Thread: First Look at Freelander 2 - Don't Like It

Originally Posted by PhilipA

. It will not sell at that price, just like the Disco is not selling.

???

We sell quite a few (Discos, that is), and we are right in the middle of the Toyota Stronghold as far as markets are concerned.
Tour operators love them too.

I wasn't aware that LR were having any trouble selling them at all. We haven't yet sold a Freelander 2, but there is quite a lot of interest. For the first time Subaru buyers and Land Rovers buyers are crossing between brands for similar size and price vehicles (Freelander 2 vs Subaru Tribeca).

We had a rush of cars go through here then it died off. I asked our Sales Dept if there wasn't any interest but found out that we'd already sold our allocated stock .

2 more came in last week, Td4 HSE spec. Nice .

Saw a couple in the US, badged as the LR2.

They should have ditched the Freelander name here as well to shake the bad reputation.

The Age drive section will be doing their review of the FL2 in this wednessday edition. WIll be interesting to read their comments. Other reviews have been promising, especially the engines the journos all seem to like, then again turbo Diesels are the new petrols at the moment.

I'd have an F2 - but only if I could get a RR TDV8 and new Defender first !

On this same topic, my vehicularly unfaithful wife (she doesn't drive a Land Rover except when her Honda is being serviced) is looking to replace her 4 year old CRV with a smallish 4WD having a diesel motor. The Honda is not bad but it is very van-like, has zero stowage for odds and sods and you can slide the front tyres in Coles car park. The 'occasional' 4WD rear diff. is supposed to cut in and out automatically as required but in 4 years I have never been aware of it doing anything at all.

What do my fellow AULRO members suggest as a replacement?

Originally Posted by Dunnie

On this same topic, my vehicularly unfaithful wife (she doesn't drive a Land Rover except when her Honda is being serviced) is looking to replace her 4 year old CRV with a smallish 4WD having a diesel motor. The Honda is not bad but it is very van-like, has zero stowage for odds and sods and you can slide the front tyres in Coles car park. The 'occasional' 4WD rear diff. is supposed to cut in and out automatically as required but in 4 years I have never been aware of it doing anything at all.

What do my fellow AULRO members suggest as a replacement?

A new wife?

We sell quite a few (Discos, that is), and we are right in the middle of the Toyota Stronghold as far as markets are concerned.
Tour operators love them too.

Well you must be selling a large proportion of the 140 or so a month that are selling Australia wide, vs the 200-250 that Disco2 sold. Maybe UK are not allocating enough.
But there are regular specials in the paper, especially for v6, so there are plenty of them.
Have a look at the top 20.

I didn't finish the last post as I had to go out.
The final comment I was going to make is that there are lots of really good cars now under 50K with diesels.
A couple that come to mind, Terracan, which I have driven and was impressed with. Santa Fe .
Hyundai have a terrific reputation for reliabilty now.
SWB Pajero.
And two of those are real 4WD with low range.
I guess its fair to say that I would not consider a vehicle without low range, as even though you might need it only 5% of the time, then you really need it.
So if I were replacing the old Rangie I would go Terracan or Pajero or Prado.
Disco 3 is too complex and troublesome. Members of our club just did the Canning with a D3. It was the base with springs. Both rear shocks gave up, and the rear bumper was ripped off by the pogo-ing.

Regards Philip A