This says a lot

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
09/28/2016 at 16:00 • Filed to: None

Regarding the new Land Rover Discovery, lead designer Gerry McGovern had this to say:

“I hate roof racks, But if people want them they can go ahead and buy one and ruin the design.”

Mr. McGovern...are you aware what product it is you are designing by chance?

Seriously man.

DISCUSSION (33)

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:02

Wow. That is a stunning display of lack of awareness of a brand’s history.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:02

You say that like people buying new LRs are willing to take it someplace where AAA won’t send a tow truck.

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:03

perhaps he thinks rover owners should be more rough and tumble and not even need the rack, just tie it on the roof, like bare back horse riding

HammerheadFistpunch > MonkeePuzzle
09/28/2016 at 16:05

“now myself? I just prefer clean, sensual sensation of loading up all my ice cold drinks in my seat and plopping a good 5 lbs bag of ice into my crotch...THATS how to you travel in my books.”

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
09/28/2016 at 16:05

something something Chelsea tractor.

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:06

Kinja'd!!!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:06

Land rovers are jewellry now. Yeah some of them are still very capable but theyre more of a fashion statement than ever.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:07

Gerry McGovern is a doos, I hope he steps on a lego everyday for the rest of his life... Pompous arsehole.

7:07 > MonkeePuzzle
09/28/2016 at 16:09

Simone Sigoli must have traveled with small children

HammerheadFistpunch > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
09/28/2016 at 16:09

Kinja'd!!!

facw > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:10

The back of the new was is already ruined, maybe this guy should have considered the image Land Rover buyers want instead of designing some ugly crossover looking thing.

HammerheadFistpunch > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
09/28/2016 at 16:10

But seriously, look how proudly he stands next to that automotive abortion.

Kinja'd!!!

MonkeePuzzle > 7:07
09/28/2016 at 16:11

yes, I related very much to his quote.

it should be noted, that creating this image and sending it to your wife when she asks if you’d like to take a trip is not an acceptable action

HammerheadFistpunch > facw
09/28/2016 at 16:11

what...what if that IS what they want.

Kinja'd!!!

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:13

I’d like to strap him to the front of my Land Rover’s bumper and see what’s the biggest tree I can push over. Nonse wanker...

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:13

See my other response...

#Imnotbitter

Alfalfa > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:13

Must be pumpkin latte season, because I can’t even right now.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:19

Also if anyone needs me, I’ll be in the angry dome...

Kinja'd!!!

facw > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:19

Then they should buy a Ford Explorer?

HammerheadFistpunch > facw
09/28/2016 at 16:20

Its 60% less posh.

Textured Soy Protein > facw
09/28/2016 at 16:25

The image they want is “the vehicle I am driving through suburbia was expensive.”

djmt1 > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:26

I wonder if Land Rover have some hard numbers on the number of owners who take their vehicles off road like how McLaren have track day stats.

I mean they keep cramming in more off roading tech into them, they are able to wade through more and more water on each new release and that terrain dial of theirs seems to get bigger ever time I see it but given how expensive they are getting, I have to wonder what the actual % is.

Still I look forward to whatever PR stunt they put to show how much better the newer Rovers are off road since they’re always fun.

Kinja'd!!!

I wonder how many people would tick the winch option just because they want the most expensive Rover.

HammerheadFistpunch > djmt1
09/28/2016 at 16:30

The numbers that I’ve heard are that the 3rd owners are the ones that take them off road and they know it. Which is why it confounds me so much with this fashion > function mentality since the IDEA of adventure is clearly what LR is selling these days. What good is the capability for new buyers if they don’t see it and get romantically wistful and start daydreaming of an adventurous life they wish they could live. I mean...whats romantic about a smooth crossover shape?

Tristan > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:30

Kinja'd!!!

Bro.

Berang > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:47

Well he has a point. Roof racks are objectively terrible.

HammerheadFistpunch > Berang
09/28/2016 at 16:48

if you design anything but Discoveries...then yes...I would accept this response.

cazzyodo > HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 16:59

When I was contemplating an older SUV/truck, the gf wanted me to look at the Disco. She loved how it looked particularly after seeing one with a roof rack.

Upon seeing the new one driving around the city one day, she had a sad.