Talk:Land Rover Defender

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Anyone else think that the Chassis and vehicle number locations bit seems a bit out of place here?

I think it should be removed, leaving the article to concentrate on the development of Series / Defenders, rather than including one relatively obscure and largely irrelevant detail about one model..

AndrewH 08:56, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

I was pretty sure that there was a gear box problem with the 90's Defender, so if anyone knows about it in detail, surely it should be added to the article. Highcount. 12:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Santana PS-10 ANIBAL 2 "SUV"? 3 Replacement section 4 Split suggestion 5 Get a life suggestion 6 Strength section reads like an advert 7 Article name

[edit] Santana PS-10 ANIBAL

Here is a car worth looking at, you may find it rather strangely familiar looking.

[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.189.233.137 (talk) 19:42, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "SUV"?

Why in blazes has someone seen fit to indicate that the landrover is an "SUV".

There's a significant difference between an off road vehicle designed as such and an "sports" "utility" vehicle.

For goodness sakes, it didn't even come with carpet!

203.129.55.192 01:25, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

A Jeep Cherokee is considered an "SUV", even though the models began in the mid-1970s. The fact that something comes with carpet doesn't designate it to be an "SUV", but the fact of the matter is that it is a four-wheel drive vehicle built on a 4wd chassis, having the body of a truck with a nonremovable rear section that would designate it as a "wagon" (as the M998 HMMWV was). Chevrolet, for example, could release a solid-axle Tahoe, stripped down to the core with locking differentials; it'd still be an SUV. This seems to be the case with the Defender. I see these things on the road. It's becoming more of a "style" rather than usage. Was our old 1977 Suburban a, SUV? That thing mostly saw usage hauling/pulling down trees. Hell, I remember pulling out a bulldozer that got stuck. Point is, "SUV" is the curse bestowed upon great vehicles when idiots get the money to buy them and use them for pavement pounders. The Chevy Blazer, once a standard U.S. Military vehicle, was classified as a "midsize SUV" until the last model was produced. I know of two or three people at my school that own and use Land Rovers off-road. One I know, the other got a "new" one and doesn't want to scratch it, the other guy I don't know. Then there's about 50 or so other ones that run around campus, whose drivers are scared to let the tires touch the grass while making a U-turn. These people are the ones who curse off-road vehicles with the "SUV" tag. Zchris87v 05:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Replacement section

I think this section should be removed or rewritten as the 2007 replacement is already available.

[edit] Split suggestion

I think both the Series and Defender deserve their own article. This article is also getting rather large so it can well handle a split. I also noticed that other languages have separate articles and this would clarify mixup with iw links. --Oliagust 22:58, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know why we would wont to make a page about the Land Rover Series, when we have pages for every model of Land Rover in the series. --Welcomematt22 12:48, 11 June 2007

I'm not sure I'm getting you right here but I consider the Defender to be a distinct model from the Series cars although it developed from it. Im not finding many (if any) pages on the individual models (f.x. Series 2a). --Oliagust 23:38, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Get a life suggestion

I think you guys should get some sort of life, and stop worrying about the pettiest things.

[edit] Strength section reads like an advert

Anyone think the article could do without that section, or at least chop it?

[edit] Article name

Havinf split the article off the page name should now be addressed. Someone should request a move to "Land Rover Defender"GraemeLeggett 13:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)