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No more Freelanders and Defenders.
XFullFatTim
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No more Freelanders and Defenders.

True, according to Autocar magazine this week LR will discontinue the Freelander name next year when they launch a new stretched Evoque floorpan based smaller Discovery available with 5and 7 seat models and with the new range of 4 cylinder engines. The big scheme if things is that LR will have 3 vehicle ranges Defender, Discovery and Range Rover. The new baby Disco will be based on an extended Evoque but will look like a scaled down Disco not a big Evoque, there will also be a sub Evoque sized "urban" Discovery.
Also on the next double page spread in Autocar is the news that plans to develope a new factory and a new engine building plant in India have also been dropped along with plans to launch a Defender replacement in 2015 - there will now be no Defenders built after 2015, production will cease completely. NW that is good news for those of us that run existing cars as used values are already appreciating............. They don't say when the next Defender will be launched now. Apparrently it's all down to TATA in India making staggering losses as Nano has not been the sles hit it was expected to be and the larger version has been a sales flop too.

A Pangea Green New Defender 110 First Edition is now sitting on my drive alongside British Racing Green Electric Mini Cooper SE Level 3. After 21 years in my hands my TDI300 90 was handed on to the next custodian on 15 July 2022.
(This post was last modified: 15-05-2013 10:14am by XFullFatTim.)
15-05-2013 09:35am
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doug
 

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RE: No more Freelanders and Defenders.

No new DC100 Crying
Looks like LR are going down the Germany car makes route, same car in 3 sizes.

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15-05-2013 10:45am
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IKM
 

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RE: No more Freelanders and Defenders.

Oh well. I'll just run my Freelander until it's too uneconomic to do so, as trade in values maybe next to nothing in another year then!

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15-05-2013 02:10pm
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slee18
 

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RE: No more Freelanders and Defenders.

Maybe Defender replacement will make its way to the US Smile doesn't the military use Defenders still or have they moved on like our hummer?

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16-05-2013 03:04am
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Stadt Panzer
 

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No more Freelanders and Defenders.

We still use the defender but its been on the cards for a long time that it might be replaced. Looks as if the time is about to be upon us.

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16-05-2013 05:36am
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XFullFatTim
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RE: No more Freelanders and Defenders.

Yes we still use Defenders but not the TD5 or Puma engined versions as they have ECUs that would be wiped out by the EMP of a Nuclear bomb. The Army here re-engines and recycles older ones with the TDi engines so our army hasn't purchased modern Land Rovers for a few years now. The Tdi engine has no electronics whatsoever, it's also why they are very popular with folks that buy ex army Defenders - simple mechanicals to work on. Some years ago there was a move to buy Puch-Styer Austrian build utility 4x4's for the UK army but that seems to have gone by the board. Hummers are no use to Europeans - they are too big and wide for European roads, they also have gasoline engines .......

A Pangea Green New Defender 110 First Edition is now sitting on my drive alongside British Racing Green Electric Mini Cooper SE Level 3. After 21 years in my hands my TDI300 90 was handed on to the next custodian on 15 July 2022.
16-05-2013 09:19am
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The Valeter
 

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RE: No more Freelanders and Defenders.

(15-05-2013 10:45am)doug Wrote:  No new DC100 Crying
Looks like LR are going down the Germany car makes route, same car in 3 sizes.

I hope not, there are too many boring cars out there!

Though I wouldn't believe everything you read in press.

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16-05-2013 12:22pm
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