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Title: New Range rover
Post by: alfie on 29 February 2012, 22:02:07
Has anyone seen the the the new range rover model yet,really jap looking passed one today on the school run.
also saw a 61 reg ROVER looks a lot like the deceased model.
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 29 February 2012, 22:11:44
when i first saw the picture i thought looks nice but seen a few on the road and they look more like they have been squashed but saying that if someone wanted to give me one a range rover i would not say no
 :y
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: alfie on 29 February 2012, 22:21:34
I can agree with you there,it looks more like a SuV than a real 4x4.
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: Vamps on 29 February 2012, 22:38:27
Saw one today in a Vx dealership, think they might have been traders, they had a 'look' about them.... :D :D
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: hotel21 on 29 February 2012, 22:40:03
You talking Evoque or the new/not yet released Defender replacement?
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 29 February 2012, 22:48:00
i was talking Evoque
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: albitz on 29 February 2012, 22:50:06
Saw a white one the other day.Fugly or what !  :o
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: tigers_gonads on 29 February 2012, 22:50:52
Saw a white one the other day.Fugly or what !  :o


I'll second that
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: hotel21 on 29 February 2012, 22:55:04
Worth a drive though.  Well put together, quiet, handles well for what it is and responsive.  Make sure you drive the pukka 4x4 and not a 2 wheel drive one though.  Petrol version is also quite peppy.....   :y
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: aaronjb on 29 February 2012, 22:57:23
Worth a drive though.  Well put together, quiet, handles well for what it is and responsive.  Make sure you drive the pukka 4x4 and not a 2 wheel drive one though.  Petrol version is also quite peppy.....   :y

There's a 2WD (WWD, I imagine) Range Rover? Did hell just freeze over?  :(
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 29 February 2012, 22:58:49
Saw a white one the other day.Fugly or what !  :o

now thats a saying i must remember you do make i laugh :y
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: tigers_gonads on 29 February 2012, 22:59:26
Who owns Land Rover this week  at the moment ?
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: hotel21 on 29 February 2012, 23:01:21
Who owns Land Rover this week  at the moment ?

Tata.  Same outfit who make all those fugly wooden trucks you see in India.....   ;D
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: hotel21 on 29 February 2012, 23:02:03
Worth a drive though.  Well put together, quiet, handles well for what it is and responsive.  Make sure you drive the pukka 4x4 and not a 2 wheel drive one though.  Petrol version is also quite peppy.....   :y

There's a 2WD (WWD, I imagine) Range Rover? Did hell just freeze over?  :(
2wd Freelanders as well as Evoques.

Same chassis/underpinnings....
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: aaronjb on 29 February 2012, 23:02:52
Worth a drive though.  Well put together, quiet, handles well for what it is and responsive.  Make sure you drive the pukka 4x4 and not a 2 wheel drive one though.  Petrol version is also quite peppy.....   :y

There's a 2WD (WWD, I imagine) Range Rover? Did hell just freeze over?  :(
2wd Freelanders as well as Evoques.

Same chassis/underpinnings....

I thought the floor felt cold! ;D
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 29 February 2012, 23:05:14
i drove the old range rover around the v reg as i always wanted one and had a chance from new but went for the discovery in the end loved that very nice to drive i though but in manual auto diesel was not very good

no idea how the new range rovers drive but big improvement i would guess one day maybe i will get a chance to see
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: hotel21 on 29 February 2012, 23:08:16
New Disco auto is really quite a good drive.  Autobox is either auto or flappy paddle option.  Goes well for 3 tonne diesels...   ;D
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 29 February 2012, 23:46:19
yes would imagine they are but the disco also taken a gigantic leap up in price from when i got mine sort of gone from high mid range to exec taking it so much closer to the cost of a range rover

the only reason i got it was i needed 6 seats and it was much more fun than a people carrier but same price. dont think you would get much change from £30k

Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: Kevin Wood on 29 February 2012, 23:48:08
Worth a drive though.  Well put together, quiet, handles well for what it is and responsive.  Make sure you drive the pukka 4x4 and not a 2 wheel drive one though.  Petrol version is also quite peppy.....   :y

There's a 2WD (WWD, I imagine) Range Rover? Did hell just freeze over?  :(
2wd Freelanders as well as Evoques.

