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BuckBlu110



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Looks very similar to the disco in this link: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/lan...e-to-come/
Maybe a new discovery model or old photo?
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LandRoverAnorak



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That looks like a heavily disguised D5, possibly sporting the much rumoured revised tailgate. Darren

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JeremyJ



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Its just a top hat mule, running gear could be anything - forget the bodywork
Post #666412 23rd Nov 2017 11:26am
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LandRoverAnorak wrote:
That looks like a heavily disguised D5, possibly sporting the much rumoured revised tailgate.


The story says on test ahead of the 2016 motor show so it's a very old story and pic of the now released disco 5. It would have looked a bit better if they'd stuck with that tailgate set up. Ray
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LandRoverAnorak



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Ah, didn't spot that. Perhaps they'll just surprise everybody with the new tailgate Laughing Darren

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adolfy



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As with all the current land Rover products, very very ugly. I have owned all the land Rover products up to the L322 and decided, that after all that mileage the Series/ Defenders were and still are the best and that's what I own now. I will never buy another new Land Rover product. My next new vehicle to replace the run around Kia Spotage 4x4, that replaced a freelander will probably be a Skoda Yeti. But my real Land Rovers will never go.

sad but that's life.


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Land Rover have moved...upmarket. They'll never sell a small 4x4 again. The new Defender is going to be £35,000 minimum, I firmly believe that now, possibly a lot more. As I've said before; if Suzuki can make a profit on the great little Jimny 4x4 that costs just £14,000 why can't Land Rover? Sadly, I won't be buying a JLR product anymore, either. If they were ultra reliable, like Skodas and anything Japanese, then I might be tempted. But seeing as they are never going to be that type of company, and just want to keep making bigger and bigger cars, and more expensive ones, then they've lost me. I've had a RR and three Defenders. Sadly, that's it. Now left.
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rockster57



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And extracted from that....

“To me a retrospective approach proves a lack of creativity," said McGovern.

The new Mini, new Beetle and new Fiat 500’s being spectacular examples of retrospective iconic sales flops eh! Shocked
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Freypal



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This just shows it's ego driven. It's all about how he perceives a design rather than what people actually want. As above the evolutionary mini, fiat, 911, beetle etc do rather well relying on design cues from the past.

From what I gather the radically different D5 isn't doing too well compared with the evolutionary D4 as evidenced by them already talking of re designing the hideous back end.
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rockster57: Great point Thumbs Up Now left.
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BCdefender



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NMBRPL8 wrote:
https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/land-rover-says-new-defender-will-be-polarising-110041


I just read this today as well. Looks the DC100 fans will be happy. 1999 Defender 110
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adolfy



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As I was out walking the dogs, I was thinking about Mr Govan's comments in the article above and I am sure that he is confused or in denial. The original Land Rover was creative, as was the original Range Rover and the Discovery but creative isn't a word that I would use to describe Land Rovers current range.
Boring, mediocre, bland, soulless, unimaginative, ugly, depressing, these are all words that one could use to describe today's crop of designs. The Land Rover legend was born with the Series 1 and is kept alive by enthusiasts, as there's little to get enthusiastic about in the current range I wonder about the future.

Jon


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ibexman



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Whatever it is we won't be seeing any in uk on the road till 2019
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