j77 wrote:

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I appreciate it isn't 100% representative of what the real thing will look like but I am sad to say I don't think much of the look in this image.
Part of the issue is the over size wheels and rubber band tyres, never liked that look and for a Land Rover and in particular a Defender it is just wrong!

I hope the real thing looks better else sad to say for the first time in years none of the current range from LR appeal to me. Andrew

Just a Crayon & Paint departments stylistic graphic, the real thing will come with more options for wheels than you can throw a rock at........gotta have a “cool” graphic in the IP  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

18” is the smallest I’ve seen which is the wheels the Tusk one is running on.

The body itself is 100% what it will look like. To me it looks fab. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

The shape illustrated looks 'classic' Land Rover and gets my vote.

I would have never believed it that when, some 50+ years ago, I was driving around an airfield in a draughty early model land Rover that I would, in the future, be yearning after a comfortable (even luxury) version. I think my vote at the time would have been for a Rover 2000. 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?)

& I bet you are over it with a manual transmission with the volume of traffic we have these days! 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

A few more fresh photos for us all to study.

https://www.caradvice.com.au/769349/land-r...ed/photos/ Andrew

It will be interesting to see what the pickup version will look like. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Please tell me that's a rendering and not the actual thing.
Still just looks like the DC100 but with a squared off front and boxed in lights. Horrendous !!
Looks like something from the 1990's. Mitsubishi Shogun circa 1998.

The colour is but I like the look, the front could’ve been better, IMO the DC100 was a better looking car.

But hey the die hards said no and this is what we’ve got instead.

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Problem is the die hards don't actually buy new Land Rovers. 10 or 15 years later when they become more affordable (and less reliable) that's when the loyal die hards get there hands in their pockets.

It's punters like you and I, the utilities companies, the armed forces, and farmers who want something that is a tool to get the job done. Anything else is a fashion statement, don't get me wrong, the fact that it says LR on the bonnet, and that statement says I put my money (wisely?) in British engineering, and British jobs.

Want a fashion statement buy a diesel RRS, want a sports car buy a petrol RRS.
Want a tool buy a Defender, want a comfortable tool buy a Disco (4).
Want something to economically drag a caravan across Europe or a grassy field, and to get to work every day - buy a FL2
Want a limousine buy a FFRR - any model, just make sure you have deep pockets.

Given up on life, no interest in cars, and want a badge - buy an Evoque.
Fancy a FL2 but get taken in by the "Newest is best" ploy - end up with a DS

For my money, I don't care what the new Defender looks like (it was no picture anyway), I suspect the Utilities company accounts departments, the Armed forces procurement departments, and most farmers don't care either, to me it was like being driven in a old classic car, noisy, cold uncomfortable, living on a reputation long ago earned, and irrelevant in todays traffic.
Granted I don't need one, I need a capable car, not a lumbering tractor. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

And that’s why as I said previously I think this looks like a replacement for the D4 rather than a true Defender.....it’ll do the job no doubt but seems to lack the visual “grunt” of the original.

It’ll sell in bucket loads.....  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

RealBeale wrote:

Please tell me that's a rendering and not the actual thing.
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It’s not a rendering, looks to be in a spray booth, and has that great fashion statement of today.....Matt paintwork  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Then again it could be waiting for it’s shiney top coat.....I hope so  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

So long as there is a Blue available. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200