(Update) Awesome Land Rover Defenders Spotted On Set Of Bond Movie

"Justin T. Westbrook" (justintylerwestbrook) 01/11/2015 at 17:10 • Filed to: Land Rover Defender, Defender, Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, James Bond, SPECTRE, 007, Aston Martin, Austria, Land Rover, LR;RR, James, Bond, MI6, film, movie, set, stunts, Discovery

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As Land Rover !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! puts an end to its historic Defender model, bad guys around the World will have to look elsewhere for a decent, rugged, tough, go-anywhere, kill-anything, on-and-off-roader. They'll have to do so sooner than later, as photos of the latest shoot from the next James Bond film SPECTRE show the spy killing the car off in an even more dramatic way than Land Rover managed - by crashing a plane into some.

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The Daniel Craig Bond films are all essentially synonymous with "We don't have to worry about you trying these stunts at home, because they're so ridiculous you wouldn't even be able to attempt them." There was Bond climbing a crane, and then jumping from it to another crane, and then to a rooftop, and then to the ground in a sequence to open Casino Royale . Then in Quantum of Solace , there was the impossible car chase between Bond's Aston Martin DBS and a pair of Alfa Romeo's (impossible because the Alfa's were able to keep up) to open the film. In Skyfall , Bond chased a baddie on motorcycles onto the rooftop of a 500 year old market before crashing his bike ONTO A MOVING TRAIN. You have Bond-veteran Stunt Coordinator Gary Powell to thank for most of Bond's adrenaline-injecting ridiculousness. (You also have him to thank, in part, for the new !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .) So what could the Bond team possibly have planned for SPECTRE that is anymore ludicrous?

Well, for starters, it involves the Austrian alps, a small plane, two or more dead-on-arrival Land Rover Defenders, a brand-new Discovery Sport, a beautiful Bond babe lady and an oversized evil henchman, and quite a few pyrotechnics. A photo taken from filming that started this week shows the awesome baddie Defenders lined up:

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It is unclear how many Defender's will actually be involved in the chase on film, as big stunt scenes such as this often require multiple identical models for continuity purposes. Reports say two-to-three trucks will play back up to the baddie Land Rover Discovery Sport that will also be featured. The henchman Hinx (played by Dave Bautista) and one of the main Bond girls Miss Madeiline Swann (played by Lιa Seydoux) will feature in the Disco Sport.

(Left photo: Daniel Craig, Lιa Seydoux, and Dave Bautista in Austria; Right photo: Supposed Land Rover Disovery Sport for filming, taken on location in Austria)

Rumors and reports from the set in Austria claim that the sequence will involve Bond flying the plane chasing Hinx and Swann on the ground. He attempts to land the plane on a narrow road, breaking off the wings and causing the Defenders to crash, before ramming the remaining torpedo of a plane into the Discovery, rescuing Miss Swann. I don't see how ramming a propeller-led airplane into someone's car is a good way of saving them, but he's James Bond, and nothing comes easy. Photos from an earlier test shoot featuring a burning Defender and airplane seemingly confirm the reports:

On top of all that awesome news, if you were one of the many people who saw 2013's Her or last year's Interstellar and thought " Oh boy, that sure was a pretty movie! " the same cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema has already been spotted doing the camera work for SPECTRE . With other locations including Mexico City, London, Rome, and Morocco planned, as well as the promise of the original evil organization S.P.E.C.T.R.E. almost guaranteed to make a comeback, we should be in for a classic plane-car chase, and a great film.

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::UPDATE::

New photos of scenes being prepped with the airplane and Land Rovers have been released online:

Filming of the scene is scheduled for this week, with more photos and video likely to follow. Updated photos are credited to Karina Hartweger, via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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Justin Westbrook is a 20-year-old living and working in North Carolina. He spends his spare time watching James Bond movies, trying to be serious about going to college, and is still really into The West Wing right now.

Justin T. Westbrook > Justin T. Westbrook 01/09/2015 at 11:07

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So what could the Bond team possibly have planned for SPECTRE that is anymore ludicrous ?

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Justin T. Westbrook 01/09/2015 at 11:40

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I don't think that's a Range Rover Sport, I think it's the New Discovery Sport.

Justin T. Westbrook > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 01/09/2015 at 11:53

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Amended, thank you sir! It looks pretty cool in matte grey/gray.

