Am I the only one growing more and more suspicious of a New Defender being anything like what anyone expects?
Put it this way. We were supposed to have a the New Defender in 2014, or even earlier. The DC100 was first shown to the public in 2011! Then they obviously had delays, bad feedback from fans, and whether one caused the other or not, the extension of the Old Defender's production; then the extension of the release of the New again, to the point now where it is 'supposed' to be out in 2018... or 2019?
At this point in time, most other new cars have a solid concept vehicle to show. The DC100 is all we have, and it is 5-6 years behind schedule for what should have been the release of the production vehicle. At this point in time, most other new cars have spy shots, or leaked reports from people who have driven it, etc...
Personally, I've heard from people in development who, without saying anything that they actually know, have told me that what has been seen is what it will be. We've seen the DC100. But again... that just doesn't make sense for the timeline and for the amount of negative feedback they got.
We've also heard from JLR/Tata, as long as two years ago, that the final designs were approved and work on creating the production model had begun. We even heard that no changes would be made at this point. That was too long ago. The production should have begun already if that were truth.
The only thing that is certain at this point seems to be that LR is keeping an extraordinarily tight lid on what is actually going on. Or... nothing is going on...
