Comments on: Jaguar Land Rover Sales Stabilizing http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/jaguar-land-rover-sales-stabilizing/ Covering the worlds greatest cars Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:11:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: G http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/jaguar-land-rover-sales-stabilizing/#comment-5528 G Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:47:29 +0000 http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/?p=4699#comment-5528 Jim, I think there is room for Range Rover/Land Rover. Perhaps less for Land Rover -if- the group doesn't beef up the off-road for the less nameplate. You're right in that Land Rover needs a strictly utilitarian product that governments and large NGOs can buy to replace the Defender. The Range Rover / Sport design in the early 00s led by BMW and then enacted by Ford saved the company. The earlier popularity of these models cannot be overstated. Jim, I think there is room for Range Rover/Land Rover. Perhaps less for Land Rover -if- the group doesn’t beef up the off-road for the less nameplate. You’re right in that Land Rover needs a strictly utilitarian product that governments and large NGOs can buy to replace the Defender.

The Range Rover / Sport design in the early 00s led by BMW and then enacted by Ford saved the company. The earlier popularity of these models cannot be overstated.

]]> By: Jim http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/jaguar-land-rover-sales-stabilizing/#comment-5527 Jim Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:10:24 +0000 http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/?p=4699#comment-5527 As much as I admire Land Rovers, I wonder if there is a place for them in the emerging automotive world? The Defender is in a niche where many of the competing vehicles are significantly less expensive to manufacture and are therefore less costly, the HiLux or more profitable, the 70 Series Land Cruiser and Nissan Patrol. The Discovery/Rangie is far too complicated a vehicle to serve as a basis for a utility vehicle where the emphasis is truly on hauling and towing rather than commuting. And is the Purdey/Orvis/Welly/Abercrombie & Kent set large enough to continue growing the company as a luxury brand, even if you include posers? As much as I admire Land Rovers, I wonder if there is a place for them in the emerging automotive world? The Defender is in a niche where many of the competing vehicles are significantly less expensive to manufacture and are therefore less costly, the HiLux or more profitable, the 70 Series Land Cruiser and Nissan Patrol.

The Discovery/Rangie is far too complicated a vehicle to serve as a basis for a utility vehicle where the emphasis is truly on hauling and towing rather than commuting. And is the Purdey/Orvis/Welly/Abercrombie & Kent set large enough to continue growing the company as a luxury brand, even if you include posers?

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