New Land Rover Defender - a bit Jimny-ish?

I understand that the expression is "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything. "

Unfortunately it's such a quarter baked effort at a design that it just winds me right up. All the money that jlr have at their disposal to design a halo vehicle that communicates their core values and this is the best they can do? I would struggle to leave the house if I had been involved for fear of being recognized in the street!

Reminds me of a mini countryman (the newer ugly ones)

£40k+ is Jeep wrangler territory :whistle:

Whats the bets that the first one you see will be on the back of a recovery truck?

Jimmysgen4 wrote: Whats the bets that the first one you see will be on the back of a recovery truck?

Heheh I seriously LMAO at that :laugh: :laugh:

This 4x4 is my idea of motoring hell. It would just be a matter of time, waiting for the first thing to fail. All these silly electrical gubbins is a nightmare waiting to happen. From what ive seen everything is ruddy electrical, and unessesary electrics too. I'll happily stick with my Jimny, an honest proper 4wd that is simple and will last!

This thing is embarrising, and i would feel so soo silly driving it.

I mean...... who's gonna buy the 90? I can see the chelsea wives buying the 110, but whos goin for the 90?? Is this a major fail for landrover??

I think it's fair to say that the majority of people on this site are not the customer that JLR are targeting with this vehicle. I think it looks ok, but like the majority of modern vehicles it has too many electronic gizmos on it for me.
JLR has been pushing luxury brand for some time now, the Defender is the last vehicle to get the plush treatment, so it now fits their portfolio well in my opinion.
But that's progress and what I assume the majority of their current customers want.
Compared to my 1960 Series 2 SWB the old Defender was posh, I only have one fuse and cart springs, so I had given up on all this modern stuff a long time ago :laugh: