Model Year 2026 (MY26) – Confirmed & Speculated Changes

[CRH]

I don't really care if its a v8, I6, or a v4 if it can do the job. I'm not wedded to a particular configuration per se. If I can eliminate a turbo system tho, I'll take that. I'm just saying the compact packaging of a pushrod V8 makes sense for this truck as it would eliminate a few of the compromises without any real identifiable detriment.

These v8's, are they crate engines or fitted to any road going vehicle as standard and then available to buy in any country around the world?
I don't know the answer, but using a non-turbo large push-rod engine be impossible to sell in numerous countries in the same way that the Toyota v8 can't be sold?
We are forced to have all this stuff in Europe & UK so that we save everyone else around the world from global warming. It adds thousands to the cost of vehicles and makes them complex, expensive to repair and reduces reliability.
Having different engines for various markets isn't an answer any longer.
I am happy to receive payments of thanks for the destruction of our own economy to keep you safe, please pm for my bank details

 

[landmannnn]

Storage net. They have no shame

 

[BrandonADV]

Why'd they change the headlights? Were people complaining about the headlights?

 

[Krabby]

Why'd they change the headlights? Were people complaining about the headlights?

Someone suggested it was a supplier issue but I do not know if that is the case. It plausible, but the decision to switch was probably more complicated than that. They also changed the design some so that could have played in to it as well.

 

[CRH]

Someone suggested it was a supplier issue but I do not know if that is the case. It plausible, but the decision to switch was probably more complicated than that. They also changed the design some so that could have played in to it as well.

Probably so that you can differentiate between the old & new without expensive changes to bodywork. This way you can see who has the new model over the pauper who can't afford the lastest of everything and is driving an old vehicle. It's like the UK where everyone rushes out to get the new registration plate for the neighbours to see that they have more money than you.

Either that or it was some technical/cost reason

 

[Tom109]

We have a panic button?

 

[FlyersFan76]

Probably so that you can differentiate between the old & new without expensive changes to bodywork. This way you can see who has the new model over the pauper who can't afford the lastest of everything and is driving an old vehicle. It's like the UK where everyone rushes out to get the new registration plate for the neighbours to see that they have more money than you.

Either that or it was some technical/cost reason

lol Could be. In the 3 years the Defender was imported to the US and the 14 years that the Hummer was produced you could easily tell which years they were.