1987 Land Rover Defender on 2040-cars
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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1987 Land Rover Defender 90, 200TDI Turbo Diesel, 5 Speed Manual, Factory LeftHand Drive. Located in Austin, TX. This truck is a turn key driver. I just droveit on a 400 mile round trip at 70mph. It is not perfect, as it is 30 years oldand has the original paint. It has a few scrapes, dings, and blemishes in thepaint. I searched for the Defender I wanted for several years. I finally locatedit in Spain. I purchased it, and shipped it from Barcelona to Galveston, TX. TheDefender is now registered, titled, and inspected in Texas as a 1987 Land RoverDefender 90. The truck was originally equipped with a 19J Turbo Diesel. Theseengines are not designed for USA highway speed and bit the dust in a month. Iresearched replacement engines and went with a low mileage Land Rover Defender200 TDI. This uses the same transmission and motor mounts, and is an updatedDefender engine used in later model trucks. This engine includes an intercooler,which is not offered with the original 19J Turbo Diesel. This engine has muchmore power and reliability than the 19J. It is leaps and bounds ahead of the oldmotor. History of the truck: This is a factory Left Hand Drive truck originallysold in Italy. The truck stayed in Italy until 2001 when it was purchased anddriven to Barcelona, Spain. I purchased this truck in 2015 in Barcelona. It wasexactly what I was looking for - LHD from a dry climate, footwells and doorbottoms are in great shape with no rust.
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Going high-tech, the 4x4 way
Tue, 26 Feb 2013Is It An Off-Road Adventure Or Just A Walk In The Park?
I remember having to get out and lock hubs and shift into neutral to engage low range.
Coming off press previews of the 2013 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee that involved some heavy-duty off-road rock climbing, I'm simply amazed at the capabilities that these vehicles possess. But even more impressive (or troubling depending on your perspective) is the relative ease with which you can operate these vehicles in seemingly impossible terrain.
Ford's J Mays feels vindicated by Fusion reception
Tue, 25 Sep 2012It's hard to think back now, but the same man overseeing the design of the 2013 Ford Fusion also presided over a rather lackluster period in Ford design, highlighted by vehicles like the Five Hundred and Freestyle. With the redesigned Fusion receiving high praise, J Mays tells Automotive News that he feels vindicated from criticisms suggesting he's not a daring enough designer.
When Mays took over as lead of design in 1997, he admits to having quite an ego ("My head would barely fit through the door some days. I've long since gotten over myself") and the workload to match. With the Blue Oval's portfolio full of premium brands like Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo at that point, along with the bread-and-butter Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models, Mays certainly had quite the challenge.
It was in the mid-2000s that Mays took over just the premium brands, and took on the new title of Chief Creative Officer. At the time, Mays endured some criticism for looking backwards to retro styling, rather than setting a new standard for American car design - criticism that Mays says he is free from with the all-new Fusion.
Jaguar crossover won't be based on Evoque or have off-road chops
Wed, 21 Aug 2013Jaguar's long-rumored crossover won't be built on the same platform as the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, says the Australian site Car Advice. The future of the new CUV remains uncertain, but if Jaguar does dip its toes into the SUV/crossover pool, though, the new vehicle will likely be a car-based soft roader, lacking (or perhaps more appropriately, not needing) the off-road-engineered chops inherent in Land Rover's small CUV platform.
Jaguar product planner Steven De Ploey explained to Car Advice, "There's many groups around the world [platform sharing] - obviously Volkswagen Group is doing it all the time - but I think we have to be careful. He added, "Jaguar is something quite different... It's about capability, but very much on-road focused capability." That seems to gel with our suspicions that the XQ, as it's expected to be called, will share its platform with an upcoming small Jaguar sedan, the oft-rumored X-Type successor.
Still, we'd recommend taking any mention of a Jaguar crossover with a grain of salt. Based on many of the (quite compelling) statements made by De Ploey against a Jag crossover and previous statements made by Jag's design boss, Ian Callum, the case against a leaper-bearing crossover seems strong. If a high-rider were to arrive from Jaguar, though, the article insinuates that it'd be more in line with the BMW X6 or upcoming X4 - sort of a coupe-based crossover. Like we said, grain of salt. If a Jag crossover is going to arrive soon, the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show is the most likely locale for its debut. We'll find out in a few weeks.