| Author | Message | ||
     Jeff Cowart (Jeffro) New Member Username: Jeffro Post Number: 5 Registered: 05-2003 |
Are Defenders still built? | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 477 Registered: 09-2002 |
Yes, built in UK and sold everywhere but NA. | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1528 Registered: 02-2002 |
Man oh Man.....Hell yes they are still built. I just got back from 2 weeks in the UK and I saw some amazing Defender vehicles. 90's, 110's, 130 truck styles, they were everywhere. Damn. | ||
| Jeff Cowart (Jeffro) New Member Username: Jeffro Post Number: 6 Registered: 05-2003 |
Man that is one awesome vehicle. I'm gonna have one someday! I revisited the Landrover site and clicked on UK and there it was. Why the UK and not the US? Dang! That stinks! | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1532 Registered: 02-2002 |
Jeff, It was weird seeing Diesel Equipped D2's over there as well. | ||
| Todd Rooker (Tryrook) Member Username: Tryrook Post Number: 58 Registered: 12-2002 |
They don't meet current NA safety standards (i.e., no airbags) and LR didn't want to go through the hassle of having them brought up to standard. Turned out to be a great ploy for existing Defender owners who got to benefit from vehicle appreciation (instead of the huge depreciation the rest of us Disco and RR owners swallow). | ||
| Andrew Vick (Afv) New Member Username: Afv Post Number: 27 Registered: 02-2002 |
A friend of mine in the UK just bought an 18 month old D-90SW for about $23k. Makes me sick! | ||
| Tony Zuniga (Tony23007) Member Username: Tony23007 Post Number: 44 Registered: 05-2003 |
Yeah, those are some nice looking trucks. I wish they will bring them over to NA, the engine does seem a bit weak for that big of a truck though!!! | ||
| Dan Armbruster (Dan_armbruster) Member Username: Dan_armbruster Post Number: 175 Registered: 04-2003 |
Defenders are not made for speed to say the least. LR didn't convert to NAS standards, and it looks like a long time before they will be imported again. Meanwhile, current defender owners are making a killing on resale value. It's sick to read how cheap they're getting them gor over in the UK. | ||
| Jeff Cowart (Jeffro) New Member Username: Jeffro Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2003 |
Does anyone know what it costs to have one shipped over? Can you find one with the steering wheel on the left side? I would guess they make them for the European market.? | ||
| David Marchand (Dmarchand) Member Username: Dmarchand Post Number: 152 Registered: 09-2002 |
Run a search on this site and on d-90.com. This has been discussed to death. To summarize, it's expensive and next to absolutely painful. Their is a guy in CA that is importing 10-12 stripped down D110's for $40K+ in the near future. | ||
| Neal Glessner (Nealg) Senior Member Username: Nealg Post Number: 679 Registered: 02-2002 |
"There's no such thing as a stupid question...but there are stup people with questions." Bart Simson's teacher. (Just joking Jeff) | ||
| Jaime Crusellas (Jaime) New Member Username: Jaime Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2003 |
Shipping is the least of it. I looked into bringing a Series III from Ecuador, and the transport to NJ would have cost around $600 (a bargain!) The killer was that the vehicle had to be brought up to US spec (pollution and safety items) for the year in question, and it had to be certified by one of a handful of companies that do this kind of work. I'm sure that for a Defender, the cost would be substantial. At the time, I just didn't want to go through the hassle |
