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  1. 08-30-2011, 05:01 PM #1
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    Grabbed an image of the redesigned defender from the Financial Times. LandRoverUSA started tweeting about the defender model in general out of nowhere today, so it seems like this might be a sign that LR wants to bring the defender back to the US market. Colin Green, managing director of Land Rover U.K., told Auto Express that, “If we get it wrong, we are messing up one of the industry’s biggest icons.” I really think they blew it, totally missing tying in the original front end design that has basically defined Series/Defenders since '48. I'm sure we'll get more info when it debuts at Frankfurt next month. Thoughts?
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    Ewww.
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    Has more than a passing resemblance to a Freelander.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bkreutz View Post
    Has more than a passing resemblance to a Freelander.
    I was thinking the same thing. Really not a cool looking truck at all, way to screw up an icon
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    My 6 year old son said "Gross". "What an ugly Rover"
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    Thumbs down

    What do you expect? They already ruined the Discovery and the Range Rover.
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    Looks like they tried to make a Nissan Cube rugged.
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    why fix whats not broken?
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  10. 08-30-2011, 06:21 PM #10
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    looks like they added a side view over at funrover.com

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