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General Land Rover Discussion here. If you have something else non-Land Rover related to discuss, use the Off Topic forum
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PaulC
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by PaulC » Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:39 pm
There are very few engineering connections between the LR3 and any Ford product, Ford did insist on a couple of things such as a Hydro-formed frame, and a secondary load path (re: frontal impacts with smaller vehicles).
Once the Land Rover engineers made it clear to Ford of the expectation in Off-road & On road performance, Ford sent them back with about 1.5 Billion US dollars to build the LR3, not a Ford Explorer.
PaulC
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Whistler110
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by Whistler110 » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:26 am
But it does make sense that Ford would use some of LR's successful image for their more price point vehicles. Not that I want or like the Freelander but it is the best seller in it's catagory in Europe and looks better than a Honda CRV, IMHO.
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PaulC
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by PaulC » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:30 am
Well maybe, Bike Mike., but that’s starting to get into “marketingâ€
