boggy-uk Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 hi all i was in newcastel last weekend and i cam across what looked like a series land rover. It had a fiber glass bumper wich smothed off the frunt. there was no land rover bages but some dimond bage on it was very much like a series. can any one help? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliejasper1111 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Santana perhaps?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbs Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Santana perhaps? http://www.allterrainservices.co.uk/santana.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliejasper1111 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thats the one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boggy-uk Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 that the one cheers for that are they based on a series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 land rover lascenced them to make spanis versions almost EXACTLY the same, years and years ago, they aslo made some improvements to the designs and they developed a 6cyl diesel which bolts straight into series etc. land rover stopped their lisencing a while ago because they were worried that santana might get a bit better than land rover. this is why the defender versions look a bit different. for copyright reasons. the headlight surround is thinner and theres a square headlight/indicaor unit underneath it. but it is still esentially a land rover. the defender versions did also use parabolic leaf springs though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_P Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 the defender versions did also use parabolic leaf springs though What are you on about? Anyway, the Santana PS10 (now rebranded under Iveco as the Massif) is arguebly the current "model" of what was the Leaf-sprung Land Rover. I like them, 2.8 Iveco TD up front, earlier versions utilised the infamous and super strong Santana LT85 main gearbox. If I'm not mistaken, I think they even retained the selectable two and four wheel drive! I think in places they can be quite a competitor to the Land Rover Defender. Should be interesting if they suffer from EU regulations on crash impacts or not, if they don't then they could take over completely from what the Defender's current market is I think. Here's a of the six cylinder that mikey mentioned. 2.25 diesel with an extra two cylinders added. I like and want to know what the petrol version (if there was one) would be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
task Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Was this down te road from Leazes park, near the stadium? I saw one there last weekend whilst working in Newcastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBorges Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 ...they developed a 6cyl diesel... The 6cyl diesel is a great engine! Also the 2286 diesel turbo. 6 cyl 3429 cc diesel: 95 HP 3429 cc petrol: 104 HP 4 cyl 2286 cc turbo diesel: 75 HP The Spanish's also add power steering, discs brakes and parabolics on series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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