gdadphil Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 https://www.motor1.com/news/239742/land-rover-defender-pickup-2020/ Very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 God that’s ugly . harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve d Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thats gopping, it looks like the cars my grandson draws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Harnser said: God that’s ugly . harnser If you're looking at the same picture as me, it's a post production build by Kahn and not a production model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haynes Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/land-rover-defender-pick-rival-mercedes-x-class This is the version I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Looks like an Evoque pick up to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 I think land rover are making a big mistake only making a single cab pickup . Double cab is the way to go to get into the pickup market . harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Harnser said: I think land rover are making a big mistake only making a single cab pickup . Double cab is the way to go to get into the pickup market . harnser Plus two more people to push it when it breaks down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 They have lost the plot if that's the best they can come out with. They should be on the Spectre design more. I am working on my 13 plate defender at the moment and it will look a lot better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 This is obviously not going to be the truck we all hoped it would be. However what is obvious is there is a massive gap in the market for a utilitarian off road truck we can all fix at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wb123 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 21/04/2018 at 22:53, johnnytheboy said: This is obviously not going to be the truck we all hoped it would be. However what is obvious is there is a massive gap in the market for a utilitarian off road truck we can all fix at home! I have heard relatively good things about repairability of the Isuzu and Great Wall pickups. That said they are a long way from a 300tdi defender but so were the defenders approaching end of production. If it would tow 3.5ton I would be tempted by Great Wall. Emissions and safety regs limit what can be left out for simplicity, whilst designing things to be cheaply made limit how repairable things can be. As much as I'd love to be able to buy a new easily repaired defender I doubt it could be done (assuming the regulatory issues vanished) at a price anywhere near the competition, supposedly the defender had been loss making for years even as it got more and more expensive because there were just too many man hours in building one compared to a truck built by a robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Maybe a robot could build a simple truck easier than it could build something complexed like the above suggested defender! The only problem with Isuzu and Great Wall is the relative absence of dealer network and there in volumes sold, which leads to limited cheap parts and non in breakers for salvage parts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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