Tuesday 30 June 2020

Colour Me Bad

If you've facelifted and relaunched a boring SUV that looks a bit tank-shaped.

Don't paint it in military green!
The new Audi Q5, as in this story, looks like it should be towing a big green piece of artillery on wheels.
 
Now, if you've relaunched a very unboring SUV - one with a military history, it would look pretty good in military green.  It also looks good in this harking-back-to-the colours-Land-Rovers-ought-to-be shade of blue:
Especially with those wheels.
 
That story is here.
 
Now, I've felt a bit indifferent about the new Defender.  It is very expensive as a farm vehicle or general utilitarian dogsbody vehicle - but then again, farm vehicles and general utilitarian dogsbody vehicles wouldn't sell in big enough numbers nowadays to be viable.
 
Which is why we have an expensive Defender that will sell to whatever Yuppies are called these days.
 
This one being described today is the commercial version which is coming soon but not here yet.  It will be about £35K + VAT (VAT which you claim back if you are actually using it as a commercial vehicle)  It lacks the second row of seats - but not the second row of doors and you can add an extra seat on the front row if you wish to get cosy with your colleagues.
 
Unlike with the Audi, I'm looking forward to see the green one - here's a clue:

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