While older vehicles did have control systems, they were singular in functionality and embedded designs where a single module could be R&R'd and your done. The newer systems are virtualized and integrated...

Well a little messy but a good example of why Blackberry SOTA has significant value. Hoping they clean this up in a few revs.

Hmmmm .......... the latest 2021 Discovery Sport P300e was upgraded to Pivi Pro / Blackberry QNX which virtualizes embedded processing on fewer hardware CPU's. Virtual architectures share CPU, Memory and I/O resources through time slicing and scheduling of task. Recently: Land Rover Halts...

So, to the possibility that the issues are related is non-zero. The Defender control systems are Blackberry QNX hypervisor / virtualized which is why early marketing material noted 85 "cpu's". That's 85 virtual processors sharing I/O subsystems.

I agree with the slow observation. A self created outcome is one factor in an array.

Discovery Sport on the axe list is surprising but there is a lot of competition in that model. That said I see more Disco Sports than other models. Cancelling the Sport puts the entire 3 tier Land Rover strategy back on the table or cancelled.

So while the forum has participation rules and trophies, moderators should exhibit restraint or they risk "Hello" outcomes (see Fireside) and eventual death spirals. People need thicker skins. The rage/hate thread morphed into a competition to maximize page count. Entertaining, brought a smile...

Chief executive Thierry Bolloré beginning the journey to financial stability Six models on the potential chopping block ........ Jaguar Land Rover's new chief plans deep cuts to product line-up Six current and planned models face the axe, including electric XJ saloon...

I think we have established that a locking rear diff is a minimum for tread lightly.

Well you have to look at price (much higher than non-hybrid) vs the value equation of "83 mpg" for 27 miles. THAT is no/not enough demand to justify sales/support. Edit add: AND payload / towing is reduced from 3500kg to 3000kg or down 1100lbs. Does that say the PHEV "technology" weighs in at...

"Intelligent All-Wheel Drive" routes torque to either the front or rear diff. ".........The new intelligent driveline system continually varies axle torque based on sensor data from the vehicle’s surroundings and driver inputs to distribute all torque to one axle or the other as required...

The entire lease model will become a subscription model to capture more of your income.

Already included on Blackberry enabled models. SOTA. Only JLR product not yet offered is a subscription model tied to your credit card. Probably not too far off in time.

Apple develops, designs and manufactures many of their products. They also leverage sucontractors. Next up for Apple? Their own in-house chipsets to displace Intel. JLR subs the entire product, adding a product label and box. If anything they may preinstall an app and skin that could be made...

Land Rover doesn't make phones. Subcontracted from suppliers like Sonim. https://www.sonimtech.com/products/devices/xp8/ Land Rover launched a phone because… actually I’ve got no idea why