Jump to content

Recommended Posts

  • 9 months later...

Land-Rover-DC100-Salone-di-Los-Angeles-2011-muso.jpg

Land Rover is planning to build its all-new Land Rover Defender at the manufacturing headquarters of parent company Tata Motors in Pune, India. And it will probably send some models back to Europe for final assembly in the UK as part of a ‘reverse CKD’ operation. Land Rover already builds Freelanders in India for sale in Asia.

The new Defender plan, revealed by Tata chairman Ratan Tata in an exclusive Autocar interview, would have the twin benefits of lowering the manufacturing costs of a model Land Rover is determined to sell at affordable prices in Europe, and of locating a Defender operation close to key Asia-Pacific markets where it should sell strongly.

The 2015 Defender, which Land Rover has decided will have body-on-frame construction as opposed to the monocoque design it also considered, will thus keep the configurability of today’s models while offering much more modern packaging, comfort, controls and dynamics.

It is likely that the Defender will use updated, lightened versions of Land Rover’s much-praised T5 ladder chassis, currently used for the Discovery and Range Rover Sport. The basic styling of Land Rover’s recent DC100 concepts is understood to be very close to that planned for the new Defender, although details such as wheels, lights, grilles and interior styling will all change.

If the Pune manufacturing plan is adopted, the Defender will share major chassis and suspension parts with a revised version of the Indian-built Tata Aria SUV, also made in Pune and due in several years’ time. The two chassis will not be identical but should be close enough in dimensions and specification to share the same manufacturing process.

The Pune Defender plan looks all the more workable because Tata recently announced plans to build back-to-back engine plants in Pune and Wolverhampton. Either should be able to provide the staple four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines a new Defender would need.

autocar

Probabilmente il nuovo Defender sarà costruito a Pune, in India e forse utilizzerà lo Chassis T5 (quello di Discovery4 e Range Sport) sebbene con qualche modifica.

Il design sarà pressoché simile a quello del concept.

 News al 02/12/2015: Mazda 2.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Buono a sapersi, il concept piace tantissimo pure a me.

Le info dal lato tecnico paiono incoraggianti: body on frame ed acciaio sono gli ingredienti giusti per un fuoristrada vero.

La teoria è quando si conosce il funzionamento di qualcosa ma quel qualcosa non funziona.

La pratica è quando tutto funziona ma non si sa come.

Spesso si finisce con il coniugare la teoria con la pratica: non funziona niente e non si sa il perché.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I pesi sul tetto fanno pensare a test che verifichino il rischio di ribaltamento con carichi elevati, probabilmente per rilevare gli angoli affrontabili in fuoristrada.

Gli sbarroni su muso e coda mi sanno di protezioni per scongiurare o proteggere dal ribaltamento stesso. ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Beckervdo changed the title to Land Rover Defender - Prj. L851 (Spy)
  • __P changed the title to Land Rover Defender V8 SVX (Spy)
  • J-Gian featured this topic
  • __P locked this topic
  • __P unlocked this topic

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Il sito utilizza i cookie per fornirti un'esperienza di navigazione più funzionale, per fini statistici e per la pubblicazione di banner pubblicitari in linea con le tue preferenze. Nascondendo questo avviso, scorrendo questa pagina, cliccando su un link, o proseguendo la navigazione in altra maniera, acconsenti all'uso dei cookie. Terms of Use.

 

Please, disable AdBlock plugin to access to this website.