New Defender Concept
- Thread starter Heady Expedition
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Fivespddisco
Supporting Sponsor
Yes it does
yloDiscoii
Observer
Reading some of the responses about makes me think of this..."Back in my day, Land Rover's didn't have fancy electric windows!.....AAAnnnd we LIKED it!"
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I Leak Oil
Expedition Leader
HillbillyfromAL
Explorer
Power windows are nice but here's the problem I have with the concept other than the looks.
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IFS/IRS
Ahh relief
Seriously though it needs solid axles or I wouldn't even consider test driving it.
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IFS/IRS
Ahh relief
Seriously though it needs solid axles or I wouldn't even consider test driving it.
David Harris
Expedition Leader
x2. There's a reason why Land Cruiser continued to offer the straight axle Land Cruiser 70 Series for commercial/third world markets, while the rest of the line went over to mall-cruiser status with the 100. The Defender should be the same.
David
I Leak Oil
Expedition Leader
We should start a petition that the new defender will be made as follows.
Current defender with land cruiser axles....
That is all...
Current defender with land cruiser axles....
That is all...
David Harris
Expedition Leader
And world peace to boot. . .
Antichrist
Expedition Leader
Still no redeeming features in my view, aside from the recessed door handles I mentioned earlier. I still don't see any point in it, other than Tata trying to get a few more Rupees from the Defender name.
It's as much an abomination as the first time I saw it.
Very true. I really don't like the electric windows in my Disco's. And I even like the dash vents in my Defender and Series.
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overlander
Expedition Leader
For me it's not like, it's LOVE! The dash vents for some reason in my head are the icon of the icon. So much so that when having my NAS 110 restored, which originally had those vents blanked out from the factory, I had my bulkhead swapped so I could regain the vents and the parcel tray. To me, if they don't integrate the direct air air vents as a functional and visual attribute on the new model, then it's not a Defender any more. Period.
ersatzknarf
lost, but making time
What Mark said.
Jeep has the JK, why can't LR make the Defender the way it should be ?
Antichrist
Expedition Leader
Well, I try not to call it "love" with an inanimate object, though at times I've been convinced my Land Rovers are possessed.
So... the only time I haven't loved! my dash vents is many years ago when a bumble bee came through one, in spite of the screen, and was blown up the leg of my shorts. :Wow1:
Luckily for me the impact with something in the dash had killed it.
AndrewClarke
Adventurer
I know I'm late to this party, but here's an interesting tidbit from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive_Acts
The 1865 act required all road locomotives, which included automobiles, to travel at a maximum of 4 mph (6 km/h) in the country and 2 mph (3 km/h) in towns and have a crew of three travel, one of whom should carry a red flag walking 60 yards (55 m) ahead of each vehicle.