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I've driven mine in -20F conditions for days, never had any problem. It's not the cold, it's the salt and corrosion of fittings like brass valves. Land Rover addressed this specific issue in development for the L494 RRS and L462 Discovery. I've also seen a lot of broken coil spring and leaf...

The new Defender has traction control AND center/rear lockers that are user-controllable. The two together are unbeatable - doesn't matter if you have only three wheels on the ground, or even two - they're designed to work that way, and that's been demonstrated in any number of videos including...

Um, diesels in all vehicles still outsell gasoline engines in almost every market except the US.

Spot on, ******** anyone who thinks any car isn't for some particular buyer. If you like it, buy it, if you don't, don't, but don't try to tell people they're not right for a given vehicle.

Here's the problem - as of right now, diesel regulation is tightening, driven by Obama era regulation and CARB taking 16 other states along with it in their own stricter regulation regime. Yes, Land Rover sells diesels in NA today, but the 6cyl is the same Ford engine that's now the F150...

Probably the lift rods like Johnson Rods and Lucky8 offer. Basically these prevent the air suspension from lowering below normal height. https://www.lucky8llc.com/collections/discovery-5/products/discovery-5-lift-kit http://johnsonrods.com/johnson_rods_3_010.htm Sent from my...

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One, I meant that it will drive better than the old Defender. How do I know it drives better? Because I have a Discovery 5, and as you saw, the Defender is on the same architecture with the same suspension design and the 110 has about the same proportions and weight, so yeah, I'm absolutely...

It started well before Dieselgate with CARB trying to regulate diesels out of existence. There is a long history of activist statements to the effect of, "diesels do not belong on our roads," or indeed even farms. But yes, Dieselgate did, um, throw fuel on the fire. Interestingly, the...

Rock sliders first up, budget committee approved for Spring purchase. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

It's clearly not because diesel is the same or more than premium in most US markets. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

Keep in mind that Land Rover must get the vehicles certified for fuel economy and emissions. Metal belly pans are heavy, which reduces fuel economy. Also, metal bellies are loud and ringy as highway noise and associated road imperfections pass under the vehicle...NVH is a significant perception...

No, they quite clearly state it's built on the same platform as the Disco. The electronic systems have been updated, and the monocoque is significantly stiffer, and the interior is completely different, and it looks different and comes with different options and can take larger tires and can do...

True, and unfortunately our intellectual superiors in the Democratic People's Republic of California are on a mission to ban diesels from our roads, so I guess we're going to have to accept mild hybrids and KERS to get the performance we used to get from a diesel. But at least we will be used to...

As far as I can tell, all the 110s on the USA website come with air suspension standard. No coils.

It would be more expensive because they would need to completely redesign the monocoque chassis to maintain its stiffness with a big chunk cut out of the rear and a flappy thing on hinges at the back end instead of a load-bearing arch with a door in it. And that would necessitate another...

It's also obviously worthless with any tire smaller than that.... ?;)

Land Rover says 35's will fit with a lift. Lifts for the Discovery cost less than $100....

The Roxor is absolutely relevant to the discussion because it ticks all your boxes. The old Defender barely sold at all and wasn't available in the US or China, and couldn't be made available in either of those markets its old form. The new Defender will sell in comparatively large numbers in...

If you dig into these, you'll notice that this rating is for "all problem reports per 100 vehicles." If you read about how they rate them, these are the categories: Exterior Features/Controls/Displays Seats Interior The Driving Experience Audio/Communication/Entertainment/Navigation HVAC...