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Alan Bates (Alanb)
| | Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 09:37 am: | 
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Better get your Disco's now, here is a link to some info on the 2005 Disco:
http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=5147&sid=178&n=156 |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 09:40 am: |
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Dude, didn't you see the "Disco III "spy photos"" thread?
lol.....
-L |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 09:40 am: |
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I better sit down. I'm starting to feel queazy.  |
jmon
| | Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 12:50 pm: |
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that was scary!! |
R. B. Bailey (Rover50987)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 12:29 pm: |
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Maybe when they see all the remaining REAL Discos being bought off all the lots, then sold 2-3 years later at a "rare car" price, they will see the mistake they made... If anything like this ever happens a true Disco will cost the same as a Defender!
http://antifordownership.mrbaileyshistory.net |
Dave M.
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 01:12 pm: |
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Matt Marshall (Matthew)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 04:22 pm: |
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Leave it to Ford to totally screw up a good thing! I would say their latest attempt at a 4x4... as my wife calls it... The "Extrusion" is a prime example of their lack of taste! |
DChrismon
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 02:57 am: |
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I had a Ford(Fixed or Repaired Daily) Exploder I hated it please dont say it's so. Hey Ford did get Jagaur going but they pretty much left them alone, I hope that Ford does the same with Landrover.... |
Frode H�bertz Haaland (Discofrode)
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 03:23 am: |
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We're a wonderful community of sadomasochistic enthusiasts...: Love to bits to scare ourselves and each other on the looks and construction of the next generation Discovery, Defender, or whatever... Anyone seen the Maestro Freelander mule from 95 or whenever? Or the RR Disco mule way back 1988? They were all awful! We'll see more mules in the future - and I do believe the new Disco will look pretty close to the Disco2, as that one looked like Disco1.
The very-new RR (the RR3, or maybe we should call it RRR...) to ME denotes pure Land Rovership taken a bit further into the future. While also taking into account the historical roots, both in the overall design and the vehicles capacities in the rough stuff.
To me it seems they're pretty well aware of the need to keep in touch with history, mud, enthusiasts view - AND need for better roadhandling and so on and so forth. Utilizing new innovations, both mechanical and electronic, to gain better capabilities.
I'd rather wait getting scared 'till smth really odd turns up in the showroom before I believe in a radical turn in LRs interpretation of their marketing niches. I guess we'll once again be surprised with their new products - as everyone was delighted by their own surprises as the new RRR came up, the Disco2, the P38A RR, the Disco1, the 110/90, the original RR, the series one...
(...and of course, I do really hope I'm correct in my assessment, and that the spy pic doesn't have the faintest resemblance with what we should expect from Disc3).
Optimistic Frode |
Deepthroat
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 10:39 pm: |
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Hi all, we routinely drive all manner of vehicles out of LR HQ. Some are just going out on test drives (we do like to know what the competion does) while others are test beds for some of our new systems. Moral of the story, just because it came out of HQ or Eastnor it doesn't mean it IS the next generation LR!
Deepthroat
PS, having said that expect the next Discovery to be more like the new Range Rover than the current Discovery...sorry you yanks won't get CDL till next year, it was strickly a LRNA issue... |
figfry
| | Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 01:10 am: |
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Is the CDL for 2004 or starting this next January for the 2003's? |
R. B. Bailey (Rover50987)
| | Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 11:04 am: |
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Agreed, like I said in the other thread about this same subject (In General - Non Tech) That IS a Ford Explorer... ...it's just the idea that one is fraternizing with the other, and the other has no choice in the matter - its like living in occupied territory.
http://antifordownership.mrbaileyshistory.net |
p m
| | Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:10 pm: |
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to whoever mentioned Jaguar here - fwiw, a new XK is based on a Ford Mondeo (Contour in the U.S.) platform. And all new Jags, at least from the rear, look like a Crown Vic.
Not that I don't like a Crown Vic or Mondeo, and Ford definitely pulled Jag out of the pits, but Jag is lost in the "purebred" sense.
Speaking of the Disco, or RR of any vintage, there's enough of them out there left for us and our kids to live with. Actually, having taken my depreciation hit, I think it's a good thing that's happening to all the 4x4s - the ones I like will only get more affordable.
OTOH, I just imagined myself an old man cursing his 2010 disco - "the good ole 96 never let me stranded... not a dam thing broke on it in fahve yeahs..."
peter |
RVR OVR (Tom)
| | Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:23 pm: |
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I totally agree, pm. That new x-type makes me cringe. If I wanted a $15,000 contour, I would buy one, not a $30,000 contour with all wheel drive and some changed body panels.
The new Hyundai sonata is a better looking car that is very similar for much less (sans the all wheel drive).
Jag ain't a jag no mo'.
Tom |
p m
| | Posted on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:27 pm: |
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Tom, there are a few XR4Tis around for us. no need for a contour.
peter |
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