Doug Radcliffe > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 10:18

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Really? To my eye it looks just like every other kinda-off-road-capable-if-you-fit-aftermarket-wheels-and-tyres-but-still not-really-an-off-roader SUV on the market

damnthisburnershitsux > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 10:28

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dammit bob

DiscoTReK > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 10:30

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Methinks I need one of those Defenders

scoob > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 11:40

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Then in Quantum of Solace , there was the impossible car chase between Bond's Aston Martin Vanquish and a pair of Alfa Romeo's

'Twas a beautiful DBS. :)

QQXQXL123 > Doug Radcliffe 01/10/2015 at 11:51

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Looks like one, isn't one. Land Rovers are always designed to off-road properly.

Dean Beyer > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 01/10/2015 at 12:12

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Following up on the success of the Aston Fusion, Ford will be releasing the Land Rover Explorovery.

the7thearlofgrey > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 12:25

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do worry, no crashes for you PUSSY

nihil > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 12:32

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Have you guys seen the ICON take on the Defender?

IMO, it is a better Defender than anything that come out of a LR factory.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 12:41

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The reports of the Defender's demise seem to be slightly exaggerated. Which makes me happy as a pig in shit.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/indus…

Doug Radcliffe > QQXQXL123 01/10/2015 at 12:47

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They all have videos like that. The truth is that these things are relative. Is a fancy Discovery or whatever more capable off road than an executive saloon? Yes. Is it as capable as a utilitarian off road design with less wheel, more tyre and a whole lot less plastic crap waiting to get pulled off by rocks and branches? No, it's not. A vehicle can have "sleeper" capabilities, sure, but big shiny alloys and low profile road tyres are what they are, ground clearance is ground clearance and nothing that can corner like that on tarmac is ever going to match up off road to something that can't.

bombora444 > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 12:50

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Seriously? I don't like it at all, almost looks like a Honda CR-V or something, which is a bad thing.

QQXQXL123 > Doug Radcliffe 01/10/2015 at 13:18

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For the Discovery Sport:

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Ground clearance is 8.3 inches.

For the Ford F-150 (regular cab, 6.5' bay, 4x4):

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Ground clearance is 9.4 inches.

It really is a competent outdoors vehicle. It just looks like it would struggle outside of the soccer field parking lot.

Vracktal > nihil 01/10/2015 at 14:49

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And I bet if Ferrari were asked to rebuild a ford Transit they'd do a great job too. But like the ICON it'd cost umpteen billion dollars.

The Defender is designed and marketed as agricultural equipment. If you want super luxury, buy a RR.

cesariojpn > Vracktal 01/10/2015 at 15:24

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The Defender is designed and marketed as agricultural equipment. If you want super luxury, buy a RR.

Where have you been lately? The Defender has become a "luxury" car as of late. Even the Wheeler Dealers took an Aggie-Defender and made her into a Semi-Ghetto Chelsea Tractor!!

Vracktal > cesariojpn 01/10/2015 at 15:35

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Yeah, but again that's aftermarket. On their website Land Rover still retails the Defender as a utility vehicle, as opposed to for example Mercedes who offer the Gelandewagen as a luxury truck from the factory. By contrast, the most high-tech bit of kit Land Rover offers in the options list for the Defender is a radio.

cesariojpn > Vracktal 01/10/2015 at 15:56

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If you watch the episode, Mike pulls out a 2010 Land Rover Defender Marketing Booklet, and it shows quite clearly that the Defender was being up-marketed at the time to luxury buyers. The website even does this, not highlighting the "utility" use of the defender.

alan666 > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 16:16

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Are these like the ones that got robbed a few weeks back?

Justin T. Westbrook > alan666 01/10/2015 at 16:28

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More than likely.

ktonl > scoob 01/10/2015 at 17:20

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The only good part in an otherwise unredeemably bad addition the Bond franchise.

Vracktal > cesariojpn 01/10/2015 at 17:54

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I watched the whole episode, the only thing he says from the brochure is that new models 'look a little nicer' and that they sell for £25k. Hardly luxury.

And are we looking at the same website? This is the spec page for the Defender, and it lists things like the wading depth, approach and departure angles, ground clearance and load capacity for the pickup version.

Defender is the epitome of toughness, of ruggedness, of strength and most importantly of capability.

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Land Rover Defender combines superb capability, ruggedness and dependability in one. As assured in the city as it is out in the wilderness.

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Defender's legendary strength and durability are underpinned by a robust design including a tough and adaptable box-section ladder-frame chassis.

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Permanent four-wheel drive, with the centre differential distributing torque evenly between front and rear axles, delivers optimum traction on all terrains.

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Defender is available in no fewer than eight core body styles and three wheelbase lengths, while a range of extras and accessories allow further personalisation.

