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DennisV
 6th Sep 2014 1:43 am
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| This Autocar article seems to explain the latest LR thinking and market repositioning that's taking place. Just read Discovery Sport for Discovery and X3 for X5 .... http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ ... |
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DennisV
5th Sep 2014 11:53 am
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Hello Atheistan,
Firstly I totally agree with your last para, JLR is providing real value to the economy through jobs and exports. Long may that continue.
Re: Morgans, sorry, I really didn't int ... |
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DennisV
4th Sep 2014 4:24 pm
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Just a thought on how long we'll have to wait before seeing the new Defender which may or may not be the true Freelander replacement? .....
I can't see LR scrapping all the tooling for the current ... |
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DennisV
4th Sep 2014 2:19 pm
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| I expect that there is scope for lower price variants in future. It must be cheaper to make the upcoming 2.0l engine in a new state of the art in house facility than buying the current engine from PS ... |
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DennisV
20th Aug 2014 11:13 am
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| Autocar has a couple of interior pictures .... http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/paris-motor-show/land-rover-shows-seven-seat-discovery-sport-interior |
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DennisV
3rd Aug 2014 12:44 pm
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Any chance, Rob, of applying your skills to create a 5 door version of the DC100 concept? Seems like that's what several of us really want and we will have to skip Discovery Sport  |
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DennisV
3rd Aug 2014 8:40 am
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Since reading this thread I've frequently cleaned out these small (drain?) holes pictured above which are very easily blocked.
However I'm at a loss to understand why they are there? Any standing w ... |
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DennisV
2nd Aug 2014 10:31 am
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Nice work Rob!
This is the entry model to the revised "Discovery" line, so I wonder whether the upcoming "Defender" will actually be more of a true 'Freelander" replacement ... |
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DennisV
31st Jul 2014 12:19 pm
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That makes sense, so more of a 5 +/- 2  |
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DennisV
31st Jul 2014 11:10 am
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Here is a link to the latest Autocar article from 2 days ago
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/paris-motor-show/land-rover-discovery-sport-offer-seven-seats-standard |
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DennisV
30th Jul 2014 11:09 am
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| Good point, maybe the base model will have 5 seats and the third row of seats are on the dealer fit option list??? |
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DennisV
30th Jul 2014 9:15 am
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| PS: I should have mentioned that the Autocar article suggests the row 3 seats will be removable ... |
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DennisV
30th Jul 2014 8:38 am
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Hello Iliacus,
As I read the Autocar article the new Discovery Sport is a 5+2 only and there will not be a follow on 5 seat model?
But because the row three seats take up all the boot space the ... |
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DennisV
30th Jul 2014 8:22 am
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Hello Natwest,
Yes, I'm sure we both agree that the design must comply with all current safety legislation and therefore will be 'not too bad'.
And yes, many cars including those you mention as ... |
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DennisV
29th Jul 2014 9:15 pm
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Hello all, firstly thanks for such an informative and friendly forum, I'm on my second Freelander 2 and look in every few days.
This is my first post as I haven't had anything to contribute so far ... |
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