The CycleChat Large SUV Owners Club thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Very nice!!!
My old 90-V8 CSW* was in rather good condition when I had it, it was nothing like this!!
A scary price though!

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/ar...perfection-land-rover-defender-v8-one-we-want

* Blue, 134BHP model (SU carbs), 1988 - 'E' plated
Genuine factory CSW, by decoding the VIN plate

 

[Drago]

The article is crap. If its made in 1985 it isn't a Defender at all. It's merely a 'Ninety'.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The article is crap. If its made in 1985 it isn't a Defender at all. It's merely a 'Ninety'.

True

Weirdly, even the factory, when they do refer to the past now sometimes call all previous model’s Defenders!?!
All of that House Of Brands rubbish

 

[Drago]

It's like when the original Defender was killed off the media prattle on about it being in production for 70 years, which is arrant nonsense. When the general architecture was broadly similar the Defender is a very different vehicle to the series models.

 

[Jameshow]

It's like when the original Defender was killed off the media prattle on about it being in production for 70 years, which is arrant nonsense. When the general architecture was broadly similar the Defender is a very different vehicle to the series models.

But that's the evolution of a brand, they are still the same basic vehicle? Like saying a split screen moggie and a 1972 moggie aren't the same. They are but the design was much improved over 50yrs.

 

[Gunk]

It's like when the original Defender was killed off the media prattle on about it being in production for 70 years, which is arrant nonsense. When the general architecture was broadly similar the Defender is a very different vehicle to the series models.

But most non car nerds just know it as a Defender

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

But most non car nerds just know it as a Defender

Or is it just the general public who do that?
Surely the earlier vehicles are known as the 'Series' models??
Although, I'll 'hold my hand up here', when mentioning Range Rovers to people (or on social media), I'll refer to them as (as I'll call them) 'Series ...' (barring the original 70-95 shape, to me that's 'the real Range Rover')

 

[Drago]

they are still the same basic vehicle?

No, they weren't.