---- Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30/3/09, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > The next > >Defender, BTW, is equipped with air bags. The lack of them in the > >current models wasn't a matter of intelligent choice, it was simply a > >matter of inadequate resources. > > The next Defender, if indeed there is such a machine, will not be based > on current design. The latest revision (last year) was mainly cosmetic, > with newer (and less powerful) engine and gearbox options. AFAIK, the > current Defender will stop production within 2 years. Land Rover are > currently working on the LR2 but even that is in doubt with the current > recession. > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7937196.stm> > > I appreciate you might have inside information, but the situation is > very fluid in the financial circumstances. > > Putting airbags into the old Defender design would be economically risky > - no point if it's going to be re-designed from the ground up - hence > you are right with the inadequate resources point. They chose not to do > it because the line has nearly run its course, and so no budget for it.
They said that about the Royal Enfield Bullet, in about 1959....... > > If I drove with my head, I'd be in an Audi or something. Luckily I drive > with my heart !! > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
