"_Mécanicien" (Mecanicien)
11/17/2016 at 11:27 • Filed to: range rover, modified
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"_Mécanicien" (Mecanicien)
11/17/2016 at 11:27 • Filed to: range rover, modified | 2
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... with this Range Rover?!
Seen today on the streets of Paris, France. I walked passed it and went “wow, wtf?”
Takuro Spirit
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:31 |
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Its a rare Departure Angle Edition
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:31 |
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Honey I Shrunk the Luxobarge
not for canada - australian in disguise
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:32 |
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For when you want a Golf, but you also want your engine to explode after five metres.
bob and john
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:32 |
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Honeybunchesofgoats
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:32 |
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It’s two-tone, because it’s British and sew fawncy?
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:33 |
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City Rover.
It actually looks really well done.
McMike
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:35 |
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LOL, what is it really?
Matt Nichelson
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:39 |
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I think they kept it in the dryer too long.
AuthiCooper1300
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:39 |
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In Britain it is not uncommon to “bobtail” Range Rovers for extreme off-roading and trialling (I almost bought one through eBay once, but common sense prevailed in the end). However they used to be first-generation (“Classic”) rather than second-generation (P38) ones.
I suppose it was just a matter of time before they started doing it to newer models.
Cé hé sin
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 11:42 |
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Interesting.
According to the records, it’s a 2.5 diesel, is blue and was first registered in October 2001.
Maintenant, c’est transformé a un RR court, et pourquoi pas?
Frenchlicker
> AuthiCooper1300
11/17/2016 at 11:58 |
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So like the people that bobtail Jeep Comanches and the like except with a less reliable vehicle that looks goofier?
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AuthiCooper1300
> Frenchlicker
11/17/2016 at 12:06 |
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I admit many British Leyland/Land Rover products are not that reliable (i.e., not reliable at all) but I wouldn’t consider a first-gen Range Rover goofy. Not even a bobtailed one.
Chacun le sien, bien sûr.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 12:23 |
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It’s the Range Rover CityRover. Designed especially for the urban environment.
JRapp: now as good as new again
> _Mécanicien
11/17/2016 at 12:45 |
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That’s probably the best angle, other than head on, to photograph one of those. They look just odd from all other angles.
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Frenchlicker
> AuthiCooper1300
11/17/2016 at 12:54 |
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I just don’t like the look of most vehicles when they are bobbed.
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Cé hé sin
> not for canada - australian in disguise
11/17/2016 at 12:55 |
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It’s got the BMW 2.5 diesel. How unreliable are they?
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Cé hé sin
> McMike
11/17/2016 at 12:59 |
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It’s exactly what it looks like, a cut down Range Rover.
They’re quite a thing.
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McMike
> Cé hé sin
11/17/2016 at 13:16 |
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Well how about that....
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AuthiCooper1300
> Frenchlicker
11/17/2016 at 14:02 |
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Fair enough. I think a two-door bobtailed first-gen RR does not look that bad, but I understand you and many others may not agree. (In any case anyone performing that kind of surgery on a “Classic” RR nowadays should probably be hanged and quartered).
However, there is some merit in having the 100" chassis (allegedly, the best all-round wheelbase among LR’s products) and the shortest possible rear overhang.
Land Rover toyed with the idea themselves in prototypes of Land Rovers (not RRs) for the French and Swiss Army (among others). From my point of view the proportions work quite well, actually. See
http://www.dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/military/100-4-door-soft-top-2-5-petrol-5-speed#v
http://www.dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/military/french-swiss-100-v8-pick-up#v
It is a prototype, after all, so some details (like the rear wing extensions in the hardtop one) are, er... disappointing.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> _Mécanicien
11/18/2016 at 05:37 |
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my guess , rear ended and instead of repairing damage they cut it off.
however i like it.
Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
> _Mécanicien
11/08/2017 at 07:21 |
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