Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
Getting rid of the 'knobomatic' is a nice touch!
9th May 2014 8:40 am
Russell
Member Since: 24 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
Oh no it is notMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
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D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
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I like my lifty knob.I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
9th May 2014 12:14 pm
highbayrack
Member Since: 09 Jul 2008
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 2776
I'm getting my new knob next week, SWMBO is looking forward to it as well On a mission to find the perfect Pork Pie. Just Found it (I think)..(Yes I have)
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9th May 2014 12:48 pm
Russell
Member Since: 24 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
My knob rises every time I want it toMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
9th May 2014 12:49 pm
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
crews control wrote:
Getting rid of the 'knobomatic' is a nice touch!
But what about the ones with an automatic gearbox Cheers Ian
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9th May 2014 2:27 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
Just a muddled up Evoque really.
The car I'm waiting to see is the replacement for our one, the Full Fat Disco.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
9th May 2014 3:48 pm
g-dog-s
Member Since: 14 Jul 2012
Location: Surrey
Posts: 57
seen at Windsor HS
Very nice indeed but more like a RR than a Disco to my eyes
14th May 2014 12:15 pm
Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
Posts: 8491
That is as gay as can be, LR have officially LOST THE PLOT and FORGOTTEN its ROOTS.
RIP Land Rover, the lunatics have taken over the asylum, we are all officially being turned into pampered ponces WHY NOT leave the Sport for the ponces, the Evoques for dwarf hairdressers and keep the Discovery a lean mean functional manly machine?
14th May 2014 12:21 pm
chalky
Member Since: 22 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
It won't actually be that Gay ? That's just the concept, like the concept RRS that's at the heritage centre, although it was the pre cursor to the RRS and it shares a resemblance the interior and a few other bits were dumbed down !
I'd be surprised if the actual road going version has suicide doors and no B Pillar ?
I doubt it will have that Glitzy roof lighting set up either, I think when it's released there will be some change ?
I saw one stickered up in Hampstead the other day !
Its shape was surprisingly like a RRS !
Only dead fish go with the Flow !
14th May 2014 1:38 pm
Captain Crash
Member Since: 11 Aug 2013
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 15
DG wrote:
Interesting comments from McGovern
Quote:
McGovern was fairly tight-lipped about the specifics of the upcoming Defenders, but he did say, “I’d be worried if lots of traditional Discovery owners looked at [the Discovery Vision concept] and said, “I love it!†Because it has moved on. It’ll be Defender, the new Defenders—and I wouldn’t take note of those concept vehicles we did a couple of years ago—that’ll show you that sense of overt ruggedness.â€
He was mum on the topic of platforms, although given the reality of modern economies of scale, we can’t imagine Land Rover having more than two of them—a small-vehicle architecture for the Discovery-branded Freelander/LR2 replacement and Evoque and a larger one for the bigger Discos and Range Rovers.
“The Defender pillar, it needs to be said to help put it in context, will be more about durability; about ruggedness. We want to make Defender very affordable. You’ll get versions that are very elemental in terms of what’s inside them, but you’ll have the ability to move it up and make it more premium, but it’ll be durable premium.†While the LR4 seemed to take the Discovery rather close to the previous Range Rover in terms of interior niceties, we’d expect a new uplevel Defender to fill that niche, but with less in the way of wilderness-drawing-room panache.
Great post. The elephant in the room seems to be that in the future there will probably only really be two cars - big platform 3L diesel and small platform 2L(ish) diesel.
Out of that LR needs to somehow create three familes - Defender, Disco and RR. Each with possibly three members - full fat, sport and baby. With not much more than body shape, badging and trinketry to distinguish them. Oh, and pricing of course.
A lot of smoke and mirrors coming up?
14th May 2014 9:20 pm
den2013
Member Since: 03 Jan 2013
Location: Alland
Posts: 622
The new Discovery
Might be a bit late to the party here but has anyone also seen on LR home page after selecting which country you want that the first pic is of the Discovery concept car and they are calling it a Discovery sport??
Maybe they will still bring out a proper designed Discovery that we are all hankering after and not just a half hearted chelsea tractor.2015 D4 HSE LUX Kaikoura Stone(sold)
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2008 D3 HSE Java Black(sold)
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