Didn't know Starrett had a factory in Jedburgh, or they did have.True, i watch the machining videos and they all use starrett or brown and sharpe tools. When you see how little they pay for them, they are right to buy American.
Didn't know Starrett had a factory in Jedburgh, or they did have.True, i watch the machining videos and they all use starrett or brown and sharpe tools. When you see how little they pay for them, they are right to buy American.
Most of mine are made in Scotland:Didn't know Starrett had a factory in Jedburgh, or they did have.
They make the Toureg, Audi thingybob and Porsche Cayenne....and now I think the Maserati doo dah in Bratislave......ibve been but I cant remember which country, think its Slovakia....pardon the spellingsInterestingly, there's a guy from Stuttgart in the B&B I use when working in London. Only met him his evening over dinner and he is off back tomorrow. He's on holiday but works for Porsche in their personalisation division (best we could work out from my non German and his reasonable but limited English)
Evidently Porsche have a Slovakian factory so he said, amongst other countries, too. So Land Rover aren't doing owt different to other car manufacturers.
I did have an urge to buy a new Defender many years ago, when retirement wasn't looming and i had only partially engaged with common sense. Then I went to an agricultural show, and on the Land Rover stand was a brand new Defender, with a rusty chassis. I think they must have covered the entire chassis with one pot of Humbrol.
However I still went and bought a year old Disco 3 a couple of years later. Common sense didn't kick in for a few more years, I was late to the party 12 years on I still have it. Although there have been expensive years, it has cost me a lot less than trading in every 3 years or less like my neighbours, and I still enjoy driving it and don't mind what I throw in it. The chassis is still ok, they must have doubled up on the Humbrol
Looking at our car manufacturing, a lot of the blame for its demise is focused on the unions. Undoubtedly they are partially to blame, but what got them to be so bad was really dire crap management. Both France and Germany have much stronger unions and they seem to be doing ok. The trick is that their management work with the unions to a common goal. Obviously other factors involved too, I don't want to get too political. Just saying that Land Rover aren't doing owt new.
Cheers
Andy
.......but I cant remember which country,
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Heres a bit closer to what the new one will look like this is from land rover, they have ditiched some of the cammo. I have to admit looking at it so far this is what should have replaced the discovery 4.
Didn't know Starrett had a factory in Jedburgh, or they did have.
It will be interesting to see whether worldwide JLR sales rise or fall when production stops in the UK, the brand is well established but cant help but feel it may lose sales when it ceases to be seen as a British made car.
Bob
I think it more or less is a discovery 4! Nothing novel in this design!
Sadly I think price will be its killer as a work too. Companies like cheap not hi tech quality!Except it'll be an aluminium body with no separate chassis which will make it about a ton lighter and a shed load of updated systems. It'll be a top class vehicle that will sell 100 times more than the old Defender ever did!
Except it'll be an aluminium body with no separate chassis which will make it about a ton lighter and a shed load of updated systems. It'll be a top class vehicle that will sell 100 times more than the old Defender ever did!
Except it'll be an aluminium body with no separate chassis which will make it about a ton lighter and a shed load of updated systems. It'll be a top class vehicle that will sell 100 times more than the old Defender ever did!
I'm sure I heard somewhere a lot of the bodywork is plastic?