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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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Matt
'66 88 GM powered
'89 SWB RRC (sold)
'67 109 NADA 6cyl. Station Wagon #2 (sold)
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YUKTHING 1 - 1973 88 SIII - SOLD
THING 2 -1974 88 SIII Daily Driver - SOLD
THING 3 - 1969 88 SIIA Bugeye Project
THING 4 - 1971 109 SIIA ExMod - SOLD
THING 5 - 1958 109 PU
THING 6 - 1954 86" HT -
Ewww.'67 109 NADA #413 - rebuilding w/ TDI & galvy chassis.Comment
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Has more than a passing resemblance to a Freelander.
Gale Breitkreutz
'03 Disco
'74 Series III 88 (sold, 4/13)
'47 CJ2AComment
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My 6 year old son said "Gross". "What an ugly Rover"Steven Wray
Fishersville, VA
1965 IIA
1958 TR3AComment
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What do you expect? They already ruined the Discovery and the Range Rover.
1964 Series IIa
In progress
1968 S IIa (Sold)
1972 S III (Sold)
1996 Discovery SE-7 (Sold)Comment
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Looks like they tried to make a Nissan Cube rugged.Comment
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why fix whats not broken?1971 SIIa 88" NAS Dauntles V6
1974 SIII 109" RHDComment
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Matt
'66 88 GM powered
'89 SWB RRC (sold)
'67 109 NADA 6cyl. Station Wagon #2 (sold)
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thats hideous!!1964 Series IIa 109" Pick-Up RHD
1965 Series IIa 88" Wagon LHD
1968 Series IIa 109" Station Wagon LHDComment
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PukeThe Goat, 2.8 Daihatsu Td, '73 coil conversionComment
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"[The DC100] isn't a production-ready concept but the beginning of a four-year journey to design a relevant Defender for the 21st century."
That quote was from the BBC. I assume that still gives the design team 4 years to come to their senses. I would find it hard to believe that they eliminate the iconic defender design. It could be a Range Rover spawns the Range Rover sport type of situation that both have their niche.1973 NADA 88Comment
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Granted redesigning the defender is a fairly impossible task, this is utter ****e. I'd say more but I'm irritated beyond belief (I'm a designer so I get pretty worked up about missing the mark so far)._________________________________________
1986 3.5l 110 SW Austrian FeurwehrComment
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Wheels = super distracting
Front end = super distracting
I wonder what the reaction to the rest would be if you put regular wheels and a current Defender front end on it? Or do they need the sloped front end for new safety regulations??
Was super excited to finally see this....but wow my wife likes my Series III better now with its faded military paint from 20 years ago.... ugh!!!
Land Rover -- DC100v2 a bit less offensive (IMHO)
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