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.

 

[Krabby]

We have a panic button?

On the key fob I presume.

 

[LC0013]

So your answer is no.

I did run a machining plant 25 years ago. Unless the failure is a life safety issue where you cannot risk a single failure more, like an airbag, it's pointless to send out a recall until you can identify whats affected and why. When the 6.2 issues started, what were they supposed to do prior to identifying if it was a design error or a manufacturing process error? Just recall engines that don't need recalled, inconveniencing people and costing boatloads of cash for no reason? They had to figure out where the swarf was originating from, and create a process of identifying affected units and a remedy, before telling people to bring in units to fix. "Hi NHTSA we have an issue and recall, but we don't know what it is or how its remedied."

Duh.

grandiose delusions galore......

 

[bemax]

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

I guess it’s to show the opposite.
The original Nolden headlights are a signal for everyone that the owner was smart and brave enough to purchase an early model.
I wish I had a different light design for no camera in the windshield…

 

[RY-Journeyman]

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I had a back with map pocket installed on the drivers side but didn’t do the passenger side. So mine is part new style and part old style. The ultimate one foot in each camp approach to resto-modding!! lol.

 

[Tazzieman]

I had a back with map pocket installed on the drivers side but didn’t do the passenger side. So mine is part new style and part old style. The ultimate one foot in each camp approach to resto-modding!! lol.

Is it for maps , or old Fanta bottles, peanuts and sticky lollies?

 

[linksK9rig]

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In regards to the HVAC system, the two big questions for me are: How good of an improvement has INEOS made to the HVAC system on the 2026 model? How likely is INEOS to fix and improve the older 2023 - 2025 models? As far as I know, INEOS has been replacing the whole unit for customers who have had significant issues with either heating or cooling which is probably a costly repair for them.

 

[Baron von Teuchter]

I honestly don’t have a problem with the steering or the HVAC. They’re fine, not perfect but good enough.

I’d really like a heated front screen though

 

[bemax]

I honestly don’t have a problem with the steering or the HVAC. They’re fine, not perfect but good enough.

I’d really like a heated front screen though

A heated front screen would be nice but as often as it gets pinched by stones this could become expensive.