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Land Rover Defender 90/110

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#8 of 129 Defender by tincup47

May 24, 2001 (9:54 am)

in 1993 Range Rover North America brought in 500 D110's and changed their name to Land Rover North America, in anticipation of selling the Discovery here. 1994 saw the first year of D90 sales in the U.S. selling 1943 units. Sales continued in 1995 model year, 1190 Soft Top D90's and 510 Station wagons. 1996 was skipped as the factory was preparing the first clutchless D90 which would arrive in 1997. 1997 was the last year of D90 sales in the U.S. All 97 vehicles had Automatic Transmissions with sales of 1499 Soft Tops and 1300 Station Wagons

#9 of 129 72 Defender by mroberts5

Jun 11, 2001 (2:37 pm)

I found a 1972 Land Rover with a defender 90 body on it. the person was asking $11,000. I do not know much about these cars, and i was wondering 1) is this a good deal? the car is in near perfect shape 2) how safe are these? do they roll over? 3) how reliable are these? any feedback and additional info would be appreciated.thanks!

#10 of 129 72 Land Rover by tincup47

Jun 11, 2001 (8:26 pm)

Sounds like you are looking at a Series III. Did it have leaf or coil springs? The Defender is a later model vehicle that has coils springs, but many body panels are the same as the earlier Series vehicles. Don't know about the value, but the vehicle should not be to prone to rolling. Reliability? Hard to tell with an older British vehicle, but if you have a good tool set and basic auto repair knowledge, it should serve you well.

#11 of 129 mbi by countsmackula1

Jun 12, 2001 (8:02 am)

I think they'll probably cost more than 23k, for sure, if they do return. And the diesel mileage of 40 would be doubtful, I would think(maybe 35), unless it was very small displacement, in which case it couldn't keep up, even with a turbo.It would need a least a 3 liter to compete.I always liked the 110 because it was purpose built and tough as nails. But of course, all Land Rovers are.

#12 of 129 not all by sasquatch_2000

Jun 12, 2001 (8:19 am)

".I always liked the 110 because it was purpose built and tough as nails. But of course, all Land Rovers are."
 
Except a friend's Discovery ('99?) which is already rusting out. They are typical YUPPIE types who probably never even had the sucker off road.

#14 of 129 Defender in the U.S.? by cwilli58

Jun 15, 2001 (10:59 am)

Replying to: sasquatch_2000 (Jun 12, 2001 8:19 am)
I heard that the Defender was discontinued in the U.S. in 1997. any truth to that? Also, are they planning on reintroducing it to the U.S. with the SUV craze going on? Any info, specs, sites about the defender?

#15 of 129 Defender in the U.S.? by gpvs

Jun 15, 2001 (12:12 pm)

Replying to: sasquatch_2000 (Jun 12, 2001 8:19 am)
Yep, that was the last year for the Defender. Check the other topic Defender 90/110 below for more details. This topic will be frozen.

#16 of 129 cwilli58 by tincup47

Jun 17, 2001 (8:20 pm)

The Defender was discontinued in 1997 because it was thought to be too expensive by BMW to spend the money necessary to redesign the instrument cluster and add the electrics for Airbags. As Rover Group was causing huge losses at BMW this was a reasonable decision, as U.S. sales would not pay for the engineering and development costs. Bob Dover, President of Land Rover, has stated a desire to bring Defender back to the US. I doubt if this will happen before 2004-2005, but I certainly hope it will be back by then.
 For info on the current Defender, go to www.landrover.com and check the UK, Australian, or South African sites. They all still sell the current D90-110-130 models.

#17 of 129 Defender 90 sounding by arriscar

Jul 06, 2001 (2:45 pm)

Need some advise on the realistic asperations of selling. We have had 3 Defender 90s go on the market in my area in 18 months. 2 of the 3 were clean, really clean, & 1 was toasted. The 2 went on the private market at above dealer costs (by Edmunds, Kelly Blue Book, and Galves).
Is demand really that strong?? How well are these holding value?

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