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Originally Posted by grey_ghost

I thought that I read somewhere that the D5 has been a sales flop compared to the last year of the D4.

As for D5’s in action - Lee Jackson on this forum has a very well kitted out D5 and uses it regularly.

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Well the last year of the D4 people would be flocking to buy?, so you would look at a few years before..i think they sell 3x more D5s then RR Vogues and half as many D5s as RRS from last time i checked.

Not a flop by any means, but some people like to claim that

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Originally Posted by blackrangie

Well the last year of the D4 people would be flocking to buy?, so you would look at a few years before..i think they sell 3x more D5s then RR Vogues and half as many D5s as RRS from last time i checked.

Not a flop by any means, but some people like to claim that

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My point is -

People bought up the D4 because it’s a good car.

The same people didn’t want a D5 - they specifically wanted a D4.

So the D5 is a flop isn’t it? The target audience didn’t want it and rushed out to buy the last of the D4’s.

Personally a D5 is too big and expensive for me.

Bring on a reasonably priced new Defender “90 Sport. [emoji1303]

I would be even more dissapointed if they released a "sport" version. IMO discovery sport really ruined the line same with the evokes, if they make a defender sport clone fast back looking POS its another nail in the NON utility coffin.

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Originally Posted by LRJim

I would be even more dissapointed if they released a "sport" version. IMO discovery sport really ruined the line same with the evokes, if they make a defender sport clone fast back looking POS its another nail in the NON utility coffin.

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Discovery sport is more underrated for some then the D5 it seems, there is a reason why its LR's biggest seller worldwide and in Oz as andd it just got better with 48v mild hybrid, invisible bonnet amongst many other things.

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Originally Posted by grey_ghost

My point is -

People bought up the D4 because it’s a good car.

The same people didn’t want a D5 - they specifically wanted a D4.

So the D5 is a flop isn’t it? The target audience didn’t want it and rushed out to buy the last of the D4’s.

Personally a D5 is too big and expensive for me.

Bring on a reasonably priced new Defender “90 Sport. [emoji1303]

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Hmm, I guess its as much a flop as the D3 when it hit the market full of D2 owners.
D3 was later known as a great car after people got over the back door and new design, history is almost repeating itself to the letter..only now, myself included are people starting to understand how good the D5 is, even though nearly every unbiased automotive reviewer and magazine in the world has been saying so for years. It seems us LR folk don't like change. Im sure its the same with other manufactures too when they make large drastic changes to loved models.

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Originally Posted by blackrangie

Discovery sport is more underrated for some then the D5 it seems, there is a reason why its LR's biggest seller worldwide and in Oz as andd it just got better with 48v mild hybrid, invisible bonnet amongst many other things.

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May also have to do with price . I just went on L/R website and priced the range nationwide. Didnt look where it was cheapest but these are the cheapest listed , so it would be the base model. I didnt try the build your own .

D /Sport =$54,000
D 5 = $69.900
RR Evoque = $56,000
RR Velor = $83,500
RR Sport = $114,500

Pretty easy to see why the Disco Sport and the Evoque are the top sellers .

Cheers Ean

Any chance we could close this thread?

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Originally Posted by irondoc

Any chance we could close this thread?

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If you don't like it, don't frequent it ?

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Originally Posted by irondoc

Any chance we could close this thread?

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Any chance you I could get the 5 seconds back reading that? [emoji6]

Oh come on Rangie



Surely that only took you three seconds to read.



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