RAF Mountain Rescue not using Landies anymore

I don't think the end of civilian vehicles on the battlefield is nigh at all, all the irregular insurgents drive anything to hand in todays uneven combats. War ain't what it used to be.

Any time you like. Morisons have some very nice scones, with jam and cream ;-)

Richard

I wonder how long the popularity of defenders will last now that the military have abandoned them?, presumably the market will be flooded with ex-military ones in a year or two. Greg

And there's a lot of owners, even of modern vehicles, who will say Land Rover must be good as the army use them. If the army stops using them...........

Richard

I suspect this is the single most important reason so many people buy new Defenders and their second hand value stays high, they can boast it's basically the current army vehicle so must be really good.

Once that's gone I can see sales dropping to the point it's not worth updating the Defender the next time the regulations are tightened, and that will be the end or 'real' Land Rover production 8-(.

On the plus side, the market will be flooded with not only army surplus vehicles but also their stocks of spares, which will be very good for enthusiasts. Greg

Not just Defender - the marques whole mythology is built around Series & Defender.

Personaly, I find the talk of tie-ups with Toyota, Ford trying to palm off LR etc rather more of an immediate concern. See LRM article.

But a disaster down the line - while all those spares are being used up tooling will be skipped an the parts will be gone forever.

Richard

On or around 12 Jan 2007 01:29:09 -0800, "Greg" enlightened us thusly:

that looks likely to happen anyway.

A lot of ex-military used to buy them, before their wives decided they would like a little comfort. Perhaps I will save up for one of these:-

Daly Telegraph web page

Long

The way out of that is to make cars that last a lifetime and then factory refurbish them every so often.

The Australian army is currently refurbishing their "perentie" Landrovers to new condition (with upgrades such as discs all round)- but I understand that Ford has declined to bid on an eventual replacement.

JD

Looks like Mr. Dimas is quite correctly named - Land Rover, Porsche, etc are supposed to subsidise which models in their range exactly? The reason they aren't on traget is because the target is not attainable yet. Now, how about looking it the other way round - member states should be forced to spend (for arguments sake) 2% of GDP on public transport, thereby reducing emissions without upsetting people, inetrfering with their lives and bankrupting every one else? No? Didn't think so...........

Richard