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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4395  
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It has been bugging me all morning, but I finally realized why just now...
Does anyone else think the rear of the New Defender looks like a mid 90's Zuke Vitara Fatboy?!?!  Click image to enlarge
Which then leads me to believe that the new Defender is the illegitimate love child of the Suzuki Vitara Fatboy and and Skoda Yeti. Click image to enlarge  |
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9th Sep 2019 1:01pm |
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| Ads90 Member Since: 16 Jun 2008 Location: Cots-on-the-Wolds Posts: 800 
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Yes re. the rear - I thought Vitara, just wasn't sure which model, but that's the one!
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9th Sep 2019 1:20pm |
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| Entreq Member Since: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Lake Constance Posts: 43 
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Click image to enlarge |
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9th Sep 2019 2:04pm |
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| fisha Member Since: 17 Mar 2012 Location: Vegas, Scotland Posts: 33 |
Why on earth have they moved the rear lights in board ??? ..... ??????????????
General shape ? Yeah, OK. I get it ... defender-ish shaped, square front, rear door etc etc General interior ? Yeah, OK. Looks not too bad. Rear lights ? What the ? Land Rover ! ... all you had to do was put a rear red light near the hip line, and an indicator near the bottom corner and it'd you'd have it looking ace. Any other rear lights would be fine... but to lose the hip and corner style its really missing a hughely iconic detail of its heritage. Instead, its wearing a set of braces to hold the lights. *sigh* ( Whilst I still like the overall look of it though - I cannae afford one  )
Edit: See ... was that so hard LR ? -------------------------------
I miss my V8's.... |
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9th Sep 2019 3:49pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3140 
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That ^^^ is an absolutely massive improvement! 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 Sep 2019 4:40pm |
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| Tommo Member Since: 19 Dec 2013 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 830 
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I think the term [i]don't judge the book by the cover, comes to mind.
I believe this vehicle will be exceptional but too expensive. |
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9th Sep 2019 5:57pm |
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| fisha Member Since: 17 Mar 2012 Location: Vegas, Scotland Posts: 33 |
Oh, as a vehicle it'll be capable and good. I don't doubt that. It's just my comment is that the rear lights are an easy carry over to make a modern interpretation of, yet retain that iconic heritage design language of defender. -------------------------------
I miss my V8's.... |
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9th Sep 2019 6:27pm |
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| boxoftricks Member Since: 06 Feb 2019 Location: Home Counties Posts: 745 
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Having screwed up the rear of the Discovery so badly you would have thought they would have learnt their lesson...... |
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9th Sep 2019 6:38pm |
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| Setok Member Since: 16 Jan 2009 Location: Helsinki Posts: 415 
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So it’s basically a Disco with some vague Defenderesque styling. Higher pricing, worse approach and departure angles, lower payload, (much) more complexity, likely to not be modular and with bits that will cost a fortune if scratched.
So basically it’s missing everything that people liked about the original? Agreed that the Wrangler is what would have my attention at the moment. And the Bollinger B1. |
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9th Sep 2019 7:39pm |
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| Setok Member Since: 16 Jan 2009 Location: Helsinki Posts: 415
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Oh and that article reads like straight out of a press release. Modern journalistic standards make me very sad.
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9th Sep 2019 7:41pm |
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