LR Defender Concept

[volvo]

I hope they tweak this one a bit more or is it a case that looks are deceiving!DC100 - Land Rover Defender Concept | Land Rover UK

And if this has been posted before i apologise.

[pie eater pete]

Looks may be deceiving..that things awful but sure LR will make it as they will aim for school run mums with it-my neighbour works for LR and reckons current Defender is unsustainable as their still assembled by hand and too time consuming.

[treedave]

I don't see many farmers ramming two tups, a dog and a bag of sheep nuts in that! Or am I missing the defender core market that isn't covered by the freelander aka a working 4x4.

[Guss109]

That looks just wrong. Can't see the army buying them let alone any farmers using them in a dubby park

[Matthew Storrs]

I just don't see the point in this vehicle? If its uneconomical to make the current defender then just scrap it (much as i hate to see it go) but isn't this new one just a rehash of the disco/rangerover/freelander family? I think there is a shortage of genuine 4x4 utility type vechicles and the new defender could do a lot worse to fill this void and really aim it at folks like tree surgeons/farmers/fencers etc etc who would really benefit from a 3.5 ton 4x4

Edited January 13, 2012 by Matthew Storrs
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[keith@honda]

the concept vehicle will NEVER be a defender but it will probably still have the usual loveable landy faults my 110 leaked like a sieve from new but hey its built in britain.

[rovers90]

One of the Land Rover monthlys has been quick to point out this is purely a concept, not a prototype, its a plastic body on a Range Rover Sport chassis (if I remember correctly) although there must be a new Defender for 2015 due to changes in various laws.

 

In response to earlier posts, no Land Rover probably do not want to make a utility vehicle any more ...as there is no money in it apparently. They make their money with the Range Rovers, Discoverys etc so why bother building a vehicle if its not going to make up a large part of your turnover? And whilst we all love the Defender, who would go and buy a new one? I drove one recently and was amazed at how cramped the cabin and driving position felt.

 

A few years after the Discovery was first launched, a farmer bought one, made it into a truck cab pick up with a fifth wheel in the back for towing a large trailer and I thought if a guy could do that in his shed, why cant Land Rover do it. They should have made utility Discoverys other than the Commercial, ie. pick ups.

 

I bought a Ford Ranger Super cab last year after 20 years of Land Rover ownership, most of it Defender 90s, and feel as though this is what Land Rover should have built years ago. It would probably be so much better with permanent four wheel drive and diff locks but there again if it had been built by Land Rover it would have been a lot more expensive.

 

Don't get me wrong, as I said earlier I have been a Land Rover owner and enthusiast for most of my life, I'm still the latter but lets all realise the age of the Defender as we know and love it has been and gone

[muldonach]

relax - its a wind up! Thats a 4wd concept mini

 

Land Rover my @rse

[shep1]

i really do feel land rover have lost direction lately, the early 300tdi defender was the best they ever made the td5 wasn't to bad, and has proved far more reliable than first thought, but the as for the latest transit engine'd i cant think of any one who has one with out drive line problems ect, you only have to look at how many jap double cabs they are now compared to 7/8 years ago, its a real shame i think there is a big place in the market for a good full time 4wd pick up with difflocks ect and can tow 3.5 tons but im not holding my breath for anything from land rover, im not anti land rover at all weve had many but they too unreliable now,

[Lumberjack Pad]

I hope it's some kind of joke. I think I'm going to be sick.....!