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Any - Landrover - paul 1963

Heard a interesting piece on the radio today, presenter was talking to the editor of Autocar, he said customers buying a new landrover/ rangerover are being asked to sign a document before handover "stopping" them selling the car to anyone except a LR dealer within the first 6 months of ownership, apparently its to stop speculators.....surely can't be legally enforceable??

He said dealers where refusing to hand over vehicles unless the document was signed, thoughts gents?

Any - Landrover - Adampr

It depends on what the order said. If you have already bought and paid for a car under one set of terms, they can't force you to sign something else to receive the goods.

I suspect dealers are being told to include the forms at order stage (because nobody reads everything) and are being encouraged to push them at handovers.

As for stopping speculation, it sounds a lot more like trying to get the profit on used cars instead of letting someone else. If they are allowed to do it, what's to stop them throttle production to drive up used prices whenever they need a few quid.

If I was asked to sign such a form, I might ask the dealer how much they were going to pay me or if they wanted to split the profit on resale.

Any - Landrover - RT

The penalty will be against the original selling dealer - there's little they can do to penalise the customer.

Any - Landrover - movilogo

I thought customers will do that by default - rejecting the car under sale of goods act when the car breaks down within first 6 months :-)

Any - Landrover - elekie&a/c doctor
Wishful thinking . During the first 6 months, the vehicle will be stolen , or spend most of that time in the workshop getting fixed .
Any - Landrover - Sulphur Man

Pretty desperate tactics from LandRover dealers, who are themselves desperate for stock to sell.

This can only come into play if the car is owned outright, at which point the owner can sell it as they wish. Land Rover has no say over another's owned property. On financed cars, it could be enforced in some way, but even then, seems like they're trying their luck.

6 months is no time anyway. Just sell it 1 day after the 6 months 'deadline'.

Any - Landrover - Terry W

If you sign an agreement and fail to comply the other party can take legal action. It is no different to any other legally binding agreement.

Whether LR would bother, and what compensation they might claim is debatable - perhaps the profit that the original owner made on the sale.

I suspect that like most manufacturers with desirable products in short supply they would rather sell to a committed user than allow others to speculate and profit.

Why anyone would buy a LR is a different matter - poor reliability record and their original brand values (go anywhere, simple, tough, etc) have been completely trashed.