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1986 Land Rover 90 (defender) Diesel Rhd. Fully Imported, Titled In Us. on 2040-cars

Year:1980 Mileage:127350 Color: is in very nice shape
Location:

Rockville, Minnesota, United States

Rockville, Minnesota, United States

VERY LOW RESERVE! 1986 Land Rover 90 (Defender) Diesel.  Imported from the UK, so it is right-hand drive.  5-speed manual transmission with nice tight power steering.  Runs and drives quite well for its age.  This is an unrestored original, but has obviously been well cared for.  Interior is in very nice shape with seats that appear to be new (appear to be factory spec seats).  All glass good, rubber floor liner in nice shape.  Dash in fine shape and all gauges and controls appear to work as they should.  2.5 liter diesel engine runs well and does not appear to smoke, except a bit at start-up.  Shifts through all the gears quite well and clutch seems to have plenty of life left, engages smoothly.   Steering is plenty tight and suspension seems good as well.  Tracks straight down the road and does not seem prone to rattles or vibrations.  All in all, a very nice driving vehicle, albeit a bit slow on the freeway, though it will hold 65 just fine.  Body in good condition for the age.  Some minor corrosion along the bottom of the doors and at the back corner - no spots seem to be larger than about a nickel and can be seen on the pictures.  There don't appear to be any holes or corrosion that has gone past the very surface.  For the age, the exterior is in very nice shape.  Windshield and cowl area appear solid.  Underneath the truck, the frame is solid, though like most rovers of this vintage, it has been patched at some point, as they tend to rot in places.  I noted one welded patch on each side near the rear suspension mount.  Seemed to be very professional work, patch was correctly formed and welds were strong and clean (see picture).  Most of the frame paint had worn off the back half of the vehicle, so I had the back half cleaned, coated in frame paint, and covered in rubberized coating as shown in the pictures.  The underbody of the tub seems to be in nice shape with good, solid floors and inner wheel wells.  The two rearmost floor crossmembers appear to have been patched at one point, but seem solid enough now.  I tried to show all of the weak spots that I could find in the pictures, so please look carefully.  This Rover has been fully imported and is titled and insured in my name in Minnesota.  Will transfer just like any other vehicle.  I have owed it since September, and it has spent most of the tie here in my heated shop.  I own a small car dealership, and imported myself.  Avoid the hassle and potential disaster of importing your own over.  These are getting more and more difficult to bring over, as people have tried to sneak later model defenders over.  I'm happy to answer any questions, and will assist with shipping in any way that I can.  I am a licensed dealer, so I can usually get a pretty decent rate on shipping across the US. 

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Care for a bit more proof that the Jaguar Land Rover portfolio of vehicles is the best it's ever been? Well, the Indian-owned pair of brands saw a record year in 2013, while 2014 has seen a 14-percent increase in sales. The crazy thing is, though, is that figure could be even higher, provided the company had the production capacity.
JLR is running a six-month waiting list on two of its most popular models, the Range Rover Sport (above) and Range Rover. According to Mark White, the company's chief technologist for body engineering, the blame can be placed on the paint shop at the company's Solihull factory, in the UK.
"We will probably max out the paint shop before we max out the body shop. Putting the second body shop in has given us the flexibility to ebb and flow the different models that go through there and meet the capacity demands we've got," White told Automotive News. "However, you always hit a bottleneck somewhere. And the paint shop is probably going to be the next biggest obstacle."

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Jaguar Land Rover North America has appointed a new president, Joachim Eberhardt. The German exec, 50, had previously done stints at Chrysler Group, DaimlerChrysler UK, Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler-Benz.
Eberhardt joins JLR NA in a good, but challenging time for the company. It's fresh off the launch of the Range Rover Sport and Jaguar F-Type, which have been subject to rave reviews, and its overall sales are up 21 percent over 2012. Still, as Automotive News points out, the two manufacturers face a fight to become the equal of A-list competitors like BMW and Mercedes in the eyes of consumers.
"Joe brings a proven industry track record and valuable global leadership experience in luxury sales, service and marketing. We look forward to Joe leading our North American team in working with our retail networks to further grow the business and better serve our customers," JLR's group sales operations director, Andy Goss, said.

Jaguar SUV mule doing Ring testing in Evoque clothes

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Jaguar has moved its Range Rover Evoque-bodied tests of the production C-X17 Concept from icy streets to the legendary Nürburgring, as work continues on the brand's first SUV.
Really, there's not a great deal of new stuff here. Based on the number plates, this is a different vehicle from the one we saw back in March, which we originally identified as the upcoming replacement for the Land Rover Freelander/LR2. The details, though, appear largely the same. The biggest distinction we can see between the March tests and this are the US-spec headlights, which add amber reflectors at their sides. Based on these shots, it does seem as if the C-X17 should be a fairly poised road vehicle, as the engineers hustle it around the 'Ring.
Of course, as soon our spies can capture images of a production-bodied C-X17, we'll be sure to pass those on to you. Until then, take a look up top for images of the Range Rover-bodied Jaguar as it tests at Germany's Nürburgring. You can also scroll down for our March images for the C-X17 mules testing on public roads.