What were Land Rover thinking?

by "Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
Published 04/26/2017 at 11:56

Tags: bad design ; land ; rover ; land rover ; british ; jesus
STARS: 5

Replies (28)

"scoob" (scoobsti)
04/26/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 13

They want the old Kinja back.

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
04/26/2017 at 12:00, STARS: 3

Sweet Diaper.

"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
04/26/2017 at 12:01, STARS: 0

Not nearly enough

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
04/26/2017 at 12:01, STARS: 0

Oddly enough this post got Kinja’d no less than three times.

"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
04/26/2017 at 12:01, STARS: 1

That’s a weird discovery. I usually like asymmetric details in vehicles, but that’s completely pointless asymmetric design. With narrow (US) plates it will look even less sensible.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/26/2017 at 12:04, STARS: 1

I thought it was Citroen that had a Picasso.

"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
04/26/2017 at 12:04, STARS: 0

A remarkably British thing to do

"bingham123" (bingham123)
04/26/2017 at 12:04, STARS: 0

i suppose its an effort to keep the original boot window body line hump thing.

it looks stupid

"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
04/26/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 0

what’s the problem?

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
04/26/2017 at 12:08, STARS: 3

OCD triggered.

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
04/26/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 1

it’s horrifically asymmetrical in a way that looks more knockoff-Dali than it does intentional design.

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
04/26/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 0

My thoughts precisely.

"ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback" (armadaexpress)
04/26/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 0

AHHHHHHH..... no... I don’t like that!

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
04/26/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 1

Hmm, different, slightly less bulbous bumper in this press photo...

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/26/2017 at 12:15, STARS: 0

“Let’s make it look as if somebody built a bar across the lower half of the gate window and then stuck the licence plate in the window!” - Arthur (“A.”) Pillock, Solihull.

See also, “taunting the customer that the vehicle no longer has a distintive selling point of rear visibility, and is now a bulging pillbox exactly like everything else”.

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
04/26/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 0

The OCD part of me triggered, but the funky aesthetic side of me is pleased.

"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
04/26/2017 at 12:21, STARS: 2

"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
04/26/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 2

what bothers me is how tall the back is.

"Svend" (svend)
04/26/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 0

Where’s this photo from?

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/26/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 0

I like it, reminds me if the asymmetry of the nissan cube.

"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
04/26/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 0

The plate size is really strange and it doesn’t look like they could even fit the standard euro plates. The one that’s on there appears to be taller and possibly narrower.

"IAN_Z" (theonline)
04/26/2017 at 13:46, STARS: 0

I don’t mind the asymmetry, I just hate that huge ugly bumper

"jasmits" (jasmits)
04/26/2017 at 14:05, STARS: 1

Let’s keep the styling language needed for a back-door mounted spare tire even though we don’t put it there anymore!

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/26/2017 at 14:20, STARS: 0

The original Disco may have had serious QC and design problems, but it had a lot of elegance. The door was one part of that - door window opening high on one side to accommodate hinges and tire mount, low on side opposite the (RHD) driver to enable a view out the back, distinctive look. Then the LR3/LR4 with the switch to liftgate and tailgate had it reversed, for whatever reason, and stuck the spare tire carrier (when equipped) *over* the cutout. The new one featuring a simple hatch rather than a door or tailgate makes it much more of a minivan, which, *ick*.

"jasmits" (jasmits)
04/26/2017 at 14:37, STARS: 0

I wholeheartedly agree. Functional styling is very elegant but trying to keep remnants of a functional design around with no purpose besides keeping the design just does not work.

Also, I’d never really considered the window on the LR3/LR4, that’s idiotic! The whole point of the window being longer on one side was to retain as much visibility as possible with the tire there, why would they extend the glass down behind the tire

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/26/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0

In fairness to them, most LR3/LR4s weren’t meant to have a spare tire there, so the fault lies more in the implementation of the spare tire mount than the styling. I think they switched it in recognition/expectation of more LHD sales than RHD. So, now we’re back to where it was on the RHD models now that the “dip” is just styling, because of reasons.

"Sovande" (sovande)
04/26/2017 at 17:53, STARS: 1

Why does it have so many bumpers?

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
04/26/2017 at 18:19, STARS: 1

YOU GET A BUMPER, YOU GET A BUMPER, EVERYBODY GETS A BUMPER!