RE: £240k Range Rover SV Coupe canned
Discussion
powerstroke said:
Been downhill all the way , I can remember when Range Rovers were classy driven by gentlemen and the police !!!
I think LR are going to be fine. They are having to regroup from local uncertainty and a downturn in some foreign markets.Plus they have been slow with hybrids and EV.
But they fundamentaly they make attractive vehicles and can sort out the rest.
Edited by swisstoni on Saturday 2nd February 15:42
I own a small Decorating business and carried out the painting of the Special Operations building at Fen End Leamington Spa. There are 142 work stations in the building,so a lot of work is needed to keep that going so I suppose they need to focus on the Pimped up Cars they normally do to keep the workforce occupied.
We had to go back at night to carry out snagging after the job was finished, it was a sight to behold with the racks of upgraded wheels and other parts waiting to be fitted.
We had to go back at night to carry out snagging after the job was finished, it was a sight to behold with the racks of upgraded wheels and other parts waiting to be fitted.
NomduJour said:
Merdad. There’s a factory Cayenne “coupe” on the way...
I was chuckling about that when I saw the Cayenne 3 door hatch as, aside from the body kit, I think the one I saw is much nicer than that awkward looking tripe they’re about to start selling. Which is a five door hatch with a slightly jauntier slope at the back.Superjuiced said:
LR have alienated the majority of their customers by loosing complete touch with their core, destroying their brand design through the tasteless and bizarre, supported by a dealer network bordering on arrogant, and fundamentally poor quality product. Had the world at their feet with the evoque and RR, great example of groupthink
That’s utter nonsense in my experienceJust about every LR product owner I know of is a repeat customer
Despite the view that they have alienated their customers I still see Discos, RRSs, FFRRs in every shoot I go to being driven by both the participants and the hosts/landowners. I appreciate that this is a bit of microcosm but I would say that sales to the country set are still perfectly healthy.
There is a myth that up until the Evoque the company thrived predominantly on the Defender when the truth is it has been a lifestyle brand for several decades now.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 3rd February 12:00
Don’t know where the thought that farmers don’t buy Range Rovers anymore comes from.
Live in Norfolk went to school with loads of farmers and know all the local ones. All but one drive brand new FFRR. None have to drag plows out of ditches or anything mental like that they have employees in pickups for that. The FFRR is just for driving on to the field to make sure everything is being done properly. Like the MD of any company.
As mentioned I can totally see how Toyota and Mitsubishi killed the defender off as work vehicles though.
Live in Norfolk went to school with loads of farmers and know all the local ones. All but one drive brand new FFRR. None have to drag plows out of ditches or anything mental like that they have employees in pickups for that. The FFRR is just for driving on to the field to make sure everything is being done properly. Like the MD of any company.
As mentioned I can totally see how Toyota and Mitsubishi killed the defender off as work vehicles though.
NomduJour said:
964Cup said:
XC90... That's a good deal more for a car that does exactly the same job for us, albeit with a few more toys and (obviously) a hybrid drivetrain bolted on. .
From experience, a new XC90 is a very different car from a Discovery or a Range Rover - it’s a V90 on stilts and is effectively useless away from tarmac, and I wouldn’t fancy towing anything much with it either. Nice enough thing for taking the kids to school etc. but definitely not a true alternative.
Having run a 2018 XC90 alongside a FFRR TDV8, the absence of 7 seats and less capacious boot of the FFRR are offset by the latter’s improved driver and passenger experience which is most definitely better. To get to a decent spec of Discovery you’re knocking on the door of entry FFRR money but it doesn’t feel like a luxury vehicle inside when you’ve experienced their other offerings.
ntiz said:
Don’t know where the thought that farmers don’t buy Range Rovers anymore comes from.
Live in Norfolk went to school with loads of farmers and know all the local ones. All but one drive brand new FFRR. None have to drag plows out of ditches or anything mental like that they have employees in pickups for that. The FFRR is just for driving on to the field to make sure everything is being done properly. Like the MD of any company.
Agreed.Live in Norfolk went to school with loads of farmers and know all the local ones. All but one drive brand new FFRR. None have to drag plows out of ditches or anything mental like that they have employees in pickups for that. The FFRR is just for driving on to the field to make sure everything is being done properly. Like the MD of any company.
It largely comes from people on these threads from people who have no idea what they are talking about other than their own personal prejudices presented as fact.
Tom_Spotley_When said:
I'd argue LR isn't a maker of utility vehicles anymore, and probably hasn't been since the 80's when the original RR launched a collaboration with Vogue Magazine. They launched the original Discovery with an interior designed by the Middle Class' then favourite designer - Conran. Arguably since the 80's and definitely since the 90's - they've predominantly made lifestyle vehicles.
A gratuitous excuse to post some pictures of my old In Vogue, the car that proved once and for all that the future for Land Rover was selling cars to people with lots of disposable income. 
Plus, some of my 72 2 door currently in build and aimed at being a very comfy road car:
My guess is that by the time this one is finished it will have cost approaching £100k.
Might as well chuck in some for my old Overfinch LSE, which was the last ever conversion costing over £100k.
Doofus said:
Is this with somebody like Kinglsey, or are you doing it yourself? What's with the second gauge pod?
It has not, nor will ever being going near that place. 
It’s being done by a specialist restorer just down the road from me, with me doing the more fun bits as a bit of RnR when I have time.
The gauge pods are Monteverdi binnacles and the left one will be turned into a globe box in a vain attempt to prevent my wife’s rubbish from sliding all over the dash during adventurous cornering. If it doesn’t look right then I’ll live without it.
Paracetamol said:
tell me your are not doing that to a suffix A or B!
Yup. An early Suffix A. Luckily there are hundreds of them about in original spec so it’s irrelevant if one person does what they want. 
Even so, it’s all done with original parts unlike most of the Suffix A restos which use Bearmach junk and metric bolts.
I think he is quite tricky to deal with.
I’ve a build thread running here that covers early drivetrain musings, shows how the car was when I first acquired it and why it was perfect for doing what I wanted to do it and the general workings
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I’ve a build thread running here that covers early drivetrain musings, shows how the car was when I first acquired it and why it was perfect for doing what I wanted to do it and the general workings
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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