need4speed Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Bloody hell Mo. No need to labour the point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Having done the factory tour yesterday: - Anixter definitely supply some bits (plenty of bins of nuts & bolts with Anixter written on them), makes sense as Anixter are all about anything small & fiddly (thank them for trim clips) - DHL do all the logistics, tour guide explained that if one of the workers reaches for the next part and it's not there, they hit a button, the line grinds to a halt and penalties start racking up against DHL until the man with the milk float arrives with more bits. - GKN now build the axles, chassis, transfer and gearboxes. Didn't quite catch the hint (it was noisy in there) but it did seem there was a slight glimmer of a suggestion that this could possibly mean that production could be moved elsewhere with GKN continuing supply. However, it could also have been taken as "if GKN weren't making them we'd have had to stop years ago" as they are very busy churning out Range Rovers and Jags at a rate of about 50:1 for every Defender built, and are running out of space to stack everything. - If they are planning a Defender replacement everyone's taken a vow of silence, no-one would say anything on the subject (not even a nod or a wink) and I didn't spot anything (parts, prototypes, etc.) anywhere. Given how labour-intensive the Defender is I could well imagine packing it up & moving it to India would make some sort of sense, but why they'd keep it such a super-secret if that were the case I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 JU it's Dana that supply axles and lt230. Chassis is GKN. I think he said Gearbox but definitely engine is Ford. Yes I was on the same tour with him well worth it. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 My bad, you're right, Dana is axles. Guess I'll have to go round again and pay more attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I would be very surprised if production in some form doesn't continue somewhere. .. bodywork might be an issue though if lr just stop making it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Drumstick Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 My bad, you're right, Dana is axles. Guess I'll have to go round again and pay more attention If Dana are supplying the axles... one has to ask. Why the FRIG did LR never ask them to supply some Dana 44 axles with Rover fittings..... instead of the chocolate spec Rover items. I know this is far too late in the day now. But come on!!!! What a p'iss take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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