New defender
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Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Best non-commercial value in the LR line currently seems to be the newly announced Range Rover. They start with a nice specification including power-close doors and four wheel steering for under £100k and about £110k should buy a very nicely loaded spec indeed. Some may think that such a price is bonkers, yet I ask them to look at the competition where, for instance, the Aston Martin DBX and Bentley Bentayga both have an entry level price around £160k.
Don’t get me wrong, this is big money and way out of my league and reach until my lottery ticket comes in, but in its class the new Range Rover stands out for its value. It is up competing with aforementioned rivals while the true successor to the Mk1, 2 and 3 Range Rovers is today’s Discovery5 and Defender.
Don’t get me wrong, this is big money and way out of my league and reach until my lottery ticket comes in, but in its class the new Range Rover stands out for its value. It is up competing with aforementioned rivals while the true successor to the Mk1, 2 and 3 Range Rovers is today’s Discovery5 and Defender.
Skintagain
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I have fallen for the new defenders I’m afraid to say. They are a bit horrible but so are the old ones I think that makes them what they are. Weird how ones mind works. Won’t be buying at 40k though way better ways to spend that kind of cash.
ollie989898
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Toyota Land Cruiser? Probably be cheaper as well.
There is no use trying to reason with your LR perverts. I know.
Skintagain
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They are ok but they bore the sides off me
ollie989898
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Please tell me what the Defender does that the new Defender can't? I must be a tad slow on the uptake or brain damaged or something but I don't get sexually aroused by cars these days. What exactly does the Defender have the Land Cruiser does not?
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
I don’t mind them to be fair I would run one over most things, They are just a bit boring.
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- Lincs / Cambs border
Our next purchase of farm truck will most likely be a land cruiser to replace my sons hilux , they are a really good vehicle but not what I would choose myself . I’m not sure what I will have to replace my disco 4 when it dies .
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- East Yorkshire
Son and heir is out in Italy at the moment testing brakes on Defender V8 and also a hybrid. Taking the V8 to 140mph and then braking, he really rates the Defender as a JLR product.
ollie989898
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I just don't understand why you guys are all so keen for the Green oval when you just know they will be a fudging disaster and poorly engineered?
ollie989898
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How is this a test of anything!?
A silky smooth straight 6
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- East Yorkshire
I have
I have obviously been quite brief with the description of the testing procedures
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- Lincs / Cambs border
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Fair difference
Pretty much sums it up, the defender is much nicer if you just want a posh car. From a business/commercial perspective it's a ridiculous proposition Vs a double cab or a cruiser
Skintagain
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As a working farm truck either of these would be 10 years too new imo. I don’t know how people can wreck such new motors. Obviously some people try keep them straight but things happen
Decent power level, better gearbox, better towing capacity, better spec level, uk based company (kind of) the list goes on
LC has perfectly adequate power for a work truck, has a ladder chassis (unlike the LR), a much better built and more reliable gearbox, engine, suspension etc, much cheaper to repair/maintain, more reliable and longer lasting, TATA/JLR is no more british than toyota nowadays. They are both foreign owned and both build a similar number of cars in the UKDecent power level, better gearbox, better towing capacity, better spec level, uk based company (kind of) the list goes on
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Straight of the bat - your LandCruiser can not tow 3.5t