lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
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Quote:All-New Discovery is the first Land Rover to optimise airflow
past the front wheels, by creating an ‘air curtain’ by feeding
air to the inner wheelarch from ducts in the front bumper.
Wonder if that will stop it throwing water all over windscreen from front wheels  D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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Fascinating article AAA; thanks for posting the link.
I owned a new R50, then a new R53 and FS's design work was genius and his ability to fight off the accountants who tried and dilute the original design with cost cutting changes is well known. The R56 pretty much reflected what the accountants wanted, from loosing the costly clamshell bonnet to replacing glass wraps with plastic infill panels, it was all very sad to see.
FS was once quoted as saying "The most important job of a designer is to defend their designs from management".
I'd like to know his opinion on the current F56 et al.
I'd also love to see FS take over from McGovern. 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
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