That's not what you said. You said it was a "fake vehicle".Haha
I speak for myself, this new Land Rover is fake defender.
Yes, and by the same token, a rallye car, a kia, your Honda CRV, a ferrari, a Formula 1 car, an autocross car, a modern double-decker bus, and so on, are all the same vehicle. [/sarcasm]unibody SUV? Haha what’s the difference between HONDA CRV and the new Land Rover ?
They both have same technology, same train management, same independent suspension.
Technically it was the highest margin-earning drivetrain available since Ford owned JLR at the time, and they could use the engines from other applications, which spread the cost of development that much more.Because it was the cheapest drivetrain available?
What Kia?Realize that LR is competing at a much lower price point than a Ferrari. Potential buyers are sub-$100K and in reality the volume is sub-$65K. As already highlighted in this thread the competition is Jeep and the upcoming Bronco. For the emerging D5 segment it is what was the VW Touareg and somewhere in the Porsche Macan/Cayenne area. I'm guessing as the D5 direction hasn't fully emerged. Remember, "new" D5 owners think it is a great vehicle. The challenge for LR is to increase those new customers while the "old" customers migrate to the Luxury Defender. I am being serious when my wife sat in the D5 and said it was really no different than a KIA. That was a design choice by LR.
Doesn't mention it in this article, but they've been looking at autonomous driving tech for off-roading for years, and specifically bringing in wounded warriors through the Invictus Games to test it out and provide feedback. The videos they have shown in their customer engagement groups are eye-watering.Here is some "tech" - LR is working on "remote control" for the Defender
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2020 Land Rover Defender To Get A Remote Control Function For Off-Roading | Carscoops
Think of the new Defender's system as the off-road version of Tesla's 'Summon' tech or BMW's remote parking capability .www.carscoops.com
Um, *who* has to check their facts? The supercharged 8 you reference is absolutely not a Crown Vic engine, or even anything close to a Crown Vic engine - except that they were both developed by Ford, decades apart.Anything else U wanna say? Check your facts before posting and checking on the topic.
Land Rover engines were actually ford v8 motors slightly modified, used on all newer crown Vic’s.
But u know everything and we don’t.
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No. You said "fake vehicle". I even quoted it for you.I said new defender is fake defender and yes it is fake for me.
You said that the Defender would be 10 percent of the original when the iPhone 13 comes out (which is in a couple of years). And when confronted with this, you tried to prove it with claiming that 9 year old (it was suddenly 9 years for no apparent reason) was 10 percent of the original price.I didn’t say 2 or 3 year old defender is 90% less in price, older REAL defender keeps its value well.
Sigh! Yes, that's in 2 or 3 years.I said I think by the time iPhone 13 comes out this new defender will drop in value about 90%
It's not an aluminum structure, it has standard steel, high strength steel (which is a very specific kind of steel produced with specific matallurgical processes), and ultra-high-strength steel in addition to aluminum and magnesium. The body panels are aluminum, just like the original created in 1948.Well the new defender is a aluminum unibody, and it is the same design as say a Honda Ridgeline or CRV/highlander/telluride (those are steel but same concept)..