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Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2143 ![]() ![]() |
Just been on the news...
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bankz5152 Member Since: 02 Feb 2017 Location: South London/North Kent Posts: 1443 ![]() ![]() |
Interesting... |
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JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 6081 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I saw an interview with Charles Fawcett (Twisted) a couple of years ago when he bought his £7m stock of Defenders. On being asked what next after they've gone he suggested making his own. But not heard anything else since.
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3125 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Maybe they will just start pimping 80"s |
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g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1961 ![]() ![]() |
I just watched tis too |
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AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 513 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
That sounds like an awful lot of money. How many are they planning to make? Surely the market can't be for much more than 100,000 per year at the very most? |
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discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 1599 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I would have thought that the market for a mini Defender would be much less than 100,000 per annum. Suzuki already have the lion's share of this market with their Jimny which is due to be revamped in the next few months so it will not be an easy market to penetrate. Santorini 90XS SW
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What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 738 ![]() ![]() |
Well, you say that, but I've been wondering if this sector is going to be the new growth one. The popularity of small SUVs surprised market analysts, and many manufacturers are still playing catch-up. Look how many Vauxhall Mokkas there are on the roads, for example. Small city cars have been predicted as the next big growth market, but this simply hasn't come about. Indeed, Gordon Murray thought he'd cracked it with his awful little T27. Now, combine the two - a small city car with SUV pretensions. Add electric to that and you just might have the 'hot cakes' in car manufacturing. 'Normal' car prices have just got stupid, and I'm wondering if a downturn in sales will force buyers and manufacturers to look at cheaper ways of getting around. An electric Jimny may just be the way forward, and wouldn't it be great if it was a British company like Ineos that kicked it off? UK population is growing at 1,200 a day (8,400 people a week). Think about it...because no one is. |
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 10276 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Defender is not an SUV though - at least it wasn't and should not be.
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Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The CSW has always been marketed as an SUV, in my opinion 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 10276 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Not much "S" about it, IMO! |
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What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 738 ![]() ![]() |
The term is annoying, as journalists use it for a Tesla model! The RR was (in my opinion) the very first SUV, though I have seen articles disputing that, and the Defender clearly wasn't...wasn't. However, like Kit, I feel it's been marketed as one for some time. UK population is growing at 1,200 a day (8,400 people a week). Think about it...because no one is. |
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22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 2616 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The original station wagons were pretty civilised, but were still marketed as a good way to get builders across a site, or to ferry tourists on safari, never really shown as an alternative to a normal car. The County, introduced in 1982, was really just playing catch up with standard car levels of trim and equipment, and even then it was still fairly basic. Some sound proofing and slightly nicer seats along with pant and side tapes, not exactly class-leading. 2011 110 USW
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Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2940 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
^^This A lot of pickups these days are just SUVs with big boots. |
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