DiscoChef Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Funny that they LR would create a Special Edition just before they go out of production and only 50 units ::nuts:: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/land-rover-announces-limited-edition-defender-africa/#!bMiGYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLOHybrid Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Must have had a surplus of red roofs also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffSC Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 did you read the rest of the article, Enrique? they mention the new defender coming to the U.S. in a form different from the DC100 concept that was revealed a few years ago. they're talking different platform... whatever that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffSC Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I like red. brings out the vessels in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLOHybrid Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Yeah ! bigger seats and more cup holders & NAV Your other vessel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffSC Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Your other vessel uuuhhh... I hope you are speaking of my steamer from Cleveland and not something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRover Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Funny that they LR would create a Special Edition just before they go out of production and only 50 units ::nuts:: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/land-rover-announces-limited-edition-defender-africa/#!bMiGYZ Oh Enrique, that's SO August 26th! NCLR reposted it on Google+ : Land Rover Defender Africa Limited Edition » Motorward (I don't do much social network stuff, but now that NCLR is on Google+ I happened to run across it.) ::bigsmile:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Looks cool in black with the red top. As for doing the 'special edition' when the model bows out, why not? Plenty of people have done it with the end of a model. And really, this looks like nothing more than a paint and graphics package, so there's nothing special about it. They mention 'options' for hardware, but I would think those options were available for any Defender. Fingers crossed the new Defender is up to the legacy of the old one...and available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Looks cool in black with the red top. As for doing the 'special edition' when the model bows out, why not? Plenty of people have done it with the end of a model. And really, this looks like nothing more than a paint and graphics package, so there's nothing special about it. They mention 'options' for hardware, but I would think those options were available for any Defender. Fingers crossed the new Defender is up to the legacy of the old one...and available here. Over on the LR4 forum some guy posted that he was part of a focus group recently and Land Rover showed them some prototypes of a few different types of Defenders bound for the states and he said they looked pretty nice. They do have a bit more of that rounded look, but overall most of the group liked the design and felt it lived up to the heritage. He said they were not allowed to have cameras at all, but the prototypes (a 2-door and 4-door, like the 90 and 110) had plenty of recovery hooks and pretty rugged. He said the focus group overwhelmingly hated the new Discovery Concept vehicle. I do know that the LR guys said that the design is locked down, but I am SOOOOO curious for spy shots - I will know right away if it's something I will consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFuller Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 So how much do you have to pay for some mismatched paint and fancy wheels? Seems like a gimmick. Couldn't they offer a mild lift and some diff lockers? Jeep did that with their rubicon edition and they sell the heck out of those things. Seems like more form than function again from the brand that now targets Mrs Beckem and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOwen Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 . Seems like more form than function again from the brand that now targets Mrs Beckem and the like. I think the answer was in your question... sadly. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 So how much do you have to pay for some mismatched paint and fancy wheels? Seems like a gimmick. Couldn't they offer a mild lift and some diff lockers? Jeep did that with their rubicon edition and they sell the heck out of those things. Seems like more form than function again from the brand that now targets Mrs Beckem and the like. I believe it has lockers (?). There are some hardware options per the article; I suspect they are just the normal catalog offerings that you can get for any Defender though. Being that this is an 'end of the line' edition, I doubt they want to spend any money offering anything truly new. As they say in the motorcycle world, it's got BNG - Bold New Graphics. But it does look good in black/red. So long as they don't upcharge the heck out of you for what amounts to paint and a sticker, why not? Now let's continue the speculation about what the next gen will be. That's much more fun. And by the time it actually gets here I'll probably have used up my LR3 seeing how it already has over 110K on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 And to be fair, the Rubicon gets more than just a mild lift and lockers. It gets those things, plus sliders, sway bar disconnects, a stronger front axle, larger mud terrain tires, different gearing, and different low range gearing. Maybe a few other little things I can't think of off the top of my head. It is a fairly extensive upgrade, and they sell it as a package cheaper than you'd buy all the stuff for separately (if you were buying new and having it installed). The fact that they sell the snot out of them is the whole reason I think LR could move plenty of the new Defender in our country if they position it right re: equipment/price. I'd love to see the new Defender take on the Rubicon head-to-head. Give me a little more cargo capacity and a little more civility but match the off-road capabilities of the Jeep, and keep it within say $5-7K of the equivalent Jeep and I think you've got a recipe that will sell here, especially given that the public in general is becoming infatuated with 'overlanding'. This looks like the ideal time to cash in on that trend with the vehicle that arguably started the genre. Plus it would work well as a halo vehicle for LR for those customers who think the brand is getting too far away from it's roots on the luxury path instead of the utility path. So even if you don't sell a ton of them it will help bolster the image of the rest of the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinw.rrc Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I second Don's post. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco2Guy Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Do you second his second post, or second his first post? I'm very curious to see what the final design is for the upcoming Defender. But it's good to hear they are listening to the consumer base and actually reacting to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinw.rrc Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 His second post. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.