Id say interior design is more important than you release - the best designs are ones you don't even notice. Don't forget that LR subbed out the interior design of the Disco 1 to a "design studio" back in the day. Seems they have just brought it in-house now.
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21st Dec 2016 9:53 am
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Brilliant !!! I'd love to know how they zone out the fresh fox poo smears my dog loves to roll in My16 HSE Landmark - 2016 - Current. Indus Silver
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21st Dec 2016 3:00 pm
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SN wrote:
adam wrote:
Try working for a large US corporate - BS with a factor of 10
indeed... sigh...
not for me anymore Duncan
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21st Dec 2016 3:17 pm
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Yes
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21st Dec 2016 7:21 pm
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If it fails to meet expectations sales wise would it be dropped all together ? and focus more on range rover range or go back to basics on a Discovery ?.
21st Dec 2016 10:26 pm
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What normally happens is the failed model just gets replaced earlier than planned. Costs a fortune but saves face. I wonder if the D5 shape will last as long as the D3/4 ???
Maybe that's what I need to get my optimism back... start predicting what the D6 will be like !!!
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21st Dec 2016 10:59 pm
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If what dealers are saying is true, the D5 isn't going to disappoint the accountants. More pre orders than Evoque at launch apparently.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
21st Dec 2016 11:23 pm
fat bloke
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May be it's what happens after the normal i must have one on the street first give it 18 mths see what LandRover have to entice people into it to save face ?..
22nd Dec 2016 9:41 pm
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J77 wrote:
If what dealers are saying is true, the D5 isn't going to disappoint the accountants. More pre orders than Evoque at launch apparently.
It would be a fairer compaison if LR had stopped building the FL2 for 6 months before the Evoque was launched and there had consequently been a 6 month backlog of people who'd had nothing new to buy. Do remember that 6 month's D4 sales would equal 26,000 units lost. Are they claiming over 26,000 pre-orders?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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22nd Dec 2016 9:47 pm
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Regardless of what we think it'll sell like hot cakes. Whilst there are element of design we don't like, practicalities removed, etc., the fact remains that as a large SUV to compete against X5 and the ilk it's a winner.
They now have D5 for yummies that need more seats and RRS for yummies that want more luxury
Between them those models see off X5, GL, ML, and various other letters in the alphabet including Q7
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