I still would not want to be anywhere else but my D3 in a crash.
10th Aug 2006 6:19 pm
simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
mmm OK. Must have missed that one... sometimes the New Posts link refreshes and loses all I've not read
10th Aug 2006 6:39 pm
LeighW D3 Decade
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, AUS
Posts: 916
Just be thankful the D3 didn't return the sort of result that the Chinese manufactured Jiangling Landwind (copy of Isuzu Rodeo) managed. See link below.
Woe betide LR if it gets sold off to a foreign country with those sort of credentials.
LeighLeighW
The old girl is on her third engine...
* first ran a bearing (design failure in original engine)
* second had a failure of the water outlet on top of the engine (pls check yours)
17th Aug 2006 2:13 am
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Isuzu Rodeo => Vauxhall Frontera - so very relevant to the UKSteve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
17th Aug 2006 11:17 am
LeighW D3 Decade
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, AUS
Posts: 916
In my earlier post I forgot to mention that the mighty Ford Motor Company owns a share of JMC (Jiangling Motor Company) and from the JMC website seem to produce Transit vans among other vehicles and engines.
Hence my concern with talk of sales of Land Rover but I believe that there is no way that Ford would allow the LR name to be offloaded to China (or elsewhere) as there is too much at stake. The world's best 4x4 cannot be left to flounder in the hands of a country or manufacturer that has not got the expertise to continue to produce a range of fine and highly desirable offroaders. And that doesn't matter if its the Defender, Range Rover or somewhere in between (ie the D3/LR3)!
Rant over, resume normal viewing please...
LeighLeighW
The old girl is on her third engine...
* first ran a bearing (design failure in original engine)
* second had a failure of the water outlet on top of the engine (pls check yours)
17th Aug 2006 11:43 am
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
TBH why would you flog of a profitable part of your business and if they do I dont really care as long as they keep their fingers out of the pie and let Land Rover do what they do best
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