Subject: Re: Last of the [U.S.A.] defenders? Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 17:18:10 -0700According to the current statements by Land Rover, there will be no 1996 US Spec. Defender 90. They are currently making a batch of '95 D90 US Spec hardtops and that production will end in December 1995. Stated reason for ending the D90 in the US is that it would cost too much to change the D90 to pass US DOT laws to meet 1996 regulations. Origionally LR said that thre would only be 3000 US D90s, and based on 1994 sales (~1500), and assuming that 1995 sales are similar, that would come to about 3000.
Rumor has it that US spec D-90s will be sold in the UK and France next year. [LA: I also heard `in oz', but rumours?] LRW reported that 1998 Defenders [LA: ?!?] will meet US DOT spec. (Whether they will be imported to the US then is anyone's guess) Rumor also has it that there will be no 1996 Jeep Wrangler either.
Ben
Benjamin Smith bens@archimedes.vislab.navy.mil [8/'95]
From: jpappa01@interserv.com Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 20:22:02 PDT- Still more info. on upcoming D90 SW. The latest and greatest word is that there will be *400* aluminum hardtop/one-piece door with windup windows/external rollcage/4-jumpseat D90 SW's brought in. November delivery to dealers. AFTER THAT, the *FINAL* 240 NAS D90s will be *STANDARD* ragtop D90s such as we have now - full soft top, regular safari cage and rear bench seat... Still no final word on the aluminum top prices/color choices although the most recent color spec. was some choice of colors... PRICING information will be available sometime next month & I will post same...
Cheerz Jim - duh, hey, uh, you got any of those Defender Jeeps?
- LA