Not to mention in the fleet sales part of their Site they have the Defender firmly pigeonholed under the military and industrial applications section.

Doug Radcliffe > QQXQXL123 01/10/2015 at 19:02

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You've gone a long way to proving my point here. The F-150 is, like the Discovery Sport, hardly a primarily off road oriented vehicle. The Ford is a work truck and the Discovery Sport is basically a road going family hauler. Yes, it can be used for something else. Yes, it probably is more capable off road than a Passat or whatever, but a true off roader it is not. A quick Google tells me that, yeah, it's got a respectable fording depth, but the approach and departure angles are nothing to get exited about (Defender is 51/35, Wrangler Unlimited 44.4/40.5), a Defender 90 has a breakover angle of 34 degrees to the Discovery Sports 21! Now you can see those angles and that's what makes the Discovery Sport (and it's many clones) look like they wouldn't keep up off road. i.e The thing that makes them look less capable is the same thing that makes them actually less capable. Same goes for those wheels and tyres, they don't just look less tough and durable than proper off road wheels, they *are* less tough and durable. They are also expensive. If you off road with them like you would little steelies with big balloony tyres you will break them and it will cost alot of money. I'm not trying to claim it's a Camry, but it's not a Defender/LandCruiser/Wrangler (whatever your offroad weapon of choice) either. Maybe it's a particularly good soccer mom SUV, but it's still a soccer mom SUV.

QQXQXL123 > Doug Radcliffe 01/10/2015 at 20:23

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I am in no way suggesting that I would opt for a Discovery Sport ahead of a proper off roader if I was going to off-road. All I'm saying is that it's a lot more competent at driving on dirt than it looks - although for serious rock crawling it really will suck.

Zandit > alan666 01/10/2015 at 21:06

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Was wondering that myself

BMWJLRTECH > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 22:57

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Discovery Sport at socal training center.

Pessimippopotamus > Justin T. Westbrook 01/10/2015 at 23:01

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Previous Bond movies were not kind to Defenders.

Pessimippopotamus > scoob 01/10/2015 at 23:08

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5 Aston Martin DBSs trashed, and one driver nearly killed for that sequence. Thankfully, the resulting chase is one of the best in cinematic history.

Justin T. Westbrook > Pessimippopotamus 01/10/2015 at 23:32

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That as well as Timothy Dalton launching one off of the cliffs of Gibraltar in The Living Daylights and Eve wrecking one to open Skyfall .

jolena > DiscoTReK 01/10/2015 at 23:48

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Why oh why do we Murikens still bar ol' Defender imports? WHHHYYYYYYYY!?!

DonKeybals > nihil 01/10/2015 at 23:52

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It's "better" in that it might be better designed and put together, but ICON takes away the essence of the original vehicles. I used to be a fan, but they look too "bro" to me. I'm willing to pay a high price for original restoration, ICON is pretty garbage.

Scania99 > Justin T. Westbrook 01/11/2015 at 02:23

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Doug Radcliffe > QQXQXL123 01/11/2015 at 04:49

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So basically you're saying that it's kinda off road capable of you fit aftermarket wheels and tyres but not really an off roader, then? Where have I read that before?

Bonehead > nihil 01/11/2015 at 06:38

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At the same cost ?

flyingforget > Doug Radcliffe 01/11/2015 at 08:05

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It's all play of words.

You was downplaying the off road capabilities of a car as if it's nothing if it's not 'proper' (how would you define a 'proper'? what's the numbers? is off-road means full-on hardcore rock crawling?). Even after writing long paragraph describing how DS has capabilities but lower, you still using deregatory term 'soccer mom SUV' in the conclusion.

Meanwhile David prefers to respectfully highlighting the not-too-bad off-road capabilities of the DS.

You both have the same conclusion but very different tone to it. That way, people may have different idea seeing both of your posts.

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Doug Radcliffe > flyingforget 01/11/2015 at 09:12

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Soccer mom SUV is not a derogatory term, it is a descriptive one, it describes what this vehicle is and what it is designed for, evidenced by, as I said, those big fragile alloys and low profile tyres. I am not obliged to speak about a car in "respectful" terms, it's a machine, I'm not going to hurt its feelings. As I said to David, it may well be a very good soccer mom SUV/light duty family hauler/whatever you want to call it but it is simply not an offroader when compared to the Wranglers/Defenders/Jimnys of this world, and as such is much better on road, which what it has been designed for and how it will used. Just because there's that awesome video of that guy off roading his Crown Vic does not make the Crown Vic an offroader, same goes for this, the Audi Q range, BMW Xthings and literally anything else that comes as standard with big alloys and low profile rubber, and all the James May vs self driving military truck videos the world are not going change that.

landrover 96 > Justin T. Westbrook 01/11/2015 at 09:23

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Thier is soooooooooo much want for thies in the states and they just look sick in general

TNH > nihil 01/11/2015 at 13:21

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Woah. How expensive is that thing now? $100k+?

thefrankword > nihil 01/11/2015 at 15:59

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IMO, it is a better Defender than anything that come out of a LR factory.

