I almost hope it completely fails as well. Maybe some kind of good will come from a complete crash. The problem is that the scar of how bad it was will always be with the company.
My hope is that the sloped roof, the alpine windows, the bonnet and wings, etc... are all more camo'd even than it appears they are. When I study the images, I see an LR4, but I can also see how the parts are fake, and I think we will get a vehicle that at least resembles the old Defender. But the hard part will be whether or not they can make the looks of the new Defender come anywhere close to the spirit of the old. I think I've lost all hope that the wheel/tire combo will be anything but what we see in the photos. Not only is the stance just too low, but it is way too low. And they appear to be taking away any real options for aftermarket mods when it comes to suspension, or even the front bumper.
Unless they really are running the LR5, and faking us out on the Defender, I'm pretty much at a loss as to what they really think they are doing with the Defender. Seems completely illogical.