What exactly do you mean? Not stirring anything up, I honestly am not sure what you're saying with this comment.
As others have noted in this thread, it seems like there are some LR salespeople commenting in here by the way they sound.
Haha, how many people on this board are actually buying a LR? One or two? Comparing vehicles doesn't make someone a troll. A troll is a short hairy guy that lives under a bridge and pops tires of non-Jeep vehicles that try to tackle the Rubicon trail. Everybody knows that.
Oh, I didn't read most of the post so I wasn't aware of that. Seems unlikely to me but I suppose it's possible.
In Canada the base 2 dr Bronco starts at $40,499 and the 4 dr starts at $45,749. The base Defender 90 starts at $59,700 and Defender 110 $65,300.
I drove up on a new Defender 90 from behind on I-95. It looks fucky. It's why I've seen exactly zero promo photos from the back. No more analysis needed. It looks fucky. That's that.So hear me out. I really, really, really want a Bronco. BUT, a combination of things is pushing me away:
1) I am a late reservation holder already, so with the latest news from Ford I am very disheartened about probably having to wait till calendar year 22 to get my manual Sasquatch badlands
2) I am frustrated that the only interior choices on the badlands are black
3) I am frustrated that Ford is not offering a green color (CG doesn't count)
4) Equipped the way I want, with all the goodies I want, the Badlands I have been planning to order will top $60K (I am a business owner and will be using this vehicle for marketing purposes/tax right off)
so...
1) I think I can get a Defender much, much sooner as they are already on the streets
2) The Defender has a strikingly similar interior design to the Bronco but with nicer materials and colors, I can get white headliner & seats
3) I can get a Defender in Green, WITH A WHITE ROOF AND WHITE STEEL WHEELS!
4) While certainly more expensive than a fully loaded Bronco Badlands, the Defender isn't nearly as expensive as you might think it'd be, especially when you think about all the aftermarket 'investments' I'd want to do to the Bronco; AND you can equip it with some pretty cool accessories from the factory that the Bronco does not offer (for example, a functioning snorkel, air ride suspension, integrated air compressor (Ford's is a separate ARB piece you have to mount yourself if you want it onboard), integrated ladder, a sliding glass panoramic roof that still functions under their roof rack, and on and on).
I realize that the combination of factory 35"s and a manual transmission can't be had on the Defender, but I don't really 'need' 35's, and I'd be willing to sacrifice the Manny tranny to get my off-roader no later than summer and possibly in the spring. Also aesthetically I think the Bronco looks better, but the new Defender design has really grown on me and I don't think its a bad looking vehicle at all.
Am I crazy? Do I need to be talked from the edge? or does the Defender push your buttons too? Do these pictures rustle your feathers as they do mine? Anybody have LR horror stories to share and scare me away from the Land Rover? (also I would probably go the 4 door 110 route vs the two door 90 route but couldn't find cool action shots of a white roofed white wheeled green 110 playing in the countryside)