Same chassis/underpinnings....

I thought the floor felt cold! ;D

Pointless? Of course. ;)

But it's for the fashion victims... ::)
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: hotel21 on 29 February 2012, 23:48:28
yes would imagine they are but the disco also taken a gigantic leap up in price from when i got mine sort of gone from high mid range to exec taking it so much closer to the cost of a range rover

the only reason i got it was i needed 6 seats and it was much more fun than a people carrier but same price. dont think you would get much change from £30k

Check the price lists....

http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=land%20rover&utm_campaign=G-BAU%20-%20Pure%20Brand%20-%20Phrase&gclid=CLWWrsCvxK4CFeImtAod0kI5Ug

Cheapest Disco is circa £38k ...... 
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: Nick W on 01 March 2012, 00:30:10
Saw a white one the other day.Fugly or what !  :o

It looks like it's been chopped too much, and needs the body sectioning to get the body to glass proportions back.

And that would mean we've just reinvented the 3/5 door hatchback!

I'd rather have a proper Freelander.
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 01 March 2012, 01:02:20
yes would imagine they are but the disco also taken a gigantic leap up in price from when i got mine sort of gone from high mid range to exec taking it so much closer to the cost of a range rover

the only reason i got it was i needed 6 seats and it was much more fun than a people carrier but same price. dont think you would get much change from £30k

Check the price lists....

http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=land%20rover&utm_campaign=G-BAU%20-%20Pure%20Brand%20-%20Phrase&gclid=CLWWrsCvxK4CFeImtAod0kI5Ug

Cheapest Disco is circa £38k ......

well deffinatley a dream at that price i had the 50th aniversary model equ to xs but better spec 44k now when i got mine it was equivalant to a top of the range ford galaxy a lot of difference now :o
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: alfie on 01 March 2012, 07:58:21
As a British Steel pensioner,now owned by Tata I'm entilted to a 10% discount on NEW Land Rovers and Jags so if any of you millionaires want one at a knock down price let  know.

                                                                                Alfie
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: waspy on 01 March 2012, 08:17:23
Saw a white one locally last Saturday & I liked it :y :y
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: aaronjb on 01 March 2012, 08:34:53
Pointless? Of course. ;)

But it's for the fashion victims... ::)

True! Explains why I see so many of them (saw another brand new Evoque - in white, of course, did they come in any other colour?) in Ascot.. ;D
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: Kevin Wood on 01 March 2012, 09:31:41
Yep. Don't forget the artificial designer mud. Slip the Kosovans and extra couple of quid and they'll apply it after each wash and wax. :y
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: henryd on 01 March 2012, 09:50:40
New Disco auto is really quite a good drive.  Autobox is either auto or flappy paddle option.  Goes well for 3 tonne diesels...   ;D

They do drive very nicely indeed with good performance but heavy on Derv though,well the 2.7 is,don't know about the new 3.0 version
Title: Re: New Range rover
Post by: Lampynoiseboy on 01 March 2012, 23:27:11
Saw one close up today on one of those "win a car for £20 cons stands in a shopping centre, & really can't see the point.
I had a p36 RR for a while, and aside from the 14mpg & the constant excitement of "what's going to fail today," i really liked it.
As with an elite mig, all the toys are lovely, but the biggest advantage of a RR/LR is the height. I drive a sprinter often, and still don't like the lack of view when I get in my car afterwards...so as this was one of the major reasons for buying the RR in the first place, I see absolutely no point in the evoque at all as it's no better view that anything else on the road!

Oh, and yes, it looks like sh....... ;)