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Freelander 2 replacement?
Bingo!
Land Rover LR2 prototype spotted wearing all-new body
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Land Rover, as we've reported earlier, is in the midst of a massive product reallignment. Everything in its product portfolio, we've been made to understand, is being compartmentalized into three families: Luxury, Dual Purpose and Leisure. The first will be made up of Range Rover models, the second out of the next-gen Defender family, and the latter built around the Discovery. Which is all well and fine to theorize about, but what we have here is the first physical example of Land Rover putting that plan into action.
Spied undergoing testing is the replacement for the Freelander, known to us as the LR2, to Land Rover engineers as the L550 and in theoretical terms as the "baby Discovery". That's because the successor to the current Freelander is being aligned closer to the Discovery/LR4, both in terms of its orientation and styling.
Sources indicate that the L550 is being spun off of the Evoque platform, and will arrive in both five- and seven-seater forms. Expect familiar Jaguar Land Rover engines to provide the motivation when the new LR2 rolls our way. But for now you can scope out the spy shots in the gallery above for a closer look at what to expect.
In 1983 I was offered one for US 8,500. It was up in Owatonna, Minnesota, and owned by an employee of a company my employers represented here. I did the sums and reckoned I could land it here and convert it to right hook for about A$15,000. At the time I had just sold a couple of blocks of land and was travelling quite well. I bounced this off the cook who went mental. So, no Superbird for Brian. I had a 1970 Dodge Challenger with Hemi 426 which was sold after getting married in 1975 to buy household goods. I have ever since wanted another Hemi muscle car. Now genuine ones are too expensive for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift
Are you still married to her?
If you are better show her how much they are fetching now....
It's like real estate. You have to accept that you sold it for its market value at the time. I do remind her occasionally that the Dodge Challenger convertible which was sold for $5000 in 1976 to buy white goods, furniture, carpets, etc. now sells in the USA upwards of $300,000. Then there were the cars I had in my teens and early twenties that are now worth vast sums. A Ferrari 212 Export, 1935 Auburn boat tail roadster (unsaleable and dumped), 1935-36 Chrysler C8 eight seat limousine, Bugatti Type 37 with Dodge Six engine.