Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Rick
Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 22439
Location: UK
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 4104
Location: South Cheshire
|
 Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:52 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
Good ! 
This was never a case of a new vehicle trying to be an copy of an existing one, unlike some of the Jaguar and Bugatti replica's attempting to masquerade as the original thing!!
Dave |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
Posts: 6304
Location: Derby
|
| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:09 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| It is a far cry from the time when Bentley bought a couple of SS Jaguar cars to try and see how they did it for the price. ! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
SV8Predator
Joined: 24 Aug 2008
Posts: 136
Location: Further up the creek
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Ray White wrote: | | It is a far cry from the time when Bentley bought a couple of SS Jaguar cars to try and see how they did it for the price. ! |
I'm not really sure what your comment has to do with the original post, but the above practice has been done by most manufacturers, especially in the US.
And notably by Mercedes when they purchased the original Lexus models (to see how they did it for the price...).
Porsche famously bought an early Jensen FF.
_________________
2000 Jaguar XJ8 4.0 LWB
1974 Jensen Interceptor Mk III
1969 Jensen Interceptor Mk I |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Posts: 2680
Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
|
| Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
All previous posts acknowledged.
The original "Land Rover" shape was not a design. By that I mean it was not a designer's idea of a shape from which a vehicle could be built.
I support my opinion as follows.
Farm/Agricultural Tractors.
Old style rotor blade Lawn Mowers
A Nail.... the metal thing with a flat head at one end and a point at the other.
Maybe.. Perhaps.. Godwilling ... Government .., Get Rich Quick Merchants... Idiots with money...... Maybe if those with the aforesaid property (A Land Rover).. had made a functional - reliable - adaptable - no frills vehicle at the right price... but no... they produced glitzy, suburban, trophies that likely never ever mounted anything higher than the curb outside of their children's private school, hairdresser, chiropractor, accountant.... The shape is the shape, is the shape.... buy the name that best suits the fashion of the day.. and the $$'s on your CC |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
Posts: 1773
Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
Whist I agree with the courts ruling, I do think Ineos could have made the Grenadier a bit more distinctive without losing its functional appeal. They seem to have gone to extreme lengths to copy features on the Land Rover which have evolved over the years rather than start from scratch. For instance, why not make the basic body fit the width of the track like the original Land Rover, rather than use Defender-style mouldings to make up the difference?
_________________
in the garage: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
Recently departed: 1953 Lancia Appia, 1931 Austin Seven, 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
php BB powered © php BB Grp.
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
