Has Anyone Ordered the New Defender 90 Yet?

Has Anyone Ordered the New Defender 90 Yet?

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Geneve

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3,930 posts

226 months

Friday 6th March 2020
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I see the configurator is now live -
Buildyour.landrover.co.uk

Clearly it’s in another league to the ‘classic’ Defender, and no doubt the Grenadier will address that market.

Options, Packs and pricing are a long way removed from the old model, but I can see the appeal of the 90 over the 110, although hard to put a decent one OTR for less than £50k



braddo

11,226 posts

195 months

Friday 6th March 2020
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I've just ordered a 110. For me they are well equipped as standard and I like the steel wheels so options are absolutely minimal.

595Heaven

2,588 posts

85 months

Saturday 7th March 2020
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braddo said:
I've just ordered a 110. For me they are well equipped as standard and I like the steel wheels so options are absolutely minimal.
Nice! The steel wheels look really good and mean you have massive tyre sidewalls.

What spec did you go for?


anonymous-user

61 months

Thursday 26th March 2020
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Reminds me of a freelander on front or slightly higher up mini clubman from rear

Osinjak

5,453 posts

128 months

Saturday 28th March 2020
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100 said:
Reminds me of a freelander on front or slightly higher up mini clubman from rear
Still trolling all the LR threads with the same old st, eh? You remind me of an autistic child that hasn't taken its Ritalin yet.

Dixy

3,127 posts

212 months

Saturday 28th March 2020
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Allowing others to Beta test it first and for them to fit a p400 plug in highbred. Oh and for me to make back some of the money lost in the first 6 months of 2020.

cayman-black

12,913 posts

223 months

Wednesday 8th April 2020
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So who,s cancelling their order?

Osinjak

5,453 posts

128 months

Wednesday 8th April 2020
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The ones who messed up their order form because they can't tell the difference between a comma and an apostrophe.

595Heaven

2,588 posts

85 months

Sunday 12th April 2020
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Osinjak said:
The ones who messed up their order form because they can't tell the difference between a comma and an apostrophe.
Mean biggrin

Not sure why people would be cancelling though - must be the terrible reviews...

Osinjak

5,453 posts

128 months

Sunday 12th April 2020
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595Heaven said:
Osinjak said:
The ones who messed up their order form because they can't tell the difference between a comma and an apostrophe.
Mean biggrin

Not sure why people would be cancelling though - must be the terrible reviews...
Possibly but also bored.

ReformedPistonhead

965 posts

144 months

Sunday 12th April 2020
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Ordered a 90 but waiting for the hybrid drivetrain. Probably June 21 now I reckon.

South tdf

1,555 posts

202 months

Sunday 12th April 2020
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We are waiting to try one bit will need to be the petrol version.

Have built online and but we keep getting over £50k which is a big jump from her 2019 Evoque.

findtomdotcom

712 posts

247 months

Sunday 12th April 2020
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Very tempted. Would be a no brainier, (for us) if it was a hybrid....

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

197 months

Sunday 12th April 2020
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595Heaven said:
The steel wheels mean you have massive tyre sidewalls.
Massive? confused

camel_landy

5,081 posts

190 months

Monday 20th April 2020
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300bhp/ton said:
595Heaven said:
The steel wheels mean you have massive tyre sidewalls.
Massive? confused
Assumptions? wink

Depends what you're comparing against...

I would suggest your starting point is the 16" steel on the old Defender where as I'm guessing '595' is comparing against the ally options on the new car.

M

SL22

202 posts

132 months

Saturday 9th May 2020
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Where does everyone think the prices will be after two or three years? A mid-spec S petrol 90 is showing as £27k future value after two years and £25k after three (on a £48k list price - no discounts to be had?) if using PCP. Effectively the monthly payment amortised is over £800 a month with those figures. Is it safe to assume they may hold their value better than that?

camel_landy

5,081 posts

190 months

Saturday 9th May 2020
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SL22 said:
Where does everyone think the prices will be after two or three years? A mid-spec S petrol 90 is showing as £27k future value after two years and £25k after three (on a £48k list price - no discounts to be had?) if using PCP. Effectively the monthly payment amortised is over £800 a month with those figures. Is it safe to assume they may hold their value better than that?
Do you want it??
Can you afford it??

...anything else is a gamble.

Discounts - It's a brand new model, so I doubt it.
Future value - Given the current climate, I'd suggest all bets are off.

M

ReformedPistonhead

965 posts

144 months

Sunday 10th May 2020
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This is where a PCP is not such a bad idea as you have a guaranteed future value to fall back on. Normally you would expect to end up 5-10% above that and not use it, but in today’s world they will no doubt save some people who are giving cars back in the next 3-6 months.

SL22

202 posts

132 months

Sunday 10th May 2020
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camel_landy said:
Do you want it??
Can you afford it??

...anything else is a gamble.

Discounts - It's a brand new model, so I doubt it.
Future value - Given the current climate, I'd suggest all bets are off.

M
Yes, to both of them 😀

I’ve not long got out of a new Suzuki Jimny used as a second car, where after a year it was sold for several thousand pounds more than list price (literally all of them are way over list after a year on sale). I don’t have much of an insight into the production size/demand for a new defender, but it feels a bit like even after a few years they could be in demand.


ReformedPistonhead said:
This is where a PCP is not such a bad idea as you have a guaranteed future value to fall back on. Normally you would expect to end up 5-10% above that and not use it, but in today’s world they will no doubt save some people who are giving cars back in the next 3-6 months.
A few lease deals seem to be starting to pop up. Gateway2Lease have a base 110 at about £550 a month amortised for 48 months, other lengths etc availed too.

iLard

96 posts

214 months

Saturday 16th May 2020
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I think new Defenders will hold their value very nicely indeed compared to mainstream alternatives and also probably compared to Range Rovers. But I am not fully sure in what volumes they will sell, and that will have a bearing on future values. For now, I think they will be a great buy because they have great branding, fresh kerb appeal, and alternatives are either tired or lower-specced.

Land Rover have done really well with this new model, I take my hat off to them. Let’s hope the L405 replacement is the same quantum leap!