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| lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1287   
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Well he seemed happy enough with his efforts when it was 1st released :
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-s...-discovery II wonder if he is starting to have doubts about new Defender as well? |
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9th Jul 2020 12:15pm |
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| Will@LRW Member Since: 04 May 2019 Location: UK Posts: 132 
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Yeah all that Discovery DNA holding him back.
Maybe it'll get a ladder chassis with live axles?  LR Workshop
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9th Jul 2020 12:17pm |
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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2525  
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Split tail gate and centre the rear number plate, not rocket science.
That won’t happen though. Expect it to look even more like an Evoque.....remember JLR are broke. |
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9th Jul 2020 1:05pm |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2496 
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I still cannot believe that the offset number plate ever got any further than the drawing board. Defender 90XS SW
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9th Jul 2020 1:48pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16901 
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It could certainly do with more verticality, and maybe an exterior lunchbox on the C pillar too. I feel that there should be more emphasis on reductive design as well.
Let me see if I understand this then; for the Disco 5 ancestral DNA is a bad thing. For the Nude Offender ancestral DNA is a good thing, because that is what the marketing luvvies are using to sell (or fail to sell) the vehicle. How confusing! Dare I ask who it was who was "too much influenced by the visual DNA of previous Discoverys"? Could it be a certain flamboyant professor? |
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9th Jul 2020 2:22pm |
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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2525
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Discovery 5 sales will bomb in the US as of Monday when the Ford Bronco will get it’s first showing.
The market has changed, off road life style is where it is at and Land Rover ironically only talk the talk, they gave up walking the walk years ago. Of the reviews I have seen re the Bronco not one presenter (on You Tube) ever class Land Rover as competition in the Ford / Jeep / Toyota battle for that outdoorsy life style market..... |
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9th Jul 2020 4:12pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1968
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Ah well, the school run Mums and Dads will be delighted.
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9th Jul 2020 4:25pm |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 3997 
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He even manages to blame old Land Rover models for his current design failings. Amazing. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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9th Jul 2020 4:34pm |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 905 
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Slippery, mr Teflon...
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9th Jul 2020 4:42pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1968
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Amazing lack of ownership, accountability and leadership from the man. I say amazing, I mean wholly inevitable.
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9th Jul 2020 5:02pm |
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| RDR Member Since: 27 Apr 2018 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 571
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I think they will defo centre the number plate if they had done that alone at the start the disco 5 would have got a lot better press.
The rear needs changing totally in my view they need to get back to a slab back for it but i guess that won't happen in this mid cycle revision as its a structural change. The disco 6 should have a drop tailgate. 110 MY23.5 X Dynamic HSE RR MY23 HSE PHEV D5 MY19 HSE - Now Sold D4 MY16 HSE Luxury - Now Sold D4 MY12 HSE - Gone D3 MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten |
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9th Jul 2020 7:03pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3028
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A career in politics awaits. WARNING. This post may contain sarcasm. |
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9th Jul 2020 7:08pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3696
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To me apart from the Obvious number plate, the wheels always look too small as its over bodied.
The Best D5 I have seen is thus Urban version that gets serviced where I take my Defender. Center plate, all black, larger wheels,  |
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9th Jul 2020 7:19pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3140 
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I'm no expert on disco 5s but I assume the red vehicle in the photo is one. If so, what stepped roof is he talking about?
Don't forget that now the Defender is the Discovery, the Discovery is the Freelander. So that might explain why they want a clean break from the older models. 2011 110 USW 1973 Series III 1-Ton 1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker 1969 IIA 1-Ton 1966 IIA 88" |
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9th Jul 2020 7:33pm |
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