Land Rover Defender V8 Octa - "SVX" 2024 (Teaser)

[J-Gian]

A me sembrano che siano quelli che usano nei test ESC, solo che sono in posizione alzata

[Pandino]

Land Rover has taken its DC100 concept all around the world and has shown it to lots of people, gathering feedback on whether or not they should build it like that, in order to see what is viewed as appealing and what is not. According to LR’s design boss, Gerry McGovern, “the concept got the thumbs-up [ . . . ] and 90 per cent of the 250,000 people we spoke to loved it.”

Production is slated for some time around 2015, and the group will be heavily relying on it to both boost their image in the sector, as well as make money and become a profitable endeavor. McGovern even says he thinks that the “new Defender can do for Land Rover what the Evoque did for Range Rover.”

Once it does enter production, it will mark the end of production for the Defender, which while it may be a capable off-roader which has aged well, in terms of design and overall look, it is still outdated, unrefined and inefficient, and in this age of stop-start and AEB, it is a real dinosaur.

Thankfully, LR say that despite being a vehicle for more style-conscious buyers, the production version of the DC100 will lose none of its off-road ability, and it will most likely benefit from the group’s updated Terrain Response system, which will most likely be offered as a cost option.

McGovern concluded by saying: “A like-for-like replacement for the Defender would not be appropriate and wouldn’t be legal with safety legislation. We can still capture the essence of the past but in a modern way” - a fair point. However, the Defender replacement is just a small part of what the group has planned for the future.

Autoevolution

Production Version of Land Rover DC100 Etches Closer to Production - autoevolution

[Pandino]

[h=2]According to design director Gerry McGovern[/h]Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern says the next generation of the Defender will look "incredibly distinctive."

He also said there will be several variants of the new Defender, including a "lifestyle version" and an "uber one that is incredibly expensive." He hinted the new model will use an aluminum platform just like the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, while its design will be entirely different than the DC100 concepts seen in the attached photos.

Gerry McGovern hopes the new generation will sell in larger numbers compared to the current model which averages only 15,000 units per year. He promises a new Defender offering "premium durability" and a vehicle that "can do anything".

[superkappa125]

Salutate il Defender come l'avete conosciuto.

Plans for new Land Rover Defender shaken up

Land Rover's plans to replace the ageing Defender with a more rugged vehicle have been scrapped

Land Rover has shelved plans for a 'basic' Defender

by Hilton Holloway

20 May 2013 6:32am

Land Rover’s plans to replace the ancient Defender with a new range of super-rugged, relatively basic off-roaders have been scrapped, according to sources close to the company.

Outline plans to build the new model in India, probably alongside a related Tata SUV, have also been dropped. A further consequence of the surprise move is that the planned JLR engine factory in India has also been put on ice.

Although a replacement Defender is currently in the works, John Edwards, Land Rover’s global brand director, has been quoted as saying 



the new Defender will not go into production in 2015 as originally envisaged. The current Defender will still be retired in 2015, however, partly because of the impossibility of meeting future legislation.

It is thought that the latest plans for the new Defender, 
which is certainly three years away, are to create a more premium-level product and build it on a version of JLR’s new, all-aluminium PLA architecture.

Land Rover’s aluminium body shop can currently handle 95,000 vehicles per year on three shifts, but there is already existing room for expansion to 180,000 units. Even so, Land Rover has started work on a further extension of the body shop, suggesting it expects to roll out more than four models based on the PLA platform.

The upshot is that it’s highly likely that a new ‘premium’ Defender will be a sister car to the next-generation flagship model of the expanded Discovery range (see p10), with both models based on a new, marginally smaller version of the PLA architecture.

Sources say Land Rover is confident of being able to buy aluminium at a highly competitive price from its new joint venture in Saudi Arabia. This, and premium pricing, means building the car in the UK would be cost-competitive.

Autocar understands that the decision to shake up plans to replace the Defender has been prompted, at least in part, by the fact that the health of the automotive division of parent company Tata is in question. After suffering a sales humiliation with the super-budget Nano, the company has also seen its new Aria SUV massively undershoot sales expectations.

New car sales in India have gone into freefall in the past six months. Without Tata Motors making significant sales progress, any planned co-operation with Jaguar Land Rover on a back-to-basics Defender is 
not financially viable.

Autocar also understands that the product development boss hired to oversee the new Defender argued strongly against using a separate chassis construction and trying to compete globally, particularly withToyota, in the market for commercial SUVs.

Autocar.co.uk

Riassumendo:

- I piani di un Defender su base indiana (quindi body-on-frame, in acciaio e costruito anche in India) sono stati cancellati a causa dell'andamento pessimo delle vendite di Tata.

- Il Defender attuale andrà comunque in pensione nel 2015, anche se il sostituto non sarà pronto.

- Sarà realizzato su base PLA (quindi la solita in Alu), sarà caratterizzato da un prezzo definito "premium" e sarà stretto parente del modello di punta della gamma del prossimo Discovery.

Per me è un errore gravissimo. Avranno una gamma di SUV sconfinata, ma a qual pro?

[Cosimo]

mi pare una strategia senza molta logica sinceramente. Il defender non è solo un modello icona, ma è diventato un'icona sul campo per le prerogative del suo progetto. Se lo snaturi ti ritrovi una specie di evoque in salsa rustica, paradossalmente con un telaio più automobilistico di quest'ultimo. Mi pare veramente una boiata assurda.

[Merak]

Verrà fuori una specie di 500, ovvero abito iconico su meccanica collaudata per giustificare il premium price?

E l'equazione funziona altrettanto bene al di sopra del segmento A?

Comunque la tendenza é ormai consolidata: parent company in difficoltà/che vuole massimizzare i margini >>> cancelliamo tutto tranne i SUV

Capisco, sono scelte razionali ma...

[PaoloGTC]

mi pare una strategia senza molta logica sinceramente. Il defender non è solo un modello icona, ma è diventato un'icona sul campo per le prerogative del suo progetto. Se lo snaturi ti ritrovi una specie di evoque in salsa rustica, paradossalmente con un telaio più automobilistico di quest'ultimo. Mi pare veramente una boiata assurda.

Ed inoltre almeno imho la ricostruzione (ok tutta da verificare...) mi sembra un veicolo progettato da qualche altra Casa che voleva "ispirarsi a". Se non fosse per il marchio e la scritta sul cofano penserei che si tratti di un concept Skoda o Toyota...

[kat]

mi pare una strategia senza molta logica sinceramente. Il defender non è solo un modello icona, ma è diventato un'icona sul campo per le prerogative del suo progetto. Se lo snaturi ti ritrovi una specie di evoque in salsa rustica, paradossalmente con un telaio più automobilistico di quest'ultimo. Mi pare veramente una boiata assurda.

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Defender ha fatto la propria fortuna anche e sopratutto grazie all'utilizzo duty.

[lupin3rd]

Quanti utenti usano davvero il Defender in fuoristrada ?

[kat]

Quanti utenti usano davvero il Defender in fuoristrada ?

Forse pochi ma la fortuna del Defender l'ha fatta appunto la sua fama di mezzo ottimo in fuoristrada e in generale in scenari con condizioni avverse.