New Defender Details Leaked
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Love the look of the green one in the first image with the steel wheels, very cool!
Based on those SA prices, the 90 is £45k though! Surely that can't be right?!
Based on those SA prices, the 90 is £45k though! Surely that can't be right?!
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The Defender jimmy edition 
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Will be no eu subsidies soon so probably out of reach for most farmers.
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Cheaper than that Bryan, unfortunately the wrangler is $30k stateside and they're no different to the ones you get here, so you pay nearly £40k for a £25k motor 
They do at least have proper axles.
I did laugh at the line from LR above about experienced offroaders blah blah... settings. Fine tuning the level of slip for each wheel, etc etc is on noones radar bar the guy writing the sales brochure and perhaps some blokes in the pub.
Not that any of these will see more than some 'experience centre' somewhere that could be mostly cleared by someone with a bit of sense in an old Corolla.
They do at least have proper axles.
I did laugh at the line from LR above about experienced offroaders blah blah... settings. Fine tuning the level of slip for each wheel, etc etc is on noones radar bar the guy writing the sales brochure and perhaps some blokes in the pub.
Not that any of these will see more than some 'experience centre' somewhere that could be mostly cleared by someone with a bit of sense in an old Corolla.
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And a D-Max for the yard work.
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they'll sell to the same people as the run-out of the previous model, the likes of barbara barbour jacket from ballyholme for driving to the garden centre in donaghadee.
The other demographic is the guys who'll drop them in at a 4x4 place to have them lifted, fitted with modulars and 33'' tyres, 12 spotlights, a winch and use them to park in the field at the local farmers market on a sunday (And spend the rest of the afternoon washing them)
The other demographic is the guys who'll drop them in at a 4x4 place to have them lifted, fitted with modulars and 33'' tyres, 12 spotlights, a winch and use them to park in the field at the local farmers market on a sunday (And spend the rest of the afternoon washing them)
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Capacity is all well and good but that "active" locking diff and those shiny alloy wheels don't get the traction in the back field after it's been raining all week.
It really looks like this should have been the new Discovery.
Defender is basically a cross between a van and a tractor. I'm not sure how many farmers (or explorers) care about having an infotainment screen, but the fact a towbar is an optional extra probably will matter. And also probably tells you all you need to know about it.
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What 4x4 scheduled for release in the next few years doesn’t have electronically controlled diffs and transfer cases or an infotainment system apart from the Dacia Duster?
Times and markets have moved on. All the electrical gubbins isn’t just for show, the new Landcruisers are evidence of that. Yes some of us are mad enough to lust after the original Defender but 99.999% of buyers have no interest in a tin lunchbox propelled by a thirsty and gutless oil burner.
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Awk come on!!! Tell her to go back to the original car you were looking at.
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It's not a prehistoric Defender agricultural implement replacement.
It's a "smaller" Disco, or a less posh Evoque if you prefer.
And it will sell in droves to the same people who buy either of those. At a nice wee margin. And there are a lot more of them than money pinching farmers loading sheep in the back.
The latter will continue to buy actual tractors and quads for the fields, and an old Disco or Landcruiser with a trailer for the market.
As for Wranglers, they might look cool until you actually sit in one. Never mind drive the wretched things, lol
It's a "smaller" Disco, or a less posh Evoque if you prefer.
And it will sell in droves to the same people who buy either of those. At a nice wee margin. And there are a lot more of them than money pinching farmers loading sheep in the back.
The latter will continue to buy actual tractors and quads for the fields, and an old Disco or Landcruiser with a trailer for the market.
As for Wranglers, they might look cool until you actually sit in one. Never mind drive the wretched things, lol
As for Wranglers, they might look cool until you actually sit in one. Never mind drive the wretched things, lol
Oh believe me I know how bad they are... mine has leaf springs all round. Nice thing to look at but there's nothing nice at all about how it drives
That being said, however, I'd still love a brand new 4 door one and if Jeep wants to give me one (hint hint) for promotional purposes to tow the YJ around bring it on
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The big Wrangler is basically a Suburban or something similarly horrid, is it not?
Second worst car I've ever been in, lol, but they do look ultra cool
Second worst car I've ever been in, lol, but they do look ultra cool
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I like it!