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What are your plans when replacing your FL2?

Have already ordered a DS

[5]

Expect to order a DS in next 12 months

[4]

Still waiting to view / test-drive a DS

11%

[13]

Confused / still undecided

11%

[13]

Nope, not considering buying a DS as a replacement for FL2

59%

[65]

Wait for 5 seat & spare wheel version

[9]

Total Votes: 109

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Nick Jan

Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Nr Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex
Posts: 443

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Stornoway Grey

if only

if only Natwest! I hope you're not dreaming, though I fear it may just be a baby DS!! Life is not a dress rehearsal!

15th Mar 2015 4:50 pm

taztastic

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: North West
Posts: 8652

Can anyone show me where Land Rover have said this is a replacement for the Freelander?

A) you can't because it isn't.

It is the first car of the new Discovery Family.

15th Mar 2015 6:17 pm

wizking

Member Since: 18 Mar 2010
Location: Around
Posts: 1848

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Indus Silver

I haven't read anything from L/R regards this but most reviewers have stated as such.

15th Mar 2015 7:09 pm

taztastic

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: North West
Posts: 8652

Exactly ... its about time they read the media packs they were given and stop creating nonsense for their own agenda.

The Freelander has not been replaced, it is still in production, OK not here granted, but still produced none the less.

15th Mar 2015 7:35 pm

submarine

Member Since: 27 Jul 2014
Location: over by Cardiff
Posts: 294

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Santorini Black

freelander underneath though

Jokes, I know it isn't supposed to be directly a replacement it just can't help but appear that way as they discontinue one and bring out the next using the old ones bits.

15th Mar 2015 8:22 pm

Lightwater

Member Since: 21 Aug 2014
Location: Sydney Northern Beaches
Posts: 5128

2013 Freelander 2 2.0T SE Auto Fuji White

Stuartc wrote:
I'm not here to knock the DS but the picture below is a good reason why I went ahead and purchased one of the last Freelander 2's to be built for Australia.
The Australian built Ford Territory which not only in appearance but set up, optional 7 seater, very similar in all ways.

My relative went from a Ford Territory that fell apart & cost a fortune to run to an Evoque a few years ago. The Evoque is a very nice car.

Stuartc wrote:
In the meantime very happy with my Freelander 2 and will keep an open mind about the DS and hopefully in the future will either win me over with a facelift or a new model in the LR range.
In the meantime I'm happy knowing that I'm driving one of the last FL2's.

I panicked after returning from four months in Europe when I found out the Freelander was on it's last legs. I had looked at it two years earlier but didn't need a new car yet. I did as much research as possible with the limited information available & bought one of the last petrol Freelanders available. I was happy to wait for a DS but came to the conclusion that things were at the end of an era. The Evoque was a bit small & a D4 was too large for me & the small garage. The other half was keen on a Defender but I didn't want to be fighting over street parking. 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

15th Mar 2015 9:01 pm

Lightwater

Member Since: 21 Aug 2014
Location: Sydney Northern Beaches
Posts: 5128

taztastic wrote:
Can anyone show me where Land Rover have said this is a replacement for the Freelander?

In our local Northern Beaches paper a preview of the DS, LR marketing Australia said the Freelander is dead & buried, & the DS is a new car. I don't think LR Australia could have made it any clearer. 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

15th Mar 2015 9:12 pm

Nick Jan

Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Nr Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex
Posts: 443

relacement

It may not be in the LR documents, taztastic, but LR sales team certainly have been calling DS the FL2 replacement. It's not of course!! We're still waiting for that …………….. ! Life is not a dress rehearsal!

16th Mar 2015 12:49 am

Natwest

Member Since: 06 Oct 2008
Location: North Cotswolds
Posts: 576

Taz,
Freelander is no longer in production. Now:
17MY Discovery D5 2.0 HSE (Carpathian):

Gone::
(04/17): 16.5MY Discovery Sport HSE (Waitomo)
(08/16): 16MY Discovery Sport HSE Lux Auto (Corris Grey + Black pack)
(11/15): 15MY Freelander 2 Metropolis SD4 (Loire blue)

16th Mar 2015 6:21 am

Badger1970

Member Since: 21 Sep 2012
Location: Southam, Warwickshire
Posts: 1372

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Baltic Blue

Natwest wrote:
Taz,
Freelander is no longer in production.

Ahem!
http://indianexpress.com/article/auto-trav...eelander2/ Foraging near Gaydon....
——————————————
MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

16th Mar 2015 8:09 am

ad210358

Member Since: 12 Oct 2008
Location: Here and There
Posts: 7464

Re: relacement

Nick Jan wrote:
It may not be in the LR documents, taztastic, but LR sales team certainly have been calling DS the FL2 replacement. It's not of course!! We're still waiting for that …………….. !

You'll be waiting a long time, the Freelander is dead, it's finished, there is no more. p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

16th Mar 2015 8:10 am

dorsetfreelander

Member Since: 20 Jul 2013
Location: Dorset
Posts: 4363

2014 Freelander 2 SD4 XS Auto Loire Blue

If it was a Volvo it would be pining for the Fjords no doubt.. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

16th Mar 2015 9:42 am

Natwest

Member Since: 06 Oct 2008
Location: North Cotswolds
Posts: 576

Badger1970 wrote:
Natwest wrote:
Taz,
Freelander is no longer in production.

Ahem!
http://indianexpress.com/article/auto-trav...eelander2/

and the six month old link tells me that it was a limited edition. It is dead, it is no more.

Now:
17MY Discovery D5 2.0 HSE (Carpathian):

Gone::
(04/17): 16.5MY Discovery Sport HSE (Waitomo)
(08/16): 16MY Discovery Sport HSE Lux Auto (Corris Grey + Black pack)
(11/15): 15MY Freelander 2 Metropolis SD4 (Loire blue)

16th Mar 2015 10:29 pm

taztastic

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: North West
Posts: 8652

It was a limited edition, they are still producing two models, SE and HSE.
The new new Discovery Sport will be available in the Indian market from around August and I imagine that is when production may cease to give way to building the DS in Pune.

I spent some time around the DS yesterday, it's very good and I get the feeling that many of the negative comments are not as justified as people make them out to be. Until the car is in daily use by members, we can only guess as to how it really measures up. Would I have one .. Yes.

17th Mar 2015 6:51 am

chicken george

Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: N. Yorks
Posts: 13293

but in red????? At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

17th Mar 2015 8:12 am

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