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carbore:
OK, If you were looking at Landrovers product line, what would you add. My concern is that they are now too hi-spec/luxuary. So the agri/utillity/hardcore market is left with little choice

There is not enough distance between Disco 4 Rangie and Rangie sport and even the Freelander 2 is increasingly at the top of its class. The utility side seems to be wanting, and I believe the Defender is on Borrowed time with various environmental and saftey legislation...

How about.

Disco Pickup (to tempt Rival Nirvara/L200 buyers)
All new Defender (Ground up, ultra customizable utility vehicle, space frame etc?)
A Van ??? (Vandrover)
Something else?

crazymac:
I'm with you here!

I'm waiting with baited breath for the Defender replacement, its to be built on the current Discovery chassis, wether it will be the same wheel base I don't know but it will certainly be capable in the rough! I assume the terrain response will be available for it!

But for it to be a proper utility they will have to get the body right!

V8MoneyPit:
If they were to do the job right, the new Defender body would be started from scratch. But it would get all the inevitable "That's not a real Defender" comments. So they are likely to compromise function in favour of design cues from the current shape.

All the manufacturers are doing it. The classic example (and close to my heart) is the Mini and the MINI. The old Mini was small on the outside, big on the inside. The new MINI is quite the opposite. It could have been fantastic, but because they compromised the design by trying to make it look a bit like the old Mini, it turned out a cramped, over weight, and (in my view) ugly result.

VW did it with the Beetle (new shape has zero rear leg room!), Fiat are doing it..... the list goes on. When are we going to see the retro Micra??  :lol:

Land Rover have the opportunity to start with a blank canvas. I do hope they don't fall into the same trap.

Saffy:
landrover motorbike  :lol:

I don't see landrover deserves a future.

william127:
a defender as it was 15 years ago, hose down inside,economical engine, no real electricry, no poxy headlining makeing running wire a pain, parts interchangable with discos.
oh yeah, and the same price it was then as well :twisted:

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