Wait - are you saying that if I spend another $100,000 over the MSRP I'll have a better car?

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Pessimippopotamus 01/11/2015 at 17:23

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My Aston is too a rally car!

KirkyV > cesariojpn 01/11/2015 at 17:24

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Be that as it may, I still see far more dirty, dented Defenders than I do tarted up 'luxury' versions. My university uses them to move gardening and maintenance supplies around, and I don't think I've ever seen a farm without at least one. And you can still find them on AutoTrader for cheap.

The pampered examples are very much the exception.

Svend > DiscoTReK 01/11/2015 at 17:55

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Russia do some great Land Rover workings.

There is also a Defender 130 with a Jaguar 4.2 supercharged V8 at blackline-sv in the U.K.

The Blackline is suitable for U.S. export.

nihil > TNH 01/11/2015 at 19:25

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$200k plus.

TerraTech > Justin T. Westbrook 01/11/2015 at 19:50

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I dunno, but since I read one of Craig's interviews and realized what a vulgar and slightly douchy person he is, I just dont expect this movie with as much anticipation as I used to(and I love Bond). He even said hes been trying to get out of it (the Bond franchize) since basically the moment he got in.

Justin T. Westbrook > TerraTech 01/11/2015 at 20:17

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You should read more interviews. He's also very sarcastic.

TerraTech > Justin T. Westbrook 01/11/2015 at 20:45

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He wasnt being sarcastic... Its not like this is a unknown fact. Hes staying because they did good at the boxoffice.

Justin T. Westbrook > TerraTech 01/11/2015 at 20:48

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If you say so.

lippymeister > Justin T. Westbrook 01/12/2015 at 08:58

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Nice advertising for SHB in that last but one photo. We used to hire 4x4s, mainly Defenders, off them for archaeological fieldwork. The British Army hires from them a lot - often see squaddies in SHB vehicles up on Salisbury Plain. The company is based just outside Southampton, so an easy hike to the ferry and across to the Continent for the JB filming.

Dsscats > Svend 02/09/2015 at 09:32

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That would not be suitable for US export, as the drivetrain must be in original, unmodified condition to be allowed.

F1NY > Justin T. Westbrook 02/09/2015 at 10:06

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Nothing to see here folks, move along.

Svend > Dsscats 02/09/2015 at 12:20

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Really? So any drivetrain modified cars can't be brought into the U.S.?

That's crazy, How many cars over 25 years old won't have original drivetrain?

Dsscats > Svend 02/09/2015 at 12:54

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A ton. Yep, you can't bring any modified cars in legally. Kind of sucks

Svend > Dsscats 02/09/2015 at 13:57

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You guys (and gals) just can't catch a break can you?

So let me get this right:

domestic built vehicles - safe

poorly maintained domestic built vehicles*1 - safe

foreign built vehicles - unsafe (till 25 years old by which time a vehicle has met it's drinking age and can be brought in*2 by which time it's now - safe)

*1 dependending on state or district with some states or districts not even having requirements or periodical tests to make sure they are to some degree safe to drive or be driven on the public highway.

*2 unless she's had a little surgery then 'hell no, that mutha ain't coming in'.

1972Honda600 > Justin T. Westbrook 02/09/2015 at 14:12

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this guy is as terrifying as a bond villain!

1972Honda600 > QQXQXL123 02/09/2015 at 14:25

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ok, thanks for testing! now ready for suburbia, yeah!!! speed-humps can be brutal over 20mph son

Justin T. Westbrook > 1972Honda600 02/09/2015 at 14:32

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Reminds me of a '90s Jean-Claude Van Damm Bond ripoff.

smiler > Svend 02/26/2015 at 06:12

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It is not those. it is a Land Rover Defender called Big Foot. However well done for starting an incorrect rumour. Read the JLR press release.

Svend > smiler 02/26/2015 at 06:20

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I know it is not the same, hence "Russia do some great Land Rover workings." (as in 'there is a company in Russia who make some Landies that looks like these but not these) and not. "you can buy one of these from Russia where these are made".

However well done for reading two posts and coming to an incorrect conclusion. Read the post again.