RE: New Range Rover Sport: official
Discussion
Ok, I've finished ordering our first 3 months order call. The first thing to say is it won't be anywhere near enough! Judging by what we're getting we'll all be in the same boat as we are with the FFRR so if any of you guys are planning to place an order I would do it now!
I'll be interested to know how many buyers in the UK are speccing the car without the 2 speed transfer box and without the 5 + 2 seating.
I'll be interested to know how many buyers in the UK are speccing the car without the 2 speed transfer box and without the 5 + 2 seating.
Where I am (yerp) the RRS won't be available until fall and no pricing or spec is known as yet. Just as with my D4 it'll be a six month wait from order time so I won't be in one until 12 months from now anyway. I'd go for the V8 diesel with hi/lo and extra seats to replace the disco family wagon but if just for me, an old model supercharged (cheap I hope) or maybe a 3 door Evoque with the rumoured V6SC in the summer (or an XJ with the same motor).
The Vambo said:
I WISH said:
Range Rover Sport = oxymoron
Range Rover: Luxury subbrand of LandRover.Sport: An active pastime; recreation.
Oxymoron: figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.
Nope, you are going to have to explain that to me, and the smilie.
In the context of a motor vehicle the more appropriate definition is for sports car.
Take your pick:
sports car
n.
An automobile equipped for racing, especially an aerodynamically shaped one-passenger or two-passenger vehicle having a low center of gravity and steering and suspension designed for precise control at high speeds.
A sports car (sportscar or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling. Sports cars may be spartan or luxurious but high maneuverability and minimum weight are requisite
No hidden meaning in the smilie whatsoever!
Just got our deposit in for the first batch in Sept. Need to finalise configuration this week, choices choices.
Seats - No (The collie and labrador will most likely just eat them... going with the full loadspace liner)
unrepentant said:
I'll be interested to know how many buyers in the UK are speccing the car without the 2 speed transfer box and without the 5 + 2 seating.
Transfer box - Will wantSeats - No (The collie and labrador will most likely just eat them... going with the full loadspace liner)
Edited by blambert on Saturday 30th March 13:56
Same, would definitely go for the high/low box, not interested in the extra seats, rarely need more than two.
New design definitely works for me, I was seriously interested in the Evoque sized car pre-launch until I saw the styling and image and ran a mile. This one looks to have it nailed in terms of style and substance, without the brashness of the last generation.
It would be a stretch financially to go new, instead of around the two-three year old point, but I find myself wondering if it being a new model that willl be in great demand would make it not too bad depreciation wise to try and get a new early one and run it for a year or two...
New design definitely works for me, I was seriously interested in the Evoque sized car pre-launch until I saw the styling and image and ran a mile. This one looks to have it nailed in terms of style and substance, without the brashness of the last generation.
It would be a stretch financially to go new, instead of around the two-three year old point, but I find myself wondering if it being a new model that willl be in great demand would make it not too bad depreciation wise to try and get a new early one and run it for a year or two...
Just watched the video content on the RR site and boy does it look a cracker, seems they've equalled or got close to the Germans in terms of performance/efficency.
The interior looks the mutts nuts as well, they look like they have a big winner on their hands this surely will grab sales from the X5/ML/Cayenne.
I'd like one.
The interior looks the mutts nuts as well, they look like they have a big winner on their hands this surely will grab sales from the X5/ML/Cayenne.
I'd like one.
I WISH said:
You could be equally active and/or indulge in a pastime or recreation in a standard Rangie as you could in a RRS.
In the context of a motor vehicle the more appropriate definition is for sports car.
Take your pick:
sports car
n.
An automobile equipped for racing, especially an aerodynamically shaped one-passenger or two-passenger vehicle having a low center of gravity and steering and suspension designed for precise control at high speeds.
A sports car (sportscar or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling. Sports cars may be spartan or luxurious but high maneuverability and minimum weight are requisite
No hidden meaning in the smilie whatsoever!
Ahh, right. In the context of a motor vehicle the more appropriate definition is for sports car.
Take your pick:
sports car
n.
An automobile equipped for racing, especially an aerodynamically shaped one-passenger or two-passenger vehicle having a low center of gravity and steering and suspension designed for precise control at high speeds.
