Thread: looks promising imho

The Forester can't make it up the same steep trails that an FL2 does quite easily. The diesel XTrail has some low grunt that lets it get up a good steep slope but it has smaller wheels than an FL2, (as does the Forester), so hits its belly more often.

I regularly towed 1.5 to 2 tonnes with my FL1. Been a bloody good car, and still nice to drive. Low range and more clearance is what we have the Disco for.

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Originally Posted by disco man

After reading a few posts it sounds like the Freelander is a good thing,not something I would want but still a good car. I picked up an old issue of 4X4 Australia magazine from July this year that had an article rating all the compact SUV's on sale in Australia. But for some reason? there is no Freelander mentioned. Can anyone shed some light on this? The top ten is as follows.

#1-Subaru Forester 2.5i-L
#2-Mitsubishi Outlander LS
#3-Hyundai ix35 Elite
#4-Renault Koleos Bose
#5-Toyota Rav4 GXL
#6-Honda CR-V VTi-L
#7-Mazda CX-5 Maxx Sport
#8-Volkswagen Tiguan 132TSI Pacific
#9-Nissan X-Trail ST-L
#10-Ford Kuga Trend EcoBoost

The Mazda is the biggest selling in this segment and is outselling Prado and Grand Cherokee. Without being Land Rover biased I would have thought the Freelander would be a better car than the ones mentioned above.

It may have changed, but 4X4 Australia only judge new vehicles ( new release in that year)
Thats the way it always was on their main 4X4 of the year contest anyway.
Kenley