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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4353 |
I thought they stopped making them last summer. Obviously not. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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28th Jan 2016 9:14 am |
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ronp Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: 🌲Galloway🌲 Posts: 1477 |
Yep, final day is Friday
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28th Jan 2016 9:44 am |
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Landroverfan1 Member Since: 16 Jun 2015 Location: London Posts: 56 |
Today sees the very last Land Rover Defender roll off the production line after 68 years. I love my Freelander but the Defender is my favourite car of all time. Rather sad. |
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29th Jan 2016 8:43 am |
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desmoboy Member Since: 30 Oct 2015 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 8 |
Agree.. Defender is a real icon its a sad day.
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29th Jan 2016 10:08 am |
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nutts Member Since: 10 Jun 2014 Location: Lancs Posts: 16 |
A very sad day. |
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29th Jan 2016 10:12 am |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4353 |
Somehow can't see them making a proper replacement. My farmer brother in law has a short wheel base Defender and he can throw bales or dead calves or anything in the back and trundle across fields. He thinks that his next vehicle will be a Jap pickup which will be bigger, carry a tonne and be more comfortable and economical. I just don't think that JLR are in this market. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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29th Jan 2016 10:20 am |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4353 |
Odd thing this morning, the news on Radio 4 and Classic FM both had reports about the last Defender being produced today. On ClassicFM it was followed by a Mitsubishi advert, I cant say I had noticed them advertising before - sounds like the vultures are gathering. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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29th Jan 2016 10:25 am |
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westville Member Since: 12 Jun 2015 Location: Dunston Posts: 1096 |
What a loss they were great workhorses - used them to the full in Africa and Albania - never let me down - No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS
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29th Jan 2016 1:15 pm |
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Rimini HSE Member Since: 18 Jan 2016 Location: North East Posts: 101 |
Sad day, prices are getting stupid on all defenders now!
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29th Jan 2016 4:31 pm |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
quite apt last night I got a lift to a farming dinner in a defender, a modern 110 clean tidy not at all farmlike inside At work
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30th Jan 2016 1:50 pm |
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bluedisco300 Member Since: 01 Aug 2015 Location: norfolk Posts: 6 |
I did like the nod to the first landrover with the reg H166 HUE.
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30th Jan 2016 8:31 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4353 |
I remember looking through the accessories catalogue for Defenders where you could get things like Riot Shields and armour plating kits and the most amazing add ons. However I have just had a look on the JLR website and Defender accessories are all about lifestyle. Says it all really. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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30th Jan 2016 8:47 pm |
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Tradewind 35 Member Since: 04 Dec 2012 Location: Cornwall Posts: 441 |
Demise of the Defender and the Freely2 are just about the end of the line for me.
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31st Jan 2016 4:26 pm |
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j77 Member Since: 26 Nov 2008 Location: Fife Posts: 2909 |
Can't get an SE any more, my one is one of the last. I've done the bling but came back to where it began for me. My first LR was a bog standard blue 7 seat D3 and my current one which might be my last LR, a bog standard SE D4, well not quite standard I pushed the boat out and added privacy glass and xenons.
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31st Jan 2016 11:53 pm |
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