Thread: Why don't people buy more Landrovers

Parts too dear,Crikey go to Toyo or Nissan dealer and open wallet and bend over.
The Freelander 1 Engine was sourced from Asia I believe, so can't put all Land rovers in the same boat for engine troubles.

You know trying to justify to yourself why you got away from the marque is fine but there's no reason to start threads about it. Soon we'll have Isuzu owners talking about replacing their engines with a Toyota VDJ79 and former Defender owners talking about how good a G-Wagen is.

I guess we'll always have the Series owners counting rivets to keep everyone in check.

Hi All


Okay I will be the bunny here, :-} because they buy Iveco's maybe :-}


Regards Mark

I like this comment,
"Land Rovers are typically bought by pretentious, cashed up Corporate types that to be driven around leafy suburbs and used to pick up and drop off the kids and do the shopping and will never so much as see a flat gravel track in their lifetime.

The deserve each other really."

I think one of the biggest problems is access to service centres and parts.
If/when I sell my defender I will go back to a toyota hilux. I can get parts anywhere and they are cheap.

perception and marketing. I like watching the smirk disappear from someone who asked me what I think of the Land Rover. If I just talk about the good bits they are quite surprised and the smirk slides away. They are usually quite surprised. If I tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth they go away thinking "i knew it".

LR market themselves as high end, and adventurous. Everyone knows a Landy will do it better which is why they ask. But they have also heard their unreliable. Most Landy owners I have met are happy to owns the cars faults which doesn't make the rumour any less. Other marks it's just simply bad luck. I think the ever reliable and un-breabalble Jap perception is becoming an awkward reality for a lot of Jap 4x4 owners. Many of the boys at work have just as much warranty with theirs than my LR. But go to the park and they realise they have bought a piece of crap. However price then becomes an issue to change over.

Not sure I'd even consider a Hilux... Our Dmax is built better, has a punchier engine and drives better than the hilux I drive at work. Not to mention the Dmax is cheaper to run and service.

I think the article is on the money - none of us ever go off road! All landys are for the school run and that's it! I guess it was a sealed motorway all the way to the cape when I went there in August, and there is a school in Bamaga...

Originally Posted by newhue

perception and marketing. <sniip>.

thats on the money, its about the brand more than the vehicle.


Imagine a vehicle identical in every respect to the Defender or D4 with a Toyota badge . Would the public lap them up ??

What if the Parent Company decided from 2014 all Landrover branding was to be replaced with Tata badge /logo ??? how much diferance would that make ??

Originally Posted by inside

You know trying to justify to yourself why you got away from the marque is fine but there's no reason to start threads about it. <snip>

So what if LR had developed the Llama and it evolved into exactly the truck I'm driving now, what if it had a LR badge , would I be such a ******,
its more about the brand than the vehicle for some people

BTW, I still own a Defender you know.

when time comes to replace my defer i will certainly be looking at what the market has to offer and pick a vehicle that suits my needs at the time of purchase