1995 Land Rover Defender 90 Soft Top on 2040-cars
Redwood City, California, United States
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Seize the rare opportunity to own a piece of automotive history before it disappears. Land Rover will cease production of this original design in 2015: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449593/Land-Rover-Defender-cease-production-2015.html The Defender 90 is one of the most capable four-wheel
drive vehicles ever produced. Its predecessors were the Series I, II and III built
from 1948 to 1985. They were designed to serve as utility vehicles that could
handle some of the world’s toughest terrain. From farmland to safari, and even
for military engagement, these vehicles conquer water, snow, mud, sand,
boulders and all sorts of unpaved trails. Defender 90s were first produced in 1985 and finally imported
into the United States from 1993 to 1997, with a break in 1996. Fewer than 6400
Defender 90s, in three configurations, made the trip across the pond. In 1995, only 1,190 were soft-top convertible models
with manual transmission. This Defender 90 Soft Top has one original owner,
regular maintenance with records, and features an incredibly low mileage of
53,000 miles. It has seen very little off-road use, has a clean vehicle report and has
always been protected in a garage. A full diagnostic was conducted prior to
auction and verified the vehicle is running well. A Defender 90 in this
condition is a rare find and needs a new owner that will take full advantage of
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By 2020, the European Union expects the model range of every manufacturer to average 95 grams per kilometer, which is a new law passed by the European Parliament in April. Manufacturers who make more than 300,000 vehicles per year must meet these targets, and JLR is expected to be producing up to 700,000 vehicles per year by then. CO2 regulations after 2020 will only get stricter, as EU politicians already are talking about lowering CO2 levels to between 68 g/km and 78 g/km. (To put that in perspective, Autocar posits that driving a fully charged electric vehicle in Europe produces about 75 g/km when factoring in the power-generation infrastructure.)
Jaguar has some choices here, but so far they all have drawbacks. It could develop a new, compact chassis architecture for a line of compact vehicles, but the investment required for such a project could be prohibitively expensive. Jaguar has been looking into using the Land Rover Evoque platform for a small SUV, Autocar reports, but Land Rover brand manager John Edwards raises issue with such a plan, saying it may not be financially feasible.
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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.
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JLR NA instated the nationwide plan, which it calls Single View CRM, on February 7, but according to Stuart Schorr, Jaguar Land Rover North America Vice President of Communications, the automaker has been negotiating with its dealers to institute the new program for over a year. Schorr tells Autoblog that no financial information is being shared, noting that such data is limited to customer details, including things like what vehicles they own and whether they have any pending service. The initiative is meant to "improve customers' and owners' engagement with the brand," he said. Also, the company is not accessing dealer data itself; instead showrooms are asked to enter the info into JLR's database.