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New Land Rover Defender - a bit Jimny-ish?
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Here's a link to the video:
What are peoples thoughts on this?
The little one struck me as a much more expensive version of the new Gen4 Jimny - even more so when it came to the interior with the sort of 'robust' look, that kind of 'weekend warrior' approach to off-roading/overlanding (at least that's what the accessories give me a feeling of?).
It certainly seems a bit upmarket Jimny-esque to me...a bit more playful and less serious than the older defenders?



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On the other hand, if I take just as another JLR product of high-end lifestyle SUVs that they happen to have glued a Defender badge onto for some rufty tufty kudos by association, then it's very nice and probably the only car that I'd consider buying from their whole range.
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Will steel sales from its own as why would you go for a Disco 5, Velar over the 110.
Higher up the range it gets a bit eye watering.
Someone asked me would I be swapping the Jimny for one and I said no.
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This video gives it specs
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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!
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£40k+ is Jeep wrangler territory

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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


IF IT AINT BROKE, KEEP FIXING IT UNTIL IT IS
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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??
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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

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