[felipe]

Fuente: http://php.landmania.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26563&page=3&pp=15

Link: http://www.thelandroverchronicle.com/new_page_727.htm

Como ha escrito el francés, esto estaría dentro del nuestro ámbito local: "una brasilera siliconada al volante de un Defender siliconado"!

Cordiales saludos,

Felipe

<i><b>Land Rover Brazil unveils Defender Flame Concept!</b></i>

<i>Land Rover Brazil has unveiled a new Defender concept at the recent Brazilian International Auto Show. This new Concept Defender Flame was painted and assembled at Land Rover Brazil’s dedicated Karmann Ghia manufacturing unit, a local facility that assembles Land Rover Defenders for South America from Complete Knock Down kits.

The Concept Flame has been fitted with Land Rovers Td5 engine instead of the standard Brazil spec 300Tdi. A new front end has also been fitted along with new seats,19-inch wheels with Goodyear MT/R 255/55 tires and painted a bright color Land Rover Brazil has named Spectral Orange.

Although this concept is not intended for production Land Rover Brazil has not ruled out the possibility of producing a Defender Flame aftermarket kit. Ricardo Carreira, who runs the Brazilian Land Rover plant and the man who came up with the Defender Flame idea said “We wanted to show what may be the future of the Defender line in Brazil”.

The Flame Concept baring some resemblance to the fantastic Defender SVX Concept from 1999 might give hints as to how the current Defender might evolve along side it's replacement in 2008. Today’s Defender is expected to continue production until at least 2015 or as long as there is sufficient demand.

Special thanks for this report to Land Rover Enthusiast Magazine, Roberto Hirth, Land Rover Brazil, To Ricardo Carreira, and to Francisco Magalhães of Land Rio.</i>

[facundo]

Me encanto!!!!!!
Bien por Brasil!!!!!!!

Facundo-Mendoza, Argentina-Defender 90 hard top 300tdi verde

[lulu]

muy muy lindoooooooooo

Mariano Gabrielli
Villa Giardino - Cordoba
Defe 90 hard top County
(lulu)

[felipe]

El hecho de que habian escrito que <i>"... The Flame Concept baring some resemblance to the fantastic Defender SVX Concept from 1999 might give hints as to how the current Defender might evolve along side it's replacement in 2008. Today’s Defender is expected to continue production until at least 2015 or as long as there is sufficient demand. ..."</i> es muy positivo.

Tambien de LR Sudafrica vienen señales que el Defender continuará por algún tiempo como es.

Link: http://www.channel4.com/4car/feature/features-2005/timbuktu/timbuktu-4.html

<i><b>Feature: Land Rovers across Africa
11 Feb 2005 by: Jeremy Hart
Land Rover gets it wrong ([:p][:p][:p])</b></i>

<i>In the 1980s, the vehicle's indestructibility pleased owners so much that they didn't buy new ones; Land Rover sales in Africa plummeted. "It was the time we were pushing into America with the Discovery and I think we took our eye off Africa," says Bill Begg, Regional Director for Land Rover in Africa.

Recently Land Rover has been pushing again to sell in Africa. Helped by the fact that African icons such as Nelson Mandela drive its vehicles, Land Rover is making a comeback. But not all Africans are clamouring to buy Land Rovers.

Land Rover South Africa was forced to sack its advertising agency and withdraw an advertisement which showed a bare-breasted Namibian Himba bushwoman whose breasts are pulled sideways by the power of a passing vehicle.

The South African Advertising Standards Authority ruled: "This is an insensitive portrayal of the Himba woman and the advertisement makes a mockery of African culture." The adverts highlighted the economic chasm forming between South Africa and the rest of the continent. Johannesburg had some of the swishest Land Rover dealerships in the world, selling £50,000 Range Rovers alongside safari clothing and espresso coffee.

<u><b>But a decision to replace the most basic version of the original Land Rover Defender with a version reliant on a computer-controlled engine was potentially far more damaging to the company's African fortunes than an offensive advertisement.

"We were told in no uncertain terms by even our more remote South African customers that a vehicle that required an expert mechanic and a computer to fix was not suitable," says Paul Melhuish of Land Rover South Africa. "So although most other markets will get the new engine, in Africa we will still offer the original version."</b></u></i>

Me desearía que la dirección de LR Brasil dejase un poco la vida "farahonica" de São Paulo y conociera más las reales necesidades del mercado brasilero, que está muy lejos de estos coches siliconados y computadorizados. Un Td5 ni pensar!

Cordiales saludos,

Felipe

[jalonso]

FELIPE ,siempre te destacas por informes muy novedosos,muy lindo los news landys,espero que se puedan importar lo defe 90 td5 a la Argentina.Gracias..Saludos.

jalonso
defe 90
new free
Villa Ocampo
Santa Fe

[facundo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO defe 90 con td5 NOOOOOOOOOOO
que vengan los defe 90 con 2.8 Power stroke o TGV
Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, 138 hp, en mi 90......y desde abajo , sin esperar a que llegue a 2000 rpm..... que lindo!!!!!

Facundo-Mendoza, Argentina-Defender 90 hard top 300tdi verde

[pai_dup]

pero facu, vos ya tenés más de los 110hp originales, a mí no me versees... mirá que la he visto y la he escuchado a la budinera y eso suena a muchos relinchos más que 110.

igual, qué lindo sería un TGV, y no tener que andar cuidando de no enganchar un cambio medio flojo de vueltas!

el bicharraco naranja me gustó mucho, tiene mucha onda... por fuera.
el interior tuneado no me copó, pero es mi opinión espartana nomás.

gracias felipe por la info, siempre buenos reportes.

PAI

[facundo]

Je, Pai, vos lo decis porque no viste, como empuja un 90 con Power Stroke!!!!!
el dia que lo veas, te moris!!!!

Facundo-Mendoza, Argentina-Defender 90 hard top 300tdi verde

[pai_dup]

facu, sos un tremendo hdp!:D

nunca se hubiera cruzado por mi cabeza pensar en otro motor cuando tengo uno con 53.000km, pero ya me sobrevuelan ideas de centralitas, retoques a la bomba, turbos de geometría variable, todo gracias a tus tentaciones y al ruido y performance de tu budinera... y la p%#"$%#$% que te p$#"%" :D:twisted::D

PAI

[facundo]

jejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejeje!!!!!!!!

Aparte el PS No tiene electronica!!!!!:twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:

Como me dicen los yiperos amigotes!!!!!!;)

El dia que fui a comprar mi 4x4 me equivoque de concesionaria!!!!!:mrgreen:

Facundo-Mendoza, Argentina-Defender 90 hard top 300tdi verde