A sports car (sportscar or sport car) is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for spirited performance and nimble handling. Sports cars may be spartan or luxurious but high maneuverability and minimum weight are requisite
No hidden meaning in the smilie whatsoever!
See what you have done is miss read it as Range Rover Sportscar, easy mistake. Just that one word can make all sorts of difference. In my gym bag I keep my sport socks, now if they were sportcar socks I would be totally confused. Would they be sport socks for cars? or would they be sport socks shaped like a car? Who knows.
Lucky for me there is no car after the sport, just like the Range Rover.
A mate of mine works for a wheel supplier for RR and he told me that it costs £12k/15k to make a RR now how much do they sell for ouch if that is true!
They are making a mint ok this is just what he has told me but hey if they are then why would you want to pay 50k/60/70k plus for something that cost so little to make and I take on board youve got to pay for the development of said vehicles etc etc but what a margin eh?
They are making a mint ok this is just what he has told me but hey if they are then why would you want to pay 50k/60/70k plus for something that cost so little to make and I take on board youve got to pay for the development of said vehicles etc etc but what a margin eh?
boardtweet said:
A mate of mine works for a wheel supplier for RR and he told me that it costs £12k/15k to make a RR now how much do they sell for ouch if that is true!
They are making a mint ok this is just what he has told me but hey if they are then why would you want to pay 50k/60/70k plus for something that cost so little to make and I take on board youve got to pay for the development of said vehicles etc etc but what a margin eh?
I await correction but I think the original RRS was the single most profitable model in the whole Ford group.They are making a mint ok this is just what he has told me but hey if they are then why would you want to pay 50k/60/70k plus for something that cost so little to make and I take on board youve got to pay for the development of said vehicles etc etc but what a margin eh?
boardtweet said:
A mate of mine works for a wheel supplier for RR and he told me that it costs £12k/15k to make a RR now how much do they sell for ouch if that is true!
They are making a mint ok this is just what he has told me but hey if they are then why would you want to pay 50k/60/70k plus for something that cost so little to make and I take on board youve got to pay for the development of said vehicles etc etc but what a margin eh?
Without being rude, I doubt that a wheel supplier would be privy to JLR's financial breakdown.They are making a mint ok this is just what he has told me but hey if they are then why would you want to pay 50k/60/70k plus for something that cost so little to make and I take on board youve got to pay for the development of said vehicles etc etc but what a margin eh?
Brilad said:
I haven't got time at the moment to go through 10 pages so sorry if this has already been mentioned but: "gotten"? what's wrong with "become". Can I "get" a f
king latte with that? To go?
Jesus.
Just like an awful lot of alleged "Americanisms" gotten is an old English word used daily in British English 300 years ago. It went to the colonies and continued to be used while in Britain it just evolved out of daily use, it wasn't banned. A lot of Americanisms are actually older entomologically than the words now in use in Britain, trash older than rubbish and fall older than autumn for example. king latte with that? To go?Jesus.
Its just our language has always evolved really quickly compared to others.
The Vambo said:
Brilad said:
I haven't got time at the moment to go through 10 pages so sorry if this has already been mentioned but: "gotten"? what's wrong with "become". Can I "get" a fking latte with that? To go?
Jesus.
Just like an awful lot of alleged "Americanisms" gotten is an old English word used daily in British English 300 years ago. It went to the colonies and continued to be used while in Britain it just evolved out of daily use, it wasn't banned. A lot of Americanisms are actually older entomologically than the words now in use in Britain, trash older than rubbish and fall older than autumn for example. king latte with that? To go?Jesus.
Its just our language has always evolved really quickly compared to others.
turbo-ww said:
That may be true Sir, but I believe in this case the 'Americanisms' appear from the 'Copy and Paste' dictionary rather than any historical version...
Forsooth and odds-bodkins, thou shouldst not be so sharp, idle harridan, now get thee hence, lest I smite thee, bro, innit.LuS1fer said:
turbo-ww said:
That may be true Sir, but I believe in this case the 'Americanisms' appear from the 'Copy and Paste' dictionary rather than any historical version...
Forsooth and odds-bodkins, thou shouldst not be so sharp, idle harridan, now get thee hence, lest I smite thee, bro, innit.
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