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| Honker Member Since: 26 Jun 2011 Location: St Albans Posts: 353   
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8th Aug 2011 11:25am |
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| Cannonball Member Since: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Co Laois Posts: 150  
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Looks like a Toyota clone!
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8th Aug 2011 12:05pm |
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| T1G UP Member Since: 08 Dec 2009 Location: Bath Posts: 3101  
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looks like a gaylander.....
time to buy a nice td5 110 and make it rust proof  |
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8th Aug 2011 8:08pm |
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| pouf Member Since: 05 Aug 2010 Location: Athens Posts: 456  
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this is a pajero pinin
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17th Aug 2011 8:45am |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6475  
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That's the artist's impression that's been around a while.
 1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW |
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17th Aug 2011 9:06am |
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| goug3 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: London Posts: 9
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Hahah too true. It is hateful, why would they do that??? |
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17th Aug 2011 10:23am |
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| kingofthesparks Member Since: 06 Jan 2011 Location: Very close to Watford gap services , northants Posts: 987 
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both good sellers, yeti and multispace
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17th Aug 2011 10:28am |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972
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Yup, and so are Heinz Beans and Stella Artois. But you wouldn't put them in a blender and try and sell the resulting mess as the next big culinary adventure.
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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17th Aug 2011 12:22pm |
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| blue meanie Member Since: 30 Jun 2007 Location: Newbury (ish) Posts: 43 |
I don't know, sounds quite nice to me |
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17th Aug 2011 2:16pm |
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| Glynparry25 Member Since: 16 Feb 2009 Location: Miserable Midlands Posts: 3015  
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That is exactly what it is (just with a LR grill). Who would have thought that Autocar have got it wrong once again 
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17th Aug 2011 2:32pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Never a truer word!!!!..... Gauging your reactions the penultimate sentence of the article is absolutely 'bang on!!!' "He believes that whatever solution Land Rover finally picks, ‘it won’t please everyone’, because with so many fans and opinions it will be difficult to avoid disappointing some." We will undoubtedly bleat as loud and be just as critical and vociferous when the new one is launched as TD5 owners were on the launch of the Puma and TDI owners before that and .........! If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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17th Aug 2011 3:40pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Very true, but they've never been the same since they moved the headlamps into the wings and stuck a plastic grille in between. Besides, the real unanswered question is 200 or 300Tdi?  Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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17th Aug 2011 10:57pm |
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| rick Member Since: 07 Mar 2008 Location: Perth Posts: 133  
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That's barely a nod to the Defender's past - looks too much like the other LR products on offer. The new model should be more square in shape than round. Surely the right look to satisfy traditional Defender owners and bring in new ones would simply be a better finished, slightly more modern take on the current shape - like an accessibly priced GWagen.
Cheers Rick. 1998 RR HSE 2007 RRS TDV6 2008 Defender 110 2015 Discovery Sport |
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25th Aug 2011 3:59am |
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