Leaving aside military vehicles, and accepting that the Defender was once the Series III (and by extension, the Series IIa, II and I) is Land Rover the only car manufacturer in the world to have never discontinued a model? And how long will it last?
Discontinued Land Rovers?
Nov 10, 2011
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Dunno and hopefully for a helluva lot longer .. ;)
VW still make the Transporter, in Brazil, & Porsche the 911
Jeff
In message , Andrew writes
'Til the Defender replacement appears.
Think the OP was meaning that LR have never discontinued *any* model.
"Jeff" wrote
I think VW still make the original Beetle somewhere.
They do
Brazil I'm told
and before andy says it
They must be nuts
Not any more, Brazil was the last and stopped in 2006.
Jeff
What about the Forward Control.
Yep, almost revamped itself as the lama then disappeared! So, that proves that LR have indeed discontinued a model. Badger.
Yeah, I know. I was thinking more about the stuff you can buy (or could buy) at a LR dealer. As far as I know, Lightweights and Forward Controls were never available new to the public, although I'm wondering whether the Series II/IIA FC might have been? I've seen plenty of pictures of "civilan" IIA FCs but whether they were ex- military or not, I don't know. Any ideas anyone?
I think that you're right to suggest that the IIa/III FC was a showroom offering. I'm sure that I've a leafet somewhere but don't have time to look at the moment.
I also don't think that the military took many IIa/III FCs. There may have been a few as fire engines but that's about it. Any that you have seen will have been civvy from the start.
The 101 was never offered to the public, neither was the Llama as far as I'm aware.
Hello again, srs 2/3 FCs were sold thro dealer network direct to the public.
In message , "Autowbars (BFD)" writes
Were they a standard production item or were they Special Vehicles?
Standard as far as I recall. I don't think the idea of "Special Vehicles" had been born in those days.
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