Dodgy windscreen wipers, dodgy bacon rolls, a fantasy Land Rover wishlist and an inspirational fellow adventurer are all on JP’s radar this month
A press release from Jaguar Land Rover popped into my email inbox with the heading ‘EVERY JAGUAR AND LAND ROVER LAUNCHED FROM 2020 WILL BE ELECTRIFIED’. I appreciate this means that buyers will be offered the choice of fully electric or hybrid power, but on first reading it seems they’ve introduced the ultimate anti-theft device.
Electrifying a vehicle would certainly prevent it from being stolen or the theft of items from inside. Only joking – honest.
Resistance to change
A number of people I’ve spoken to about the Discovery 5 have made derogatory comments about its rear-end styling. I’m not talking about core Land Rover traditionalists, but just everyday folk passing a comment. Most say it looks rather bulbous or fat-bottomed and that they prefer the looks of the previous models – the squarer-rear-ended Discover 3 and 4.
Which is ironic really, because at the time of the launch of the Disco 3 back in 2004 most people said they didn’t like its styling, saying it looked too much like a Transit Connect van, and much preferred the previous model. Perhaps as a nation we just don’t like change.
New blades
この記事は Land Rover Owner の December 2017 版に掲載されています。
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この記事は Land Rover Owner の December 2017 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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Truck Of The Irish
It’s taken nine long years, but Aussie-based Irish expat Eamon Tierney has finished rebuilding his 107 pick-up. And it’s a belter
The Tinkerer
Banished from practising his famous tinkering skills in the Christmas Day kitchen, Jerry found the perfect way to keep out of everybody’s way until the turkey was ready
The Knowledge
This month: vehicle paperwork and owners’ handbooks. Never let it be said that Peter doesn’t seek out topics for his column that are designed to thrill and excite…
Give Us A Brake
Why is it that whenever something special is planned, our Land Rovers pick that very moment to let us down?
Eyes Out For Fun
Hounding around on the Baskerville Challenge
Holding Court
Celebrating club hosts the trial of the half-century
What A Lizard Wheeze!
As I write this, the first of my new regular column for LRO, I’m just about to set off to a motor show so it seemed appropriate to record some of the more memorable shows I attended in my Land Rover career.
Sam Watson - The Overlander
A Series I perched on top of a 30-foot pole makes Sam do a double-take – but even that pales compared to what he’s about to see
Cheap Cheer
Three faults, all traced and fixed for next to nothing
Tread Alert
John’s Stealthlaner is going great guns – apart from worn tyres and fluid leaks
