Model 2023 - Production and delivery date
Curious as to the route Defenders travel from Nitra to USA. Many on this forum indicate Defenders are loaded on ships in Southhampton. This is
a notification from DB Cargo, the German railway system, that indicates Defenders are shipped via rail from Nitra and loaded onboard ships in Zeebrugge Belgium. It is
interesting that DB Cargo has either built or modified a new rail car to transport the Defender due to its overall size. Does anyone have a definitive answer?
Since JLR is providing specific vessel identification for individual owners it might help those who wish to track their Defenders progress during transport.
a notification from DB Cargo, the German railway system, that indicates Defenders are shipped via rail from Nitra and loaded onboard ships in Zeebrugge Belgium. It is
interesting that DB Cargo has either built or modified a new rail car to transport the Defender due to its overall size. Does anyone have a definitive answer?
Since JLR is providing specific vessel identification for individual owners it might help those who wish to track their Defenders progress during transport.
Mine was originally due to the dealer on Oct 7. Not sure about the rail route it took from Nitra (build finished Aug 26) to Zeebrugge, but once at Zeebrugge it was loaded onto Hawaiian Highway on Sept 11, made it across the pond and hit Baltimore on Sept 21, departed Baltimore on Sept 24 and entered port in Brunswick GA on Sept 25. Was loaded onto the truck on Sept 30. Got the call today that it's arrived in DFW and will be ready tomorrow afternoon.
Keep postponing my trip for this dang delivery (well also this last time because of Ian but thankfully our place wasn’t damaged this go around). I got her to tell me that the truck was ok and hitting the road as Ian rolled in. I suspect that they got it on the truck post haste to avoid damage and that's likely how it's arriving early. I didn't expect it to be in my hands until mid-next week after make-ready.
Has anyone had to add the "power pack" to get plugs for the rear seats? If you go to 3:18 of this Youtube video of a First Edition Defender 130 it has no power outlets for the 2nd row of seats. The salesman giving the walk through said "you can upgrade more with the power pack" but I've never seen that option when building my 130. Is that something that comes automatically with the climate rear seats? I imagine it's the same with the 110 and 90.
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Last edited by rovermt; Oct 3, 2022 at 03:22 PM.
I asked my dealer about the lack of power ports on the 2nd row in the 130s and he said he doesn't see any option to add or remove it on his computer. I know JLR have been removing things but this should concern 110 and 90 soon to be owners as well. Maybe it's just a thing affecting the first editions. I do see "Powerpack 24" and "Power Socket Pack 1" as standard on different materials but what is that on the Defender?
I put in my order for a X- Dynamic 110 in June 2022. Hand over date was slated for December 2022, then got pushed to Jan 2023 and now pushed further to March 2023. Is this normal?
I'm considering giving up on my order because this is getting harder and harder to justify paying 100k for a vehicle that keeps getting downgraded, on top of 6+ months to be delivered and when you add in the extra months of delays, it doesn't even look like I'm going to get it regardless if I wanted to wait or not.
I'm considering giving up on my order because this is getting harder and harder to justify paying 100k for a vehicle that keeps getting downgraded, on top of 6+ months to be delivered and when you add in the extra months of delays, it doesn't even look like I'm going to get it regardless if I wanted to wait or not.
I put in my order for a X- Dynamic 110 in June 2022. Hand over date was slated for December 2022, then got pushed to Jan 2023 and now pushed further to March 2023. Is this normal?
I'm considering giving up on my order because this is getting harder and harder to justify paying 100k for a vehicle that keeps getting downgraded, on top of 6+ months to be delivered and when you add in the extra months of delays, it doesn't even look like I'm going to get it regardless if I wanted to wait or not.
I'm considering giving up on my order because this is getting harder and harder to justify paying 100k for a vehicle that keeps getting downgraded, on top of 6+ months to be delivered and when you add in the extra months of delays, it doesn't even look like I'm going to get it regardless if I wanted to wait or not.


