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Simon's Report on the YangWang U8

Old Jul 17, 2024 | 09:20 AM
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Old Jul 17, 2024 | 10:35 AM
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Yang ****? Wasn't that a song by Ted Nugent (before he paved the way to the wacky world that Elon's followed him to...)? :-p
 
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Old Jul 17, 2024 | 10:13 PM
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Ted Nugent is still alive?
 
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Old Jul 18, 2024 | 09:43 AM
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LOL...Funny name but for those old enough on this forum, do you remember when Toyotas came to the US and how funny that name sounded at the time?
The Chinese are coming, it is just a matter of time...
To the OP, thanks for sharing this video.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2024 | 10:37 AM
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According to google, in Chinese philosophy, yang is a masculine, positive principle that represents activity, warmth, and heaven. It's also associated with maleness, light, heat, or dryness. In Chinese dualistic cosmology, yang is often discussed in conjunction with its opposite, yin, which represents femininity, darkness, and passivity. Together, yang and yin are said to represent contrasting forces that are interconnected in nature, and their combination is thought to produce all that comes to be.
According to google. **** means King.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2024 | 03:14 PM
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**** was something altogether different for Ted.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2024 | 03:39 PM
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LOL...Funny name but for those old enough on this forum, do you remember when Toyotas came to the US and how funny that name sounded at the time?
Like Datsun.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2024 | 04:07 PM
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And Daewoo and Isuzu. A few of my friends owned Isuzu Troopers in the mid 90's... with a manual transmission! I'd be first in line to order the current Defender with a manual if it was ever made...but no chance that happens.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulLR
And Daewoo and Isuzu. A few of my friends owned Isuzu Troopers in the mid 90's...
I had one of those Troopers, liked it for the time, but hated the dual swing gate doors as I remember; they were always not doing what I wanted.

i'm getting tired of JLR sitting on the Disco for years and not talking too much about its future (though there are recent rumblings of making it more of an MPV down the line i.e. M-B R-Class or Lucid Gravity-like).

So, I put in a reservation for one of the Travelers as well.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2024 | 08:23 AM
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I was at Goodwood and I checked this out with Simon. It was impressive on paper, but the build quality was terrible. Like worse than a 2017 Model 3 terrible. It isn't even going on sale in Europe, it was just there to see what people thought of it. Yangwang (BYD) also brought their EV supercar that can dance It was stupid and pointless from a Western perspective and super Chinese - filled with silly gimmicks and seemingly a copy of other supercar designs. I was with them when he made the video about the supercar and I've linked it below. Simon & his wife Carol were fantastic - super kind & welcoming and both are incredibly passionate about the LR brand. Turns out his wife was the one who actually started Powerful UK. Simon and I completely nerded out about the Defender for a few hours, talking about the technical aspects, and what we like/don't like about our Defenders, as well as getting a full semi-private technical deep dive on the OCTA with the folks from engineering & the UK press office.






 
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