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Land Rover Owner -Tough Choice article Defender vs Santana
davidlandy:
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--- Quote from: "tenpolequint" ---I agree if the PS-10 or whatever had a landrover badge and the Defender a Santana badge....
But it would still be ugly and I would go for a Santana defender 90.
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no one has actually looked at the fact it is very repairable in low tech countries and landrover are making great strides away from low tech and leaving a vast gaping hole in the market which santana are now filling, so in reality are actually copycating landrovers early years keep it simple and make it last..............it may be ugly but it is effective dont you think???????????????????????????????????????????
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agree completely
one of the main attractions of the defender is that it is easy to fix and maintain.
I ll bet that the next generation defender wont be, so the santana will be there to fill that niche.
rokcrawlin:
--- Quote from: "davidlandy" ---
--- Quote from: "rokcrawlin" ---
--- Quote from: "tenpolequint" ---I agree if the PS-10 or whatever had a landrover badge and the Defender a Santana badge....
But it would still be ugly and I would go for a Santana defender 90.
--- End quote ---
no one has actually looked at the fact it is very repairable in low tech countries and landrover are making great strides away from low tech and leaving a vast gaping hole in the market which santana are now filling, so in reality are actually copycating landrovers early years keep it simple and make it last..............it may be ugly but it is effective dont you think???????????????????????????????????????????
--- End quote ---
agree completely
one of the main attractions of the defender is that it is easy to fix and maintain.
I ll bet that the next generation defender wont be, so the santana will be there to fill that niche.
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Ican remember when haynes manuals used to tell you how to do a complete rebuild on a motor now they tell you how to drive it to a main dealer lol
discodaz:
First off I reckon that anyone who uses a Defender commercially, could be better off with the Santana due to the fact that if you run a Defender or Santana into the ground they are probably going to be worth just as much as each other when the time trade in comes, so the Defender will cost more than the Santana to replace, Secondly L-R will price them selves out of the market, leaving Santana waiting in the wings, they've already done it with the new Disco, I know of a few people who can't afford the step up from 3 year old Td5 to a Disco 3 ( one person has had anew Disco every 3 years, from 1990 on & has left L-R behind)
So Land Rover can continue sucking up to yuppies, others will steal sales
doesn't make sense to me
thermidorthelobster:
It's simply because they make money out of yuppies, not enthusiasts. They have to go where the money is, and it's basically not with us not, it's with company car owners, managers and directors.
discodaz:
But my point being that if people who buy these things get a nasty shock
when they come to trade in, they'll go else where & it's Land-Rover that loses another customer, other companies win a new customer, people wont be ripped off.
Also was discussing what a friend thought of his new Freelander at the weekend, this guy was saying that when he went to collect it, a Farmer was at the sales desk enquiring about a new Defender, the salesman couldn't be bothered to get of his backside to see what the Farmer wanted, bet he's got a jap doublecab now.
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