I'd say they look more like a Jeep Cherokee (The Kia).
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New Defender spotted in Moab
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I'd say they look more like a Jeep Cherokee (The Kia).
Very true. They all seem to be getting closer in looks.
I follow the New Defender Owners Group on Facebook. There are far too many posts like these. Sure every vehicle has its issues especially when it's first released. These aren't those type of issues. This is just poor quality control. On the part of Land Rover and on the part of Land Rover dealerships. Delivering a vehicle with a suspension fault? Nope. Not on the vehicle that I am paying 50k plus on.
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There's also issue with the a pillar trim coming off. This is the same problem that was on the Discovery 4 and the Evoke. And the casual acceptance of it by some in a group is weird.
Agreed. I feel the same way about Toyota fanboys who zealously defend things like drum brakes and mediocre amenities and MPG in 2020. Or Jeep guys that blindly accept some of the more notorious QC issues.
Each brand has its own die hards. But when you pay so much money for a vehicle, it should be worthy of the investment and require zero “fixing” at least in the first several years of ownership.
Or the problems should be worthy of the investment
i.e. a $50K+ vehicle shouldn't have the Yugo level problem of parts falling off as you're driving down the road or come with improperly installed equipment fixed with crazy glue.
Or the problems should be worthy of the investment
Yeah I was thinking Trabant but OK
I can’t even imagine the frustration level here. Even a “base model” at $55K is big $$$, I predict this one going back to JLR as a Lemon Law claim.
My Ural was more reliable.
I started by being facetious. But then I had to pause and think about it. Sure the Defender they got may have just been a bad fluke. Just like my Ural. But I got 3000 miles out of my Ural before things went south. Some Defenders aren't even making it off a lot.
Gallowbraid
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Those words have never been put together, in that order, by another human being. Ever.
WashingtonTaco
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Seen this video this past weekend. If they were some average person they would be getting hosed. But TFL has almost a million subscribers so JLR is bending over backwards. But the third vehicle is just bad!!