VW has started to produce higher performance SUVs, but if you read the reviews then I do wonder if the suspension has got a bit too stiff to cope with power and destroyed the ride.

https://www.carwow.co.uk/skoda/kodiaq-vrs

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/cupra...-uk-review


What I like about the FL2 is the ease in which it travels down the road without jarring. If I wanted to corner flat out I would get a lower car. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

Id have the VRS Skoda in red, looks amazing  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

£43k and high road tax for a Skoda!

Much rather take a lower spec, the kodiaq is a nice looking car but not worth £43k IMO. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

j77 - "£43k and high road tax for a Skoda!"


or, £43K for a poor mans Porsche ??

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£48k I’d rather have the Porsche Macan S, granted it’s smaller than the Skoda. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Just another example of producing a vehicle for the burgeoning lease market . They just seem pointless to me . Sort of can’t afford a nice spec Q5 , here is a bargain basement parallel model so you can tell all your mates “ it’s a Q5 under the skin you know “.

I’d love a Macan , they are truely nice cars . unfortunately, to get a nicely specced one is going to add another £20k to the base model price . 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

I have driven my son's Porsche Cayenne 3.0 and it's definitely faster than an FL2 and corners better but the ride is harder even before you switch it into sports mode with PASM. I actually prefer the softer FL2 ride. But remember that Porsche is about performance, Land Rover is about something else - not quite sure what though. 😀 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

That’s what I love about the Velar, it’s the best of both worlds.

Does all the Land Rover stuff but switch it into Dynamic on the TR and gearbox to Sport and it becomes a different animal, by no means a performance car but definitely a pleasure to drive. Plenty of poke from the 240 Ingenium 4 cylinder.

Looking a bit worse for wear in this photo

 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

If only you could get the Freelander Si4 you could have had it all! https://www.themotorreport.com.au/car-revi...79225.html Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

I’m thinking about the P300 2.0 next time or if it filters down to the Velar the new P400 3.0 i6. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Certainly looks a nice power plant. Should be very refined.

https://media.landrover.com/news/2019/02/n...=landrover

Can't find a road test yet. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

j77 wrote:

£43k and high road tax for a Skoda!

Much rather take a lower spec, the kodiaq is a nice looking car but not worth £43k IMO.

A friend who works at Skoda dealership said their sales department specced up a Skoda Kodiaq (or what ever the top SUV they do is called) and got it to £63k !!........for a SKODA !!!!!!

We have had a couple of new Skodas in the past. Good value for money bulletproof and the dealership were honest and a pleasure to deal with
We would still have Skodas now but VW cocked it up. Top of the range oktavia (L&K) £12k, three years and 150,000 miles later trade in value was less than £1k, replacement car was £22k 😳, so we bought the second Freelander 1 and look back fondly but will not be buying one anytime soon. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner