Might be FL2 - there are no signature LEDs that I can see and it IS getting new lights and a revised 2-bar grilleI know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
7th Jun 2010 2:32 pm
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7th Jun 2010 2:49 pm
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I have a feeling that Ford might have taken a few extra copies of the Land Rover CAD disc before they sold it to Tata... because this is the front of the next Ford Explorer due to be launched in the US later this year. I was shocked to see just how similar the front looks to the LRX. It's not exactly the same, which is obvious when you get them next to each other, but I'd be if I was Tata, especially after Ford have already copied the switchgear and icons etc.
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7th Jun 2010 3:51 pm
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did wonder - the Ford Edge is not too far away from it
You can see the lights (just) under the garb
More photos...
That last one is so much DNA in it from LR I'd suggest it should perhaps have been 'imagineered' as....
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all poaching B ds they were only afther the technologyTLO has left the building.......
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Yep, I second that! Nothing but a bunch of poaching a***holes. I now where I'd put my money and that's into the best 4x4 Marque " LAND ROVER ". Legend!Sweep
7th Jun 2010 4:27 pm
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SN wrote:
Now who's looking at their D4 and thinking its the best it could have been
Damn right Steve. Let's hope the D5's a bit of forward looking design rather than a Demon Tweeks tart-up job.
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7th Jun 2010 7:25 pm
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SN wrote:
That's shocking Steve. Every LR styling cue has been incorporated (stolen) ...
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We have been here before with Ford:
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I think that LR is easily able to survive this particular piece of plagiarism. The shame for Ford is that I don't think its design team needs to do this. They can produce great looking cars with a distinctive Ford visual signature.
Is that a green oval glowing with rage on the dashboard I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
7th Jun 2010 8:50 pm
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7th Jun 2010 11:27 pm
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if I was Tata, especially after Ford have already copied the switchgear and icons etc.
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