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I chickened out on doing mine!

What about the Rivian? Thats all gone a bit quiet?

Me too! I keep wondering if any Brexit trade deals with the US might make that more likely..

I wouldnt grind/sand them off. Looking at the underside pictures you will remove/weaken half of the attachment points?

My original coils on the 110 did about 22 years and 200,000 miles. I dont think the new defender will last that long, let alone its suspension!

Is it a proper new and then galvanised chassis, or an old used chassis that has been galvanised? I have seen a couple of the latter and they have still rusted out in the common spots eventually. I guess that might affect answers....

Yup. As above. This project had added appeal to someone like me who likes to buy into the UK brand. If it goes to France that appeal lessens massively!

Haha. Or they lowered it as well to suit the likely desires of the main buyers...

They look like the minute you go over a bump and the body dips, they will tear the wheel arch to pieces!

It will add to cost but cant you get Smith and Allen or anyone else to ship to an address you know you will be stopping at?

Haha. That theory didn't work for me unfortunately!

Why not use ATF Neill and just change it more often? Say every 6k miles? Should be available easily, hassle to change but may be better than leaving less suitable oil in there for possibly longer periods? Last time I looked, Ashcrofts website still reccomends ATF for the R380 - not sure why as many others, including the LR spec, is for MTF94, but if Ashcrofts are recommending ATF then it cant be that unsuitable?

Blimey.... I am going to sound like mmgemini.... My plugs never get stuck as I undo them to check the levels every 6000 miles 🙂

I would like to see it built in the UK....

I saw, I just didn't really understand why. That's a shame as i have a stumpy R380 and am done changing gearboxes!

Will that engine fit a stumpy R380? Just curious. Surely if it will fit the long shaft R380 it will fit the stumpy but sit further back in the engine bay?

Article in the Times apparently talked about a £35k start price. I haven't seen it but a friend mentioned it. Don't forget, there will be the 20% discount for those who can fiddle a commercial vehicle through the books and then convert it to a normal car for normal uses.... (is the 26k for the pickup plus VAT?).

Haha. It's ironic really. The Defender is clearly part of JLR's past... but those shaping it's future don't seem to care what the past looked like.... I wonder how much of the design that was revealed today was revealed as part of the original court case...

The front looks better at different angles in that ineos video that Anderzander posted above. I do keep looking at those bits that hang down beneath the chassis rails though for the suspension arms - wonder if they are going to work at re-engineering them any more to move them upwards!?

Especially with a nice BMW engine. I have had three BMW's and the engines have been excellent in all of them whether petrol or diesel.

I would think that from today there will be aftermarket companies starting to think about a 'defender style' replacement bonnet and grill. Ineos get what they really want then with a little help from the customisers.... the Defender...

Very first thoughts: 110 from the side G Wagen from the back Lada Niva from the front I agree with Fridge - overall I like it, but lose the bump at the front. If I wanted a Niva I would look out for one as they become classics!

I have the same Trucklites as Mike and Jon. Jon's comments are spot on - they take a bit of getting used to initially as its black directly in front of the vehicle because, like Jon says, the beam doesnt seem to start until 10ft away. Its absolutely fine as you aren't looking in the space ten feet in front of the vehicle, but takes some getting used to! The light is different to halogen and initially I really didnt like it. Its a cold blue light, not the warmer yellow of halogen and on some road surfaces and particularly at dusk it can feel like you dont have headlights on, but you can see, so they are clearly on! Its hard to explain, but its a colour/wavelength thing I think (mixed with my OCD!) I thought they had stopped making the old model of lights that I have now and that the current ones all have filaments to heat the lens. Mine do ice up in the snow - given I was driving through the middle of the red zone in the south west when the beast from the east hit and then the snow later that season and the following year, it was a bit of a pain, but I just had to stop every so often and clear the headlamps. It gave me a chance to clear the snow from the wiper blades etc at the same time, so not the end of the world given the frequency we have those conditions in the south of the UK! Edit - forgot to add - I got mine from Nakatanenga and their prices were pretty good at the time even though they were imported so worth looking there.

Pretty much exactly the same as me.

BBC news just now showing pictures of liverpool fans celebrating in the streets. No social distancing whatsoever.... what is up with these people?!