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Supacat

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Most of the staff at the plant are unlikely ever to be able to afford one given the lower wages that JLR are paying them.

7th Sep 2019 6:46pm

sausage16

Member Since: 07 Sep 2019
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They're not the target audience for anything being built there. Although it's always good to have pride and promote the thing that you're producing without feeling you're doing it out of loyalty as opposed to thinking it's a really nice car.. And the wages.. yes...hmmmm.

7th Sep 2019 6:59pm

BogMonster

Member Since: 05 Feb 2008
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fisha wrote:
On the rear picture, the upper left corner doesn't look right - almost like there is a cover over the rear corner, or is it a snorkel at the front sticking out ? Just doesn't seem to look right.

There is a rather ugly looking snorkel on some of the other pictures that have come out (Tusk I think). ---
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7th Sep 2019 7:21pm

NoDo$h

Member Since: 18 Aug 2007
Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset
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fisha wrote:
On the rear picture, the upper left corner doesn't look right - almost like there is a cover over the rear corner, or is it a snorkel at the front sticking out ? Just doesn't seem to look right.

It's thought that is a ladder - they have it on the side rather than the rear on the Daeshfender.

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7th Sep 2019 7:21pm

Tim in Scotland

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There’s one photo where the RAI looks like it was made from guttering and downpipe offcuts from B&Q - a bit like the DIY RAIs you see on some D1’s ........... so anything else can only be an improvement! Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
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7th Sep 2019 10:16pm

TRX

Member Since: 11 Feb 2018
Location: Flanders
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i'm invited to see the defender in previeuw in Schelle Belgium near Antwerp on 28 September.
No time to go to Frankfurt .
But sooner then the every Year car(autosalon ) in Brussels in January.
Hope to see what i like
Cheers

8th Sep 2019 6:21am

dgardel

Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
Location: Veneto (Heart & Head)
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BogMonster wrote:
Some of the images I managed to take off the video came out OK with some upscaling. The rear 3/4 view actually looks reasonable, though I've no idea who grafted a fridge onto the side of it.

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8th Sep 2019 6:41am

adafish

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sausage16 wrote:
Personally I really like it although it is a bit of a marmite car to some of the staff at the plant.. Can't say too much before the big reveal but I really hope that it is a success..

Yeah ditto, I've already had a couple of warnings...

You at Nitra ? Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..

8th Sep 2019 6:14pm

adafish

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sausage16 wrote:
They're not the target audience for anything being built there. Although it's always good to have pride and promote the thing that you're producing without feeling you're doing it out of loyalty as opposed to thinking it's a really nice car.. And the wages.. yes...hmmmm.

Heard loads, had the chance to go out there when the L462 was moved. I was at the start of production in BS2 build and trained quite a lot of the GL's that had come over from Nitra... Putting Dreams on Drives at JLR Solihull..

8th Sep 2019 6:17pm

Zed

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dgardel wrote:
BogMonster wrote:
Some of the images I managed to take off the video came out OK with some upscaling. The rear 3/4 view actually looks reasonable, though I've no idea who grafted a fridge onto the side of it.

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OUCH!

8th Sep 2019 6:20pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
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Having seen the leaked article with pictures I think the “Wow, wow, wow” has to be replaced now by “Ouch, ouch, ouch”.

Can only hope that this still is part of a very smart JLR marketing effort to put the whole world absolutely wrong footed ahead of the official launch and that on Tuesday they will reveal something totally different in Frankfurt which will pleasantly excite the world.
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8th Sep 2019 6:24pm

sausage16

Member Since: 07 Sep 2019
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adafish wrote:
sausage16 wrote:
Personally I really like it although it is a bit of a marmite car to some of the staff at the plant.. Can't say too much before the big reveal but I really hope that it is a success..

Yeah ditto, I've already had a couple of warnings...

You at Nitra ?

Most of the time. Glad the weather is getting a bit cooler..

8th Sep 2019 8:04pm

sausage16

Member Since: 07 Sep 2019
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Seeing we can post now.. Some pics

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10th Sep 2019 3:58pm

dgardel

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10th Sep 2019 4:10pm

Merlin

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What are the wheel bases?

10th Sep 2019 4:50pm

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