Do we have any ideas about its dimensions, apart from the wheelbase (90,110, 130? inches).

Makes 4 door a bit longer than FL2 (105 inches), how about hieght and width?

Why does it need the spare wheel on the rear door, are there batteries / motor? under boot floor? for mild 48v hybrid? FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

To be honest , I like spare wheels on the back door , much better than underslung which has no place on an off road vehicle . If it is under the rear storage carpet as an alternative , you also have problems. Imagine having to plonk a couple of shotguns and dogs ( for example ) on the hard shoulder of the M62 whilst you extract a spare wheel . The obvious downside is that the cheery little Thieving Pikey chaps could have a field day . Unless of course the mount is a nice big steel job that you can weld a nice big hardened motorcycle security chain to ! ( speaking from real 90 experience )  2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

" ....... If, as expected, Defender production is destined for JLR’s new Slovakian factory ........."

as I said on another thread recently, we (UK) do make things ........MONEY.

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I was once worked for a big IT company and at a big company do the boss stood up at the front and said "what are we in business for?" various hands went up and gave responses like
"deliver IT solutions to our customers"
"improve our customers' productivity"
"develop better technologies"
etc. etc

"you are all wrong" said the boss and put up a big slide with just a "£" sign on it.
"if we don't make money then I can't pay your wages, it's as simple as that" 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

dorsetfreelander
I remember the company well.

During my time it decided that
Services could make more money than Manufacturing.
It was better Selling its assets and buildings and Renting them back.
Continual Reorganization was good.
Buying and modifying American Software was better than continuing to Write our own.
It was better to buy in Equipment rather than make it.
And many other Short Term solutions.

In the end it downsized so much that a Japanese company bought it, and now runs what is left it quite successfully.

It sounds very much like what happened to our car industry. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

And did you learn the Fujitsu song? They are paying me a very good pension so I won't knock them but there needs to be a Landrover version of this.

 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Hitachi Song





I receive no royalties ..... or pension from Hitachi.

dorsetfreelander wrote:

And did you learn the Fujitsu song? They are paying me a very good pension so I won't knock them but there needs to be a Landrover version of this.

My son is an Agronomist (agricultural crop consultant) who now works in Kenya but comes back here every year to attend an independent agronomist conference. He was telling me last night that three or four years ago the car park of the hotel would have been like a Freelander convention with 90% of the cars being Freelanders and a few Defenders. This year, not a single Land Rover product was to be seen, it was all Hilux, L200, Navara pickups. Cheaper, good off road, well specified and reliable. I can't see JLR ever getting this market back. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Everyone is getting into dualcabs, even Mercedes Benz. They are taking over down under. The SUV is a fading breed. Land Rover had a dualcad & stopped making it. They will end up being the only manufacturer without one & all they will have to sell is a shopping centre carpark "poodle". Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Quite fancy a Vw Amarok V6 Tdi, Landrover would do well to produce a similar competitor but they could do with it on sale now, not next year ... maybe.... Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Land Rover Defender Sport: what we know
The Defender Sport is still a long way out. But L860 has our full attention because, similar to Defender, it has the premium entry-level outdoors niche all to itself. While the box-shaped classic is visually and technically off-road-biased, the Sport edition has more of an on-road and lifestyle flavour with plenty of convenience features in addition to the full set of mountain climbing gear.
Think of it as a modern Suzuki Jimny/Jeep Wrangler for the well-to-do in-crowd. To be built in low labour-cost Nitra, the Defender Sport will be available as a full battery electric vehicle.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/fir.../defender/ FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/reborn...spartanntp

The new Defender is slated to start from £40,000 up to £60,000!

I wonder how the entry model will compete with this at £34,000?

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/toyot...erm-review

Bobupndown wrote:

Quite fancy a Vw Amarok V6 Tdi, Landrover would do well to produce a similar competitor but they could do with it on sale now, not next year ... maybe....