familymad wrote:

We need a Defender 3 forum?

Why, Puma was not Defender2, it was a re-engine of the old Land Rover............. ducks to avoid incoming flack 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
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

Tim in Scotland wrote:

If you want one now then go for it, OK it will soon be obsolete when the 6 cylinder engines start coming on line toward the end of the year but the D240 motor is quite sufficient for most people although more torque from the 6 cylinder engine will be useful especially if you do a bit of towing. If you can get a deal on what is basically a run out model then take it, one question I would ask is when did you build that on the configurator because today I tried to build First Edition and the only option I got for engines was the 6 cylinder engine. Suggests to me that that car is unsold dealer stock that they want to shift and do you know if it is unregistered or pre-registered because if it’s on a 69 plate then you will only basically be getting a discount of the depreciation that is resulting from it being a low/zero miles car on a 69 plate. If it’s unregistered then fine you’ll get it in a 70 plate. You might find that with a bit of haggling or asking for some dealer fit options you can get a better price too for taking a car the dealership needs to sell before the deliveries of the 6 cylinder start.......... if taking finance try to get zero percent APR too to take it off their hands. In my experience of 2800 miles now with the D240 engine there is nothing wrong with it. Sure the 6 pit will be smoother and maybe a tiny bit quieter but will it have less tax / VED and lower fuel consumption?
BTW that OTR price shown isn’t discounted - with dealer fit extras and the Secure Pro I paid a little over £61000 so you aren’t saving much if you read the bottom line total on your screen shot

defender_enthusiast wrote:

Thanks for the advice Tim.

The car is unregistered and sitting in the showroom so would get registered as a 70 plate.

Correct the screenshot was taken from a link that the dealer provided me representing the model. the OTR price in the screenshot is without discounts. However, I've haggled the dealer and they've come down to just under 56.

I am indeed taking out finance, however I'm not sure if they will get anywhere near close to zero percent...! would love them to though!

Then bite their arm off if OTR to you on an unregistered car is £56k, just work out how much less interest you’ll be paying over 3 or 5 years too, it will be a fair bit on just shy of £4000k less borrowing. One trap to watch - allowed annual miles on the PCP - often LR quotes for 8000 miles a year before penalties get applied but I have seen some offers with only 6000 miles annual miles and the penalties for exceeding it are steep. I always upped it 10,000 miles even if I didn’t use them the slight increase in payments outweighed the cost of exceeding the allowed annual miles.
Might also be worth waiting a couple of more days before asking for a bit more off - it’s getting close to the end of the month and they may be in for end of month bonuses if they exceed their sales targets and your business gets them over the number of sales  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
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!