The BBC on Land Rovers

[thermidorthelobster]

Ah, for once an article by the BBC that isn't about Land Rovers running people over and killing them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7400223.stm

I predict this will lead to several pages of scathing comments about the captions and choice of pictures :)

[kizz81]

very brief write up wasnt it  :lol:

all publicity is good publicity?

[Boddle]

Prince marks Land Rover birthday
It is estimated that 80% of all Land Rover Defenders ever produced are still in use, mainly on farms.

Picture 5 of the above link
A line-up of Land Rover Defenders, pre 2007. It is estimated that about 70% of all Land Rover Defenders produced are still in use, mainly on farms.

I guess that shows how good their facts are.

[Disco Matt]

Yes, especially as it wasn't called a Defender until 1990!

[redhand]

Prince marks Land Rover birthday
It is estimated that 80% of all Land Rover Defenders ever produced are still in use, mainly on farms.

Picture 5 of the above link
A line-up of Land Rover Defenders, pre 2007. It is estimated that about 70% of all Land Rover Defenders produced are still in use, mainly on farms.

I guess that shows how good their facts are.

But both those facts could still be correct it is possible that 80% of all the landrovers ever made are still in use (doubtful though ) and it is also possible that 70 percent of all the defenders are still in use. (this could include 90/110's as well but it wouldn't need to in order for it to still be factual) I'd like to see the research and figures that were used in arriving at these percentages though.

[mike142sl]

Well they have used the word ESTIMATED. Probably by two different people, or it could be a case of 93% of all such statistics being made up on the spot?  :doh:

[redhand]

Well they have used the word ESTIMATED. Probably by two different people, or it could be a case of 93% of all such statistics being made up on the spot?  :doh:

you could also argue that 90% of all the cars ever made are still in use today in one form or another. Seeing as most of them end up in a scrap yard and all the steel & alloys will have been smelted and reused the knife and fork you eat your tea with could well have started life as a J**P

I'd love to know where the figure of 70% of all landrovers came about though as it's fairly obvious that the figure was just invented by some one and has now become an Urban Myth.

[thermidorthelobster]

I'd love to know where the figure of 70% of all landrovers came about though as it's fairly obvious that the figure was just invented by some one and has now become an Urban Myth.

Absolutely right, and it's very shoddy journalism that the BBC and Land Rover mags just parrot this every so often without any reference to a source.  I'd wager it was made up by some bloke in a pub one night.

[beast5680]

have you ever wondered how many vehicles are not on the road? i,ve been past 2 landrover dealers recently where their forecourts were stacked with new vehicles and the second hand park was also full thats a lot of metal thats not actually on the road :-k if you multiply that by every dealer and also take into account all of us that have their *project* in the back garden and the one i keep for spares etc theres a flippin lot of cars not actually being driven, then add every make of car dealer into the equation :-k(its stuff like this i ponder as i drive about :roll:) for every 1 car on the road there must be 10 sitting idle

[Jake]

have you ever wondered how many vehicles are not on the road? i,ve been past 2 landrover dealers recently where their forecourts were stacked with new vehicles and the second hand park was also full thats a lot of metal thats not actually on the road :-k if you multiply that by every dealer and also take into account all of us that have their *project* in the back garden and the one i keep for spares etc theres a flippin lot of cars not actually being driven, then add every make of car dealer into the equation :-k(its stuff like this i ponder as i drive about :roll:) for every 1 car on the road there must be 10 sitting idle

You need to get out more  :lol:
 ;)

[Boddle]

 How many vehicles still on the road with original parts (exclude the obvious parts design for wear like clutch and brake pads/shoes, Disc/Hubs) excluding all though rebuild (Like hue166 which isn't original as it rebuild in 60's used the wrong chassis).

[ian_s]

80% of my landrover is still in use, the other 20% rusted away :(