Farewell Land Rover

**Ken** · 27th June 2007, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by DionM

Well today we traded in our Freelander. Bought her Sept 02, brand new (V6 Auto). It started off great - great car to drive, great engine, excellent ride and the quality felt there. ... but then problems started and the whole experience has left a sour taste in my mouth, sadly. I was a huge fan of LR and the Freelander ... but now I'm not so sure.

Sorry Land Rover, but you've lost a big fan and repeat customer.

You cannot be serious a Freelander is not a real Land Rover

A Series A Defender A Discovery theses are real Land Rovers

You cannot judge a Marque such as Solihull Sweetness by using a Freeloader
as a benchmark

Bah Humbug I say Good Day to you sir

**LandyAndy** · 27th June 2007, 08:59 PM

Not sure that a FreeLander is that bad,all us TD5 owners also have a grenade with a faulty safety pin!!!!!
Then again,all the same vintage!!!!
Andrew

DionM · 27th June 2007, 09:34 PM

Comments about the Freelander's LR cred or the like aside (I have been around Land Rovers since I was 6 years old, I'm now 29, spanning SIIAs, RR Classics, Series III Stage 1, and my Freelander), the issue was with LRA's eventual refusal to acknowledge and fix properly two problems - 1 with poor cold starting (since it was 1week old), the other a severe loss of power under acceleration (almost like the brakes were jabbed on, but of course they weren't ... had many close shaves with cars almost running up the back of the vehicle in traffic when this happened).

They did little more than simply wait for the ECU to log a fault code - which it never did; so in the end I had a service manager tell me they would no longer investigate the problem anymore ... insinuating I was making it up.

That was the final straw. We were very close to buying a D3 (had the lease package all arranged and ready to go) ... that atttitude changed our minds instantly.

They could have fixed it. Looking at US forums it looked like the throttle body was a likely suspect. But they just wanted to wait for a fault code.

And yes, I bought a VW sedan.

And guys, lay off the stupid Freelander comments. I got out there and used it, and it was a true Land Rover in that it set the benchmark in design and 4WD capability for it's class - just like it brothers the Defender, Disco and Rangie.

I'm not posting as a bitter owner, I'm posting as a sad former owner.

**dullbird** · 27th June 2007, 09:56 PM

the freelander could 4wd

sorry never been a fan of the freelander and probably never will, i dont think freelander enhanced landrovers image at all or really set any bench marks.....i nearly changed my mind when i saw the pics of the new one until i saw it in the flesh at the motor show.

sorry to here about your experiences with great landy customer service mmmmmm thats the only thing that bothers me about buying a new defender that we have all that crap to come.......

good luck with your new car maybe one day you will return

**AndyRevill** · 27th June 2007, 10:01 PM

I'll sympathise with you DionM - we owned a Freelander before the Disco - we loved it and it took us places we'll remember long past the Freelander. I do think LR missed the boat with it - they had the chance to have another worthy member of the family - instead they stuffed it

All the best with the Vdub

Andy

**Redback** · 28th June 2007, 09:00 AM

enjoy Overlander

**incisor** · 28th June 2007, 09:21 AM

sad to see you go mate...

hope the new one does the right thing by you..

PS.

FWIW i think some of you fellows are being more than a bit harsh...

DionM has been a good supporter of LR and been helpful to the rest of the LR fraternity over time if my memory serves me rightly...

**hiline** · 28th June 2007, 09:59 AM

i wasn't trying to bag him at all

just telling him what my mechanic would do to me

if i bought a freelander

but i do agree some of the comments are a tad over the top

sorry to see you go Dion

**DirtyDawg** · 28th June 2007, 10:19 AM

Well cmon a freelander isnt a real landrover anyway, porr Jap imitation with LR badges....

Now a classic Defender..you wont have a single drama

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 28th June 2007, 10:59 AM

Land Rover Freelander 2 proves a hit with UK customers
27 June 2007

The all-new Freelander 2 is proving a real hit with UK customers since launch in December 2006. Sales for the award-winning compact 4x4 are up 20 per cent compared with the same time last year.

The Freelander 2, built at the acclaimed Halewood manufacturing facility in Liverpool, has sold 7532 units in the UK so far this year – 95 per cent of which are diesels with a fuel economy figure of up to 37.7mpg and nearly 30 per cent are top-of-the-range HSE models. It now leads the Compact 4x4 segment outselling rivals such as the new Honda CR-V and the BMW X3.

John Edwards, managing director, Land Rover UK said: “The all-new Freelander 2 is now firmly established as the premium compact 4x4 of choice in the UK. This is a testament to its great design, high levels of quality and improved fuel economy.”

He continued: “The Freelander 2 is the foundation of our business in the UK and will help us to deliver our best ever sales result in the UK this year.”

Land Rover UK has sold over 24,000 units this year. Sales of the Range Rover are up so far this year by 13 per cent – mainly driven by the new and refined TDV8 engine – the Discovery 3 and the Range Rover Sport are currently selling twice as many units as their nearest competitors, and the Defender 07MY has seen its best UK May sales result ever.

“The Land Rover business is in great shape – not just in the UK but across the globe. It is now solidly in the black, with two successive record sales years and it is on target for yet another this year,” said Phil Popham, managing director, Land Rover. “We sell to 147 markets around the globe, and more than 40,000 cars into emerging markets like China and Russia that we weren’t selling in five years ago.”

Good luck with the VW Dion,

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