Powerful UK have taken delivery of a new Defender and have posted a video on youTube -

 MY13 HSE Lux Santorini Black
MY11 HSE Santorini Black Gone
MY08 SE Blue, Gone
Alfa Romeo GT Gone
Alfa Romeo 156 Space wagon Gone
Volvo V40 Gone
Volvo 480ES Gone
VW Sirocco GTX Gone

I didn't want to like it but I do, still looks very much like the disco and rangie apart from the spare wheel on the rear door. Like the white and black colour. Can't see me having one at any time though. Common sense isn't very common.
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2007 Land Rover Freelander2 I6 hse Auto

I had a good look around one recently. It looked good in the promotional ads but just plain ugly in the flesh. But I would still have one.

J

The stig
I like it in black and white, but it will take about 10 years before i can aford one  'per aspera ad astra'

and in that video he gets the restricted performance flash up on the dashboard... with only 20 miles on the clock


I'd still have one though but only if I win the lottery tonight

It's broken already.

It may just need a software update.

It's not a proper Land Rover unless it has faults

Not been in a new Defender yet, but at present I think the Freelander 2 is still better.

Maybe that restricted performance message is to stop him thrashing the engine before it's run in. He goes up to 70 at one point and he does mess around going up and down the gears in sports mode while still maintaining the same road speed and back to Drive. I wouldn't do that in my F2, and that's 12 years old !

It only came on after he gave a bit of welly. Not the best thing to do with a brand new motor. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Those who have seen it in the flesh, is it really as large as it looks?

I am imaging it as about the Discovery 3/4 size. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

The 110 is a fair size, I think 5.1m inc the tyre, makes the D4 look short. Even the 90 is almost the same length as an old 110. It’s wheelbase is longer than the D5.







 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

IanMetro wrote:

Those who have seen it in the flesh, is it really as large as it looks?

I am imaging it as about the Discovery 3/4 size.

Coincidentally, not long after my post above, I went out to drop off a parcel (Dynamic bumper parts) and on the way back a silver Defender was coming the opposite way. I must say, to me it didn't seem that big as it passed me, well no more than the old Defender anyway.
I must apologise for the poor quality of the screen grabs from my dashcam, due to the sun glare and going under the aquaduct at the time.

j77 wrote:

Powerful UK have put further videos up on their youTube channel if anyone is interested in looking at the new defender MY13 HSE Lux Santorini Black
MY11 HSE Santorini Black Gone
MY08 SE Blue, Gone
Alfa Romeo GT Gone
Alfa Romeo 156 Space wagon Gone
Volvo V40 Gone
Volvo 480ES Gone
VW Sirocco GTX Gone

Lightwater wrote:

j77 wrote:

I prefer the larger glazing real estate of the D4

something odd there? the D4 is jacked up and the defender is deflated? At work
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Thanks ChickenGeorge

I was puzzling over the photos and how different the Defender looked in each of the photos.

The suspension height does seem to alter my perception of its styling.

I have noticed that the RRS also looks better as you lower the suspension. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)