Another Defender hint?

[scott schmerge]

Well, here it is! View attachment 9737

Kind of liking it.

 

[Bryan Jones]

If you look close enough at the gear knob, it's more like a joy stick almost. It even curves like one

 

[cperez]

Not sure I am crazy about that ginormous rear pillar.

At first glance this morning I thought the white blob was the window sticker, LOL.

 

[ryanjl]

At first glance this morning I thought the white blob was the window sticker, LOL.

The FJ Cruiser had that big rear pillar. To me it was a big reason why I never liked the way it looked, and I loved (and owned 2 of) the FJ-40.

 

[AxelR]

I do not know what the clown-nose knob is either but all of the LR test mules have them (it was in the D5 ones as well). It must be something to do with the data collection of something.

The yellow/red knob is an emergency **** switch. You can see one in any and all test vehicle (whatever the brand is).

 

[cperez]

There must be a good reason (safety/security/other?) that a test vehicle at this advanced stage of testing would need an emergency **** switch mounted that prominently. Does anyone know more about this to satisfy my curiosity? I am searching for info but not finding much so far.

 

[ryanjl]

I'm guessing it's a DOT requirement because the vehicle hasn't been fully cleared yet or something.

 

[manoftaste]

There must be a good reason (safety/security/other?) that a test vehicle at this advanced stage of testing would need an emergency **** switch mounted that prominently. Does anyone know more about this to satisfy my curiosity? I am searching for info but not finding much so far.

Indeed. Now with almost every physical control parameter, specially the steering, being managed by electronics, anything, a little module, a sensor, or a capacitor, could decide to send that zero or one in a different direction than what was originally intended by the driver , specially in a test vehicle, and specially in an LR test vehicle .

 

[Nechaken]

It's the AZ-5 button.

There must be a good reason (safety/security/other?) that a test vehicle at this advanced stage of testing would need an emergency **** switch mounted that prominently. Does anyone know more about this to satisfy my curiosity? I am searching for info but not finding much so far.

 

[AxelR]

It's the AZ-5 button.

Hilarious