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  • Craigp
    Member Since: 09 Nov 2016
    Location: Hull
    Posts: 690
    England 

    ForlornMTL wrote:
    This should be one of the next Defender models but instead it's made by a small company in NorthEast USA.

    Full electric, no bling, simple.

    http://bollingermotors.com/


    Looks very pedestrian friendly Rolling with laughter

    Also i can see a Picasso influence from his cubism period. Whistle
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 750
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    PeterW wrote:
    Update on new Defender

    https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-car...ented-2019


    "Land Rover is now wary of revealing concept cars for fear of the design being plagiarised, so it has decided against giving an early flavour of the Defender."

    I know they mean Chinese knock-offs, but this is also the reason the US Ford Explorer looks the way it does (2014 below, but same shape since 2012)



    Also - "What it must beat" - fails to mention the Jeep Wrangler. US sales will be instrumental in getting them over their 100,000 unit per year hurdle...and you can't offer a 4x4 in the US without it being compared to Jeep. I also have a hard time believing the camo'd cars are anything but test mule bodies and won't look like the final product....
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 750
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    New Defender Silhouette

    Silhouette being shown in the JLR North America HQ:



    Compare how close the Disco's silhouette is to the actual Disco, and I think the new Defender is going to look quite good.
  • Flat Earther
    Member Since: 15 Dec 2016
    Location: England
    Posts: 73
    United Kingdom 

    That silhouette looks really encouraging!
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    That silhouette has been around for a while. Since 2015. Does bode well for the new Defender design.




    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 750
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    I see some new details though - squared wheel arches, maybe a Safari roof, perhaps more steeply raked windscreen...and if I squint really hard, Android Auto.

    ...It better have Android Auto. They need to dump ICTP. Confused
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    I noticed Apple CarPlay too Wink

    ICTP is not that bad (when it works) and there’s no reason it can’t coexist with Android Auto and CarPlay. Many manufactures have their own system and support both.


    That image is a sand drawing on the beach at Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey in North Wales. Birth place of the Land Rover. I guess they didn’t have time to draw everything... before the tide came in.

    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    For those interested or who have missed it:

    http://disco4.com/forum/2019-land-rover-de...tml?mobi=1
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