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Autobiography



Member Since: 19 Jun 2012
Location: Londres
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£3m worth of engines stolen from Solihull

Just seen this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-41...llion.html

Having been to the plant a fair bit, I'm very surprised this has happened. Security has always seemed extremely tight.

Wonder what it will do to production!

Post #516685 Fri Feb 03 2017 11:02pm
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Orange RRS



Member Since: 24 May 2016
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 89

United Kingdom 2005 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Vesuvius Orange

When I worked there as a contractor a few years ago they opened the back of my transit van up every time I went home. There were a few thefts of vehicles at the time using a Defender to ram the barrier followed by a few stolen vehicles. They then had huge bollards fitted that come out of the ground to stop them.
I can't believe they don't check the lorrys leaving are empty, I bet someone's got a right rollicking over that. Life's too short to drive boring cars !
2005 Supercharged First Edition
2013 Evoque

Post #516689 Fri Feb 03 2017 11:39pm
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RRSman



Member Since: 10 Feb 2015
Location: London
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Oh crap! My MY17 was due to go in to build this month for delivery next month! Hope this does not delay it as if it gets pushed to April I'll get hit with the higher tax bands Shocked Embarassed

Post #516697 Sat Feb 04 2017 12:02am
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IRBails



Member Since: 22 Nov 2013
Location: Wollongong
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Australia 

Must be a big demand for LR engines , only reason is they are crap to start with ??? M16 SVD8 ,4.4 HSE with a few extras, Sold R50 , Wife SQ5 , BMW R1200GSW.

Post #516700 Sat Feb 04 2017 1:05am
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Jaggs



Member Since: 09 Aug 2015
Location: Leeds
Posts: 259

United Kingdom 2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Java Black

Agreed it's Karma for
All the substandard 2.7 and 3.0 engines they've been turning out and burying their head in the sand as they self destruct Nanocom Evo

Post #516702 Sat Feb 04 2017 1:15am
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mikef



Member Since: 16 Sep 2013
Location: bucks
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Sounds like a typical Mail story. If you reckon each engine is worth say £5000 then thats 600 engines on one HGV lorry. Must be one hell of a big truck. And did they really load a HGV with all those engines in 360 secs?

Post #516704 Sat Feb 04 2017 1:24am
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IRBails



Member Since: 22 Nov 2013
Location: Wollongong
Posts: 863

Australia 

It was retail pricing not cost perhaps ? M16 SVD8 ,4.4 HSE with a few extras, Sold R50 , Wife SQ5 , BMW R1200GSW.

Post #516730 Sat Feb 04 2017 11:41am
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Lyonhead



Member Since: 21 May 2016
Location: Cardiff
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Wales 

By all accounts the thieves had all the necessary paperwork for entering and exiting the site. Also these trailers would have already been loaded so hitching up and pulling out of there would have taken 10 minutes tops. Someone is indeed in for a Censored. The only thing I find quite surprising is that one trailer was taken and they returned later in the day Shocked and took another one WTF Thud oh dear oh dear !!!!!!!! Not even at night Rolling Eyes

Post #516731 Sat Feb 04 2017 12:01pm
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Tim in Scotland



Member Since: 30 May 2005
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2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Watch out for a selection of "new and unused" Land Rover engines appearing on e-Bay or maybe they are on their way to West Africa,India/Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia to put replacement engines in all the stolen RRS's and Disco3's that have ended up out there and suffered engine failure.............. will have to look out for cargo manifests for container loads of new engines in our cargoes over the next few months........ 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Post #516735 Sat Feb 04 2017 12:46pm
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andymc



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To have all the correct paperwork to get in and out ... and the <balls> to come back for seconds...

Big time inside job. wonder how many 1000's of people work at that plant. That'll be a lot of interviewing for the police SVR with a few bits from Urban and Glohh

Post #516769 Sat Feb 04 2017 6:27pm
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DavidHem



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10582

factory tour last Wednesday Very Happy

Post #516777 Sat Feb 04 2017 7:33pm
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Lyonhead



Member Since: 21 May 2016
Location: Cardiff
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Wales 

DAVIDHEM it was youuuuu Shocked

Post #516779 Sat Feb 04 2017 7:40pm
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pko



Member Since: 31 Jul 2011
Location: norfolk
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England 2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Lux Orkney Grey
RRSman

Hi RRSman. I'm in the exact same boat as you. My A.B. is due to be built 17th this month for March delivery. Fingers crossed. current 2015 hse dynamic, grey.

Post #516850 Sun Feb 05 2017 12:38pm
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ChunkRRS



Member Since: 20 Dec 2016
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Scotland 

Same build date as mine pko!!!

Post #516861 Sun Feb 05 2017 6:03pm
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pko



Member Since: 31 Jul 2011
Location: norfolk
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England 2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Lux Orkney Grey

I spoke to my dealer this afternoon about this & he told me that there was no change on the schedule as yet.
regards
P current 2015 hse dynamic, grey.

Post #516862 Sun Feb 05 2017 6:24pm
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