L-R will have no problem selling them.

Agree SLO..I would have bought a Disco/RR years ago had the reliability isues not been so prevalent.

I've always liked the product... but not it's horrendous lack of reliability..and the costs and inconvenience that ensue.

I've been close on a few occasions..but the head has thankfully overridden the heart every time.

I'd buy a Grenadier instead.

I imagine Mr Metcalfe has fairly deep pockets, which seems essential if running one of these vehicles. Maybe the LR is similar to the Merc situation - not too bad if you have a good independent garage.

I hope they sell by the truckload.

My son-in-law is a Land Rover salesman and my daughter and grandson are an expensive hobby!

It's a pity that pointless 'signature' U-shaped vertical decoration on the side spoils an otherwise clean design. Particular praise should be heaped for avoiding fashionable but ugly big brake vent grilles on the lower front corners. The rear is particularly good but the overall proportions are less pleasing than the current design. Not the sort of car I'd be interested in buying though, not even if I had the money.

Edited by Sofa Spud on 29/10/2021 at 16:41

"Most folk buying a RR do little more demanding than the odd slightly muddy field."

This is true, but the capability is still undeniably there, if not the reliability.

Most high powered Ferraris are only going to travel at slightly above the speed limit, maybe the owner will take it once to a track day, or more than likely go to a Ferrari event and drive the manufacturer's car instead. Same with American pickups, most of the time, the bed of the truck is empty.

I think the appeal is knowing you COULD cross that ford, climb every mountain etc etc. Something which nothing else in this class (that's officially sold in the UK) can do.

Land Rover and the Range Rover model is a shadow of its former self, a real shame they ditched body on frame solid axle construction. Even with poor build quality, at least the fundamentals were there but that's lacking now.

Probably my favourite car advert of all time, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmXAIRl_nkw

"Now you know what people see, in a Range Rover".

I said above that the new Range Rover is quite easy on the eye apart from the huge U shaped decoration on the side. But its overall proportions are less attractive than the current model.

I agree the new Defender is better looking, though.

I think the appeal is knowing you COULD cross that ford, climb every mountain etc etc. Something which nothing else in this class (that's officially sold in the UK) can do.

But as Top Gear have shown on a few occasions, you don't actually need 4wd, off road capability, or even lots of ground clearance to get a long way off the beaten track.

Also, those early RangeRovers like in your link could be severely compromised off road by the lack of locking diffs. This is where an early G-Wagon would leave a RR floundering, despite having much less axle articulation. Having the ability to keep on grinding forwards so long as at least one wheel had purchase.

Most car buyers (especially Golf Mk8 buyers) are realising that a large tablet is not an improvement, but a cost-saving measure, and of no real-world gain over dedicated, tactile switchgear.

How can you possibly know what 'most car buyers' think of having a large tablet?, are you psychic?