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jjvd21
 


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LR testing revised D5 or new Defender?

Read this article this morning https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/cov...t-15111309 appears LR are either testing a revised D5 with central rear number plate or perhaps the new Defender platform. Either way it looks like the mule has a central number plate design.

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Picture is years old Wink
  
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This exact picture? Article refers to he asymmetrical tailgate design and that this may be an update. Strange that the article would refer to a dated picture in present tense compared to the current design Neutral
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Yep it's old ...registered 2 years 9 months ago ..the pic is on here somewhere Smile

As for the 'article' accuracy...it's a newspaper Whistle Laughing
  
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Here I thought I was onto something Rolling with laughter
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In fact it's the D5 prior to release

https://www.carscoops.com/2015/10/scoop-th...-gen-2017/

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Those are two different vehicles. Not just the registration but the disruptive pattern also.

JLR employing subterfuge? We have all seen the Freelander that has a morris marina van on the chassis that is part of the Dunsfold collection.

Why not put a D5 on top of a new deafener for road testing?

Think the new deafener must be the most talked about, anticipated and over hyped vehicle in motoring history..
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Yes they are different but they didn't just have one cammo'ed up D5, they had several. They are both registered in the same year at the same time Smile
  
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The video was shot on at 07:40 26/10/2017. The article is dated September 2018.

Both dates, as you know, are some time after the registration dates of the two vehicles in the stills on this thread.

The vehicle in the picture is moving too fast and the light too low to see if it is one of these vehicles.

The stills on this thread have not been captured from the video footage within that article.

As of today - VN65 is taxed (expires November 2018). The other vehicle is SORN.


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This is a better written article - about another "sighting".

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/cov...r-14969633

Who knows what is going on eh? Thumbs Up
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The car in the video differs from the one they used in the still which is a D5 cammo from 2016...vid could be the 90 defender RRS bodied mule perhaps
  
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IIRC I believe DiscoStu implied that the deafener will be released 2020 with a likely show appearance towards the end of next year?

I won't be in the market for one for about 8-10 years at the earliest anyway Mr. Green
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I suspect you might see the Defender rolling off the line in May\June '19 Whistle
  
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I won't be in the market for one for about 7-9 years at the earliest anyway
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DG wrote:
I suspect you might see the Defender rolling off the line in May\June '19 Whistle


The crank gone that early eh? Wink
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