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Diesel is cheaper than premium around here - and 30 mpg is way better than the gas engines will do. Plus it's quieter and has 450 ft-lbs of torque. Diesels don't require a whole lot of maintenance either in my experience and I've owned five of them.... 3 Land Rovers and two Mercedes. That...

She's 67, 5'2" and has a bad knee - she has a hard enough time getting in the Discovery but I have a folding stool that she can stand on to get in the Defender when we have to go somewhere in it. At least she doesn't keep me from getting the toys I want - including this latest addition to the...

Excuse me? Not the right person for a traditional Land Rover? There are four Land Rovers in my driveway right now - a 1967 Series IIA pickup that I'm doing a frame up restoration on - a 1966 109" diesel wagon - I'm the third owner of that one, I bought it in 1978 and it currently has over...

I think it did, if I'm going to spend as much money on a car as the new Defender it had better be something I can drive every day and that my wife will ride in. It needs to be comfortable, capable and a viable replacement for my Discovery 5. My wife doesn't like my Defender and the thought of...

This video I saw the link for on Lucky 8's web page is really good - and really long - over two hours - but it does a pretty good job explaining why the Defender had to change so radically. As an extra bonus there is a lot of footage of old Land Rovers running around in Snowdownia, at Goodwood...

Highway mileage on my diesel D5 at around 70 mph is averaging right around 28.5-30 mpg - best on one tank was 30.81 mpg back in May of this year - with a lot of mileage results around 29 mpg on our multiple trips to upstate New York or Florida. Towing a 2700 lb travel trailer back from Orlando...

I've really come to appreciate the 600 mile range of my Discovery 5 TDV6 (1-3/4 tanks of fuel Atlanta to upstate New York) so I'm waiting for a diesel Defender. Having a boatload of torque at 1500 rpm is addicting. I'd prefer the Ingenium 6 for the inherent smoothness of an online six but I...

Oh that's right, Oz does not have Defender 90's so they wouldn't know what they look like. The colonials win again.

That's not a RRC grille, that drawing looked a lot like the Defender that is sitting in my driveway right now....

And that's not a bad thing.... Whoever came up with that drawing deserves a cookie - its pretty nice.

I've owned almost every generation of Land Rover - from a Series 1 80", multiple Series II Land Rovers in 109" and 88" wheelbases, 5 Range Rover Classics, a Discovery 1, an LR3 and a Discovery 5. I've been driving them since I got my first one in 1972 and I've owned a lot of other cars from...

Low range is essential for backing up trailers - especially on a boat ramp or backing into a tight campsite. I use it frequently on my Discovery 5 because I have a steep driveway. I really don't believe that they won't offer a low range - especially since its offered on the D5, RRS, and Range...

My wife thought one of her plants was dying from the heat... nope

You're right 235/85R16, typing on a cell phone is hard...

The 32" tall 235/85R16 tires seem to work just fine for me...

I'm enjoying mine - just turned over 29K miles on it. The only two things I don't like about it are the rotary knob for the gear shift and the tail gate (it's clonked me on the head a couple of times) both of which will be eliminated on the new Defender. We were on the Tail of the Dragon on...

I think that is way too much weight that high - plus the house battery should be under the hood. The shock loads for a battery mounted that high would be magnified and batteries are heavy!

My local dealer started taking deposits a few months ago - two of the sales staff got in line ahead of me so I'm supposed to get #3 at Hennessey North Atlanta. I expect that once the new Defender is officially introduced in the fall you will be able to order one the way you want it optioned for...

I think the electric supercharger will be on the Range Rover - from what I read about a year ago there will probably be three HP ratings on the six cylinder engines - probably corresponding to the three models (Range Rover, Discovery and Defender). I was asking one of the corporate Land Rover...