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Didn't say it was but looks more purposeful than LRs efforts.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
3rd Mar 2016 6:55 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
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Really! To me it looks like a wimpy half brother to the Evoque/DiscoverySport.==================================
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3rd Mar 2016 7:12 pm
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If you hadn't of said it was a Skoda I would have thought it was another jelly mould Land Rover Cheers Ian
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J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
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Looks far better than the Disco Sport and will have far superior build quality and use better materials.
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3rd Mar 2016 10:17 pm
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Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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There is a huge market in the £20-30k price bracket, volume sales to be had, LR need to supply this end too. Part of the problem with the D4, D5 and RRS etc is that maintenance costs are scary so they wont make appealing buys once out of warranty. Leaves a lot of people buying elsewhere.2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
3rd Mar 2016 10:26 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
@CFB. Maintenance scary ???
On my D3 I had only an alternator failing at 260.000km's.. The last three year my dealer cost me regular maintenance only, not even tires, and I did around 60.000km's ...
We had a Smart '04 for 1½ years. Drove it for about 9000Km's. Spend € 3500,- keeping it going... Problem is, once you spend some money your tied too it, thinking it will be the last issue... NEVER by a Smart older then 3-4 years, SELL it before it reaches 7 years...
Then I bought a Fiesta. Nice little car. Spend around € 1500,- in extra maintenance on it, in 1½ year and 10.000km's ... We still have it, but another € 1500 is on the horizon...
So as long as you maintain it, do not let some idiot work on it, then nothing scary about a D3 !
13th Sep 2016 6:35 pm
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Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
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CFB wrote:
There is a huge market in the £20-30k price bracket, volume sales to be had, LR need to supply this end too. Part of the problem with the D4, D5 and RRS etc is that maintenance costs are scary so they wont make appealing buys once out of warranty. Leaves a lot of people buying elsewhere.
While I agree with you that they were insane to dump the market previously dominated by the Freelander 2 (and risk losing their next generation of upgrades), any car as expensive and sophisticated as a D4 or RRS we can reasonably expect to be expensive to fix. I would expect a BMW X5 or VW Towrag to be even more expensive when the time comes.
There's never going to be a time when a D4 or RRS can be guaranteed to be cheap to run. An extended warranty is something that most of us are going to budget for as one of the inevitable consequences of running a complex £50,000+ car into old age.2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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13th Sep 2016 7:43 pm
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It seems to me the price doesn't matter anymore. So many cars are bought on PCP that the finance costs are what are important hence the world and his wife are running around in German saloons.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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