We’ve basically already seen it now! Based on the spy shots, the rest of it’ll be identical to the Pilot. Assuming that’s true, this is the only angle we didn’t yet have a clear picture of...

Don’t mean to sound like a dick, but it must be a cultural difference.

So how does the Defender do in the small overlap test?

LOL are you sure that’s not a Lada Niva’s interior?

You do remember that Mercedes sold their commercial vehicles as Dodges and Freightliners for many years prior, because they were fearful of what I was talking about, right?

Remember my original comment on the article – I mentioned the crux of the problem is that LR never modernized the Defender!

My point was that LR should’ve marketed the Defender to the G-class’ segment instead, if they wanted to boost the 10k sales they’re dissatisfied with (or at least the margins, which more than make up for the G’s lower sales figures).

Umm...

The current G has much more in common w/ its seventies predecessor than the current Wrangler does, however...

The AMG version definitely helped boost sales. Remember, though, it was introduced in 2005, while the regular G – an already proven off-roader – was being parked in front of designer boutiques since 2002!

I guess it depends. I look at the G as the ultimate factory restomod – you buy it for its old-school cool, as opposed to the other M-B SUVs’ new-school refinement. So if the Defender would become LR’s ultimate factory restomod, it shouldn’t cut up the RR’s pie.

Let’s try to stay on track: LR are complaining that the Defender doesn’t sell.

Granted, though LR didn’t take the luxuriousness aspect nearly as far as Mercedes did... That’s what counts in that segment!

You trolling, dude? Check out what a 2013+ G-class looks like inside and out... That’s about as modern as a car from the seventies can physically be (remember, the Wrangler is from this decade).

A lot of people love the idea of [the previous Defender], but they never buy one.

You’ll have to elaborate, man...

Why would you assume someone has to be in bad physical shape for step-in height to matter?

I’m guessing part of why crossovers are more popular than station wagons is step-in height. With crossovers, you basically slide into the seat from a standing position, as opposed to lowering yourself into a wagon’s lower seat. If you’re already looking for a car that maximizes how easy it is to generally use, the…

So you’re telling me, the engineer they effectively blame for making emissions-cheating software is called Hackenberg? Oh, the irony.

It looks better than the XC90’s interior for sure. The only awkward areas you find there have been corrected here.