Saw this over the weekend
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You should see the Land Rover dealer here in Vegas. Many of the new LR3's come equipped with the shiniest, nastiest, biggest wheels that they can find to fit. Granted we wont see many LR3's doing the dirty but its still sad to see a dealer of four wheel drives debase themselves like this. It almost starting to look like the H2 dealer where every vehicle has had the bling fairy make a special stop.
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Scout II
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That looks like the cheaper, version of this......
http://uk.geocities.com/rufus_cartwright/cam.html
http://uk.geocities.com/rufus_cartwright/cam.html
Rims ain't bling enough unless they are spinners......
Did you see that Unique whips episode with the Range Rover owned by some tennis star?
Did you see that Unique whips episode with the Range Rover owned by some tennis star?
You might be down with bling... but I'm all for the subtleness of sleepers... CHECK IT FOO
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Disco007 said:
Those look like forged HRE's. Sweet wheels if they are.. too bad they are on a Disco.
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2MANY4X'S2FIX
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Maybe I'm overstepping my bounds here but I'll forge ahead anyway. Seems like the good folks at Land Rover are misjudging the US market. First they killed off the Defender due to poor sales. However I think the poor sales were due to the 90 inch wheelbase. If I recall correctly one year Land Rover imported 500 110 inch Defenders and all of them we're sold before they got here. Seems to me like the 110 was the way to go. Then the Range Rover got progressively lower and the rims seemed to grow and the tire sidewall seemed to shrink. Now the Disco is gone, personally I think its a cool rig and should still be made. It's capable and comfortable without being totally over the top in either department. Land Rover seemed to really go downhill with the Freelander, I've driven a few at LR dealerships when the have the demo days with the obstacle course. They're surprisingly capable however they don't look it. Kinda look like a luxed up RAV4. The new LR3 I haven't driven yet so all I know about it is what I read in Truck Trend. TT seems to think its a capable wheeler but is overpriced, has way too many gadgets, and looks too bling off the showroom floor. Jeep and Dodge have exploited the off-road market by offering vehicles like the Dodge Power Wagon and the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. Land Rover on the other hand seems to be gearing up to compete in the H2 dominated bling market. Thats a shame considering what fine vehicles they sell overseas. Sort of like the watered down version of the Mercedes Benz Unimog Freightliner is selling in the US. Overseas manufacturers underestimate the off-road market here, and very few domestic manufacturers are recognizing us. So for now we'll soldier on with our old junk. Wheeling a 30 year old plus rig may not be easy but at least I'm having fun doing it.
2MANY4X'S2FIX said:
my understanding was that they could not sell the 110s at the time... not much serious interest.
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syoung
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They had orders for all the 110's- and then a lot of people never went through with it... that's how I got mine. When it came time to attempt to trade/sell it because it was too unreliable, I couldn't get rid of it. It's the first time I ever had a dealer tell me they didn't want my trade. They wouldn't give me a lowball amount, they just said they didn't want it at all. Finally got a Saab dealer to take it on trade for next to nothing and only then because the tech that worked there agreed to buy it. Of course, NOW they're worth something- but not back then.
There really isn't a market for off-road vehicles, don't kid yourself. The market is for off-road inspired vehicles or off-road looking vehicles. Just like the market in little cars is for race INSPIRED or racy LOOKING cars- which are by no means real trackable cars. It's a nation of posers.
There really isn't a market for off-road vehicles, don't kid yourself. The market is for off-road inspired vehicles or off-road looking vehicles. Just like the market in little cars is for race INSPIRED or racy LOOKING cars- which are by no means real trackable cars. It's a nation of posers.