Cheap defender.

[Boomerang]

Cheapest on forecourt 21 plate 57k.
Farmers vehicle ????
At these prices toys for the very wealthy.
The capability will never be used by the folk that buy most of these. Swb defender 102k.
Land rover no longer want the ag market , they build a very high tech ,capable machine,
To sell to the high end market . What's the point ??? they may as well bling one up, and remove all the fwd, off road capability ,
As it won't be needed. What a waste of tech, and resources, .
It might help also if they built them without the need for the AA/RAC on speed dial.

 

[livestock 1]

I quite like them

 

[Netherfield]

 

[ollie989898]

I don't think LR care about the ag market, why would they? Haven't cared for some years.

 

[T Hectares]

LR haven’t targeted farm work vehicles for years, they’ve only catered for Disco/Rangy shooting mobile
Pickups took over from the Defender years ago

 

[ollie989898]

I have no idea why you would want to spend the neck end of 90-100K on a Defender like this. A Range Rover you can sort of understand as the interior alone justifies the asking price.

That said, I think I would sooner have a Japanese or American SUV and probably find it a fair bit cheaper and more reliable to boot. No matter how wealthy or well heeled, I can't understand people putting up with vehicles that have constant faults or which are unreliable. I was watching a 4x4 review channel on youtube and they took a brand new Defender out in the wilds, got not very far before the old check engine light came on. Fudge that.

 

[Bob lincs]

Cheapest on forecourt 21 plate 57k.
Farmers vehicle ????
At these prices toys for the very wealthy.
The capability will never be used by the folk that buy most of these. Swb defender 102k.
Land rover no longer want the ag market , they build a very high tech ,capable machine,
To sell to the high end market . What's the point ??? they may as well bling one up, and remove all the fwd, off road capability ,
As it won't be needed. What a waste of tech, and resources, .
It might help also if they built them without the need for the AA/RAC on speed dial.

Have you driven one ?

 

[Two Tone]

With the sort of price tags these vehicles have new these days, does anybody now ever just buy them without some sort of finance?
I suspect they don’t get bought outright until at least the third owner and approaching 10 years old.

 

[livestock 1]

My mate has just bought one it’s a great vehicle I have another mate with one who’s into plant hire rougher than me and it’s been bombproof

 

[B R C]

Have a 90 commercial on order, fed up of pick ups, I get about the country a lot with my other business and life’s too short. Three seats in front means I can take both girls to and from school as well. If I can keep it clean it’s good vehicle to go out in as well.

 

[Boomerang]

Have you driven one ?

Not relevant , can't afford one and not interested in spending £££££ on an unreliable depreciating vehicle just to get from a to b .can do that substantially cheaper and most likely more reliably.

Not everyone is in the position you are to be able to afford 2 of them .

 

[B R C]

Commercial defender with some extras £60k inc vat, minus vat and tax means it will actually take £30k out of business, that’s the price of a golf these days, still expensive?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

They look disgusting but heard they are hellish

 

[CPF]

We spend little bit time in oz . There are a few defenders about but comparing them to other 4x4 they are small vehicle’s

 

[feilding]

No many about. Rare to see one on road. But did see one yesterday in black, looked horrible.

 

[Wombat]

No many about. Rare to see one on road. But did see one yesterday in black, looked horrible.

See loads round here.

 

[Wombat]

I never get these threads, if you don’t want them don’t buy them. If there isn’t a market they won’t sell.
In the end no one ends up in their last moments before they meet their maker and end up in their wooden box going I wish I had saved another fiver on that pickup

 

[ollie989898]

We spend little bit time in oz . There are a few defenders about but comparing them to other 4x4 they are small vehicle’s

I'd sooner have an F150 or that family of trucks. Great vehicles, ubiquitous in the states and a capable work vehicle.

 

[ollandroverman]

Cheapest on forecourt 21 plate 57k.
Farmers vehicle ????
At these prices toys for the very wealthy.
The capability will never be used by the folk that buy most of these. Swb defender 102k.
Land rover no longer want the ag market , they build a very high tech ,capable machine,
To sell to the high end market . What's the point ??? they may as well bling one up, and remove all the fwd, off road capability ,
As it won't be needed. What a waste of tech, and resources, .
It might help also if they built them without the need for the AA/RAC on speed dial.

I suspect the swb at £102k you are highlighting is a top of the tree V8 model.
With 518hp, I seriously doubt Land Rover had farmers in mind when developing it.

 

[icanshootwell]

Cheapest on forecourt 21 plate 57k.
Farmers vehicle ????
At these prices toys for the very wealthy.
The capability will never be used by the folk that buy most of these. Swb defender 102k.
Land rover no longer want the ag market , they build a very high tech ,capable machine,
To sell to the high end market . What's the point ??? they may as well bling one up, and remove all the fwd, off road capability ,
As it won't be needed. What a waste of tech, and resources, .
It might help also if they built them without the need for the AA/RAC on speed dial.

Totally agree, I see the new ford ranger with a few toys on is around the £60 k. They have lost the plot.