Posting from Jag

[chimp007_uk]

Its the end of the day, and after a day of dealing with design issues with the new Range Rover, I thought I'd have a mooch and a catch up in the world of nova...

No filters woohoo...

Thats it really :D Off home now, get in lol

Chris

[Jim]

You mean posting from Tata?

I'm looking forward to Range Rovers having the same build quality as tata's awesome range:

http://www.just-auto.com/articleimage.aspx?ID=29835

;)

[Stuart]

where in Whitley are you? Got a few mates working there, although one is off to Eaton (manchester) V soon.


oh and Jim...... I think TATA will improve things as LR build quality certainly cannot get any worse lmao

[chimp007_uk]

haha...

Yeh, I'm in Whitley, although on certain occasions I'm at Gaydon. There's 5 lads from my course at uni here...

You went to SIHE didn't you Stu? i work with quite a few guys from SIHE.

[Stuart]

yeah I went to the university of disney too lol, although at the time there werent many people doing the motorsport/automotive courses and going into the industry..... they were the clever ones lmao

[chimp007_uk]

although at the time there werent many people doing the motorsport/automotive courses and going into the industry..... they were the clever ones lmao

Cheers :)

its not disney... it's the dimstitute for special children... and lecturers lol

how old are you? there must be someone i work with who was in your year.

[Stuart]

27, I left in 2003

[chimp007_uk]

ian smith? mark truman?

[Stuart]

no idea lol

[chimp007_uk]

gavin thomas? rob richardson?

[mowgli]

is the chief designer at landrover the bloke who used to be at ibstock brick? or is it the bloke who drew the peugeot 309? cos in my opinion, the freelander looks like a 309 with a potato up its exhaust..............

[Asa-James]

http://www.drivechicago.com/images/vehicles/7720/Land%20Rover_Freelander-5.jpg
http://www.309-gti.co.uk/309-gti_files/309_1.jpg


i beg to differ.....

[Matt2107]

First day of work and your skiving on the net. tut tut!

[Jack]

http://www.309-gti.co.uk/309-gti_files/309_1.jpg
I like that.... if it wasn't french, I'd have me one lol

[mowgli]

I like that.... if it wasn't french, I'd have me one lol

it wasn't french..... it was designed at coventry & built at coventry...
it was going to be a talbot but they got rid of the talbot brand.. it actually has 205 doors...

[mowgli]

http://www.309-gti.co.uk/309-gti_files/309_1.jpg


i beg to differ.....

http://i14.ebayimg.com/02/m/000/81/69/df79_18.JPG

Well I think the 3 door looks very much like it... the whole front end is the same shape...

[Stuart]

thats old free loader though lol

[mowgli]

http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=9661

read it & weep.... Gerry McGovern styled the freelander & worked as peugeot uk's chief designer in the early eighties.... I knew I hadn't made it up...

It might explain why the mk2 rangey looks a bit like the samba........

I also know the SEAT design bloke used to work at rover during the bmw years which might explain why the leon looked like a rover 25 with a bmw grille........

Not that I am trying to say car designers are lazy or anything

[Stuart]

they all have a "theme" in their mind and will deviate mildly but funduhmentally their designes will be the same.

[Asa-James]

ian callum, design cheif responsible for the current crop of astons and the new jag xf, which does have some aston-y bits...

[mowgli]

ian callum, design cheif responsible for the current crop of astons and the new jag xf, which does have some aston-y bits...

SOME????? he's been rehashing db7's for years

ps. the db7 was actually a rehash of the jag xjs using db5/6 design cues

[mowgli]

they all have a "theme" in their mind and will deviate mildly but funduhmentally their designes will be the same.

http://i2.ebayimg.com/02/m/000/8a/f5/bce9_18.JPG
http://i16.ebayimg.com/04/a/000/78/41/8ad0_1.JPG (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1994-Vauxhall-Calibra-2-0-16v-ecotec-no-swap-swop_W0QQitemZ220219352818QQihZ012QQcategoryZ9858Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohost ing)

I think I understand what you mean...