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. . . also i think landrover sells more cars here then anywhere at 70k a pop , they probably think were nuts for that too!!!!...paul

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Just to set the record straight, there are economic reasons why Land Rover only sells the high end models here. You can't get the Defender 90 or 110 or 130 that you might ride around Africa in. They quit selling the Defender because there's no profit margin left after it's imported and certified to meet all federal & state environmental/safety requirements. A Defender may be bare bones but you can't build a vehicle that capable cheaply. The problem is, they couldn't sell enough to make it worthwhile at the prices they'd have to charge. So they just sell the models with enough luxury content to add the perceived value to justify the higher price.

Remember the old FJ40 Land Cruiser? Or, for those with really good memories, the Datsun/Nissan Patrol? Nissan and Toyota still sells the modern equivalents. In the rest of the world. Here, you can't get the Patrol and the only Land Cruiser you can buy will lighten your wallet by $70K or so.

If we're nuts, it isn't because Americans will only buy British goods if they're overpriced luxury items just for the snob value. Not all of us would turn up our noses at the chance to buy a Land Rover with roll-up windows and vinyl seats as long as it had locking diffs and could climb trees.

It's that we've voted that possibility out of existence.

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