Identifying what we want to keep is not the hard part.
Letting go is. However we can’t keep it all lest we recreate and fall victim to
the retro trap (see post “Just Gas”). To
give us some room to change our minds I am going to introduce a middle category
of features that we would like to see in the new car but wouldn’t mind letting
go – for something better. These features we list as keepers will have to be defining design elements of Defender. A
Defender without these keepers shall
not be Defender. So here goes:
Keepers
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| High waist line |
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| Angled roofline between A and B pillar |
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| Externally mounted spare tire |
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| Bonnet "over" front fender wings |
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| Off-center rear license plate placement |
Would be nice to keep/ but willing to let go
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| Dome shaped fuel filler recess |
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| Flat front windscreen |
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| Pronounced B, C, and D pillars |
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| Round lights |
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| Tapered rear cross member |
The rest, we let go…..veeeeery gently….we let go……
Please see Troller TR-X concept, Hummer H4, Donfeng Y5 and Baic 500 concept. These concept may inspire you.
ReplyDeleteHi Weatherford,
DeleteThanks for the tips. I will certainly have a look at these and post them here with my comments and open the discussion up to any others who would like to add.
What about the 2.0l turbo engine with 240 hp ?! Could this be an option ? Until 2019 when the car is due to be released there is plenty of time to make up our minds and tell LR what we want from the new Defender.
ReplyDeleteHi Constantin,
DeleteThis is exactly my intention. To tell what we as users of Defender want the new car to look like. I don't know whether we have until 2019 to do this as current information indicates that the last of the Defenders as we know them today will be rolling off the lines in December 2015! (see post #1 Initial Ramblings). I am staying away from engine options at this point in time and concentrating on exterior design.
Tad, would you please publish the pictures of the 4 concepts above just to have something to compare defender with ?
ReplyDeleteYes will do. Thanks
DeleteHi Tad,
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you have seen this:
http://www.l2sfbc.com/rmp/blog/land-rover-defender-dc100-available-2015
It's a blog where the author rejigged the DC100 to give it the same proportions as the current defender 90. The author confesses to not beigh a photoshop expert so could be improved.
Cheers, Bruce.
Hi Bruce,
ReplyDeleteI am not too fond of the redesign that the author did to the DC 100. I found it to be top heavy and disproportionate. It also looks like a fish bowl with all that glass. Did however appreciate the article although it focuses on overlanding needs. I am no designer either, but I sure am going to try. Stay with me :)