Nearly new FFRR - why do some still have gear stick?

[philcray]

Toying with the idea of a nearly new FFRR - perusing autotrader I have seen some that have no gear stick (which I like) and some which still have the gear stick (looks old fashioned now I have seen those without...!)

What isn't so obvious is what the criteria is which seperates the two - I have looked at 2010 and 2011 cars and it seems to vary.

Can anyone cast any light on this confusion?

Cheers

Phil

[RedLeicester]

Twas a facelift when they dumped the old gear stick in favour of the Jaguar rotary controller.

[philcray]

Thanks, so the facelift squarer grill update which only happened in 2010 (as far as I can see?) has also had an update to the Jaguar style control?

[RedLeicester]

Yepsie. Also went from the 6-speed to 8-speed gearbox IIRC.

[CamL]

But the key difference is that the rotary selector tells you it has the 4.4 TDV8 rather than the 3.6 TDV8.

[RedLeicester]

CamL said:

But the key difference is that the rotary selector tells you it has the 4.4 TDV8 rather than the 3.6 TDV8.

Ah yes! Mightily good point, well made!

[bozmandb9]

RedLeicester said:

Twas a facelift when they dumped the old gear stick in favour of the Jaguar rotary controller.

Ah, but it's more complicated that that, I think the 5.0 S/C still has the gearstick, probably still has the old gearbox! I test drove a 4.4 tdv8 and was told about it, I think the new gearbox can't take the power from the S/C.

[philcray]

Aha, that explains everything!

The question is, can I afford the 4.4 diesel.....?

The answer is, no......

So I guess its one with a gear stick then!

[Kneetrembler]

Also the Vogue is now the entry FFRR and then up to the Autobiography + lots of variations now

[dubbs]

Shame they did that - dropping the HSE.... proves very few RRs are used as workhorses any more and that the D4 takes its place there.