Stop the indian defender

This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.
markbarnes

markbarnes

New Member
Posts
99
I'm sorry, but if I'm to believe what I've read in Land Rover Montly on page 26, the Dave Phillips column, who has said that he has it on great authority that the defender will lock stock and barrel be produced in India after 2015 (I'm not a marketing executive or in any way connected to LRM magazine) it's absolutely disgraceful.

The great and the good of the present board of Land Rover are going to ship off one of the greatest British icons to India? When it's becoming ever more iconic? It's too much to bare.... Surely there must be some way to produce it here.... Your thoughts please-to show the very very out if touch Land Rover fat cats that there about to make a mistake equivocal to selling your family silver to the rag and bone man.

Madness.... And strong sentiments for those 'modernists who don't know jack' to read and think about......
 
markbarnes said:
I'm sorry, but if I'm to believe what I've read in Land Rover Montly on page 26, the Dave Phillips column, who has said that he has it on great authority that the defender will lock stock and barrel be produced in India after 2015 (I'm not a marketing executive or in any way connected to LRM magazine) it's absolutely disgraceful.

The great and the good of the present board of Land Rover are going to ship off one of the greatest British icons to India? When it's becoming ever more iconic? It's too much to bare.... Surely there must be some way to produce it here.... Your thoughts please-to show the very very out if touch Land Rover fat cats that there about to make a mistake equivocal to selling your family silver to the rag and bone man.

Madness.... And strong sentiments for those 'modernists who don't know jack' to read and think about......
Click to expand...

for rest of that part of the world. Emission and safety, and the lack of sales in the uk/eu has made it a unprofitable for TATA motors. Time for a new model to meet market demand.
 
Best thing that could happen, IMO. Defender is essentially hand-built, which makes it very expensive in the UK, and with the new emissions and safety regs it isn't going to be built here any more. By shifting production to a cheaper country with more sensible regs, it has a chance to live on - and I'm sure some enterprising soul will find a way to re-import them.

It will be like Royal Enfield motorbikes, except the parent company won't disappear
 
Thor1950 said:
for rest of that part of the world. Emission and safety, and the lack of sales in the uk/eu has made it a unprofitable for TATA motors. Time for a new model to meet market demand.
Click to expand...

the utility lr allways did sell in low volumes and allways will but it is the icon that creates the name for the rest ,how many more versions of an evouqe do they need
 
jamesmartin said:
the utility lr allways did sell in low volumes and allways will but it is the icon that creates the name for the rest ,how many more versions of an evouqe do they need
Click to expand...

All the while santana built under licence, iveco mastiff etc etc so like royal Enfield it will maybe be a good thing
 
When all's said and done, if it means that the Fender lives on for another 100 years, who cares where they are built?
 
This is a bit like vw and the factory in Mexico after the manufacturing stopped in Europe.

Meant the beetle lived on for another 30odd years. During the time abroad was updated, fuel injection engine, better brakes etc as part of continual development albeit in a different country and slower.

I used to be a vw enthusiast - it meant that plenty of good quality genuine parts stayed available for a long long time, I am talking things like body panels etc

Me personally if the choices are:

- stop defender production completely in Europe and build it in India
- stop defender production everywhere

I am sorry but I would let the Indian chaps takeover.
 
flat said:
This is a bit like vw and the factory in Mexico after the manufacturing stopped in Europe.

Meant the beetle lived on for another 30odd years. During the time abroad was updated, fuel injection engine, better brakes etc as part of continual development albeit in a different country and slower.

I used to be a vw enthusiast - it meant that plenty of good quality genuine parts stayed available for a long long time, I am talking things like body panels etc

Me personally if the choices are:

- stop defender production completely in Europe and build it in India
- stop defender production everywhere

I am sorry but I would let the Indian chaps takeover.
Click to expand...
The reason they stopped production of the beetle was new regulations in Mexico that required all taxis to have 4 doors. Killed of the beetle overnight. Pity. :crazy_driver:
 
blackdog1 said:
How much longer before all Land Rover products are built in India?
Click to expand...

It'll happen as soon as the marketing bods decide that people would still buy a land rover without the 'made in Britain' badge.

RR could save a fortune by building abroad but are clear that no one would buy a foreign built rolls.

Trouble is, I doubt that the general LR buyer is discerning enough.
 
Its a pity, but I agree I would rather see the Defender built abroad than just closed up.
It also means that spares will be available for next 70 years.
 
markbarnes said:
I'm sorry, but if I'm to believe what I've read in Land Rover Montly on page 26, the Dave Phillips column, who has said that he has it on great authority that the defender will lock stock and barrel be produced in India after 2015 (I'm not a marketing executive or in any way connected to LRM magazine) it's absolutely disgraceful.

The great and the good of the present board of Land Rover are going to ship off one of the greatest British icons to India? When it's becoming ever more iconic? It's too much to bare.... Surely there must be some way to produce it here.... Your thoughts please-to show the very very out if touch Land Rover fat cats that there about to make a mistake equivocal to selling your family silver to the rag and bone man.

Madness.... And strong sentiments for those 'modernists who don't know jack' to read and think about......
Click to expand...

Sounds like a good idea to me.
Morris minors, and Enfield motorbikes, were made in India for years after they had ceased production in the UK
 
goonarmy said:
Im all for it. The opposite to disgraceful in fact
Click to expand...

No, it's a disgrace in my book.

As others have mentioned, a drip, drip, drip of manufacturing from here to India will occur- no I'm not talking about in 5 years-we know that investments have been made at plants here, so for the foreseeable LR will be produced here. But if the defender becomes as Indian as curry, then the rest of LR will too in time.

I frankly am proud of this country's heritage-motoring and otherwise, and hate to see things unnecessarily go down the Swanee.

To all those nay sayers- it was born here, lives here and with a little help from the Drs could reside here for a long time yet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

L
Map update
Replies
10
Views
354
liam06
L
D
Steve's Land Raft
2
Replies
34
Views
1K
Dauphproto
D
S
[Newbie]: TD5 starting problems
2
Replies
22
Views
2K
sfinnie
S
B
Problem with engaging 2nd on the r380 gearbox
Replies
12
Views
1K
blackdogarb
B
styleruk
Weber replacement
Replies
16
Views
1K
Turboman
Turboman
Back
Top