No "SVR" selection in the voting options... Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

Yeah.......sorry Mark. I only remembered the SVR after I published the post.

I'll have a go at updating it after a couple of whiskeys.....

Jim

It would also be interesting to know for those choosing the AB what engine they are going for. Seems to me the SDV8 is unloved and the hybrid is nowhere. Can't imagine there are many AB SC's these days because once you accept the higher consumption, the SVR is the one to have for the full experience.

Besides, the 21.3 mpg I've had since new is hardly that bad. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

Hi,

Already voted but...for the record

SDV6 A/B ( due 1st March 16)

Scrumps Somerset - Where the apples do grow and the cider do flow!
2021 Defender 90 D250 HSE in Tasman with white roof.
24MY D300 AB - Verasine Blue - 😀
19MY SDV6 AB - Byron Blue - Gone
17MY D5 SDV6 HSE - Firenze Red - Gone
16MY SDV6 AB -Aruba Silver - Gone
13.5MY SDV6 "HSE Black" - Baltic Blue - Gone
10MY TDV8 HSE Galway Green - Gone
14MY D4 HSE in Scotia Grey - Gone
05 TD5 D90 CSW in Cairns Blue

Scrumps, sounds like a lovely spec. Might be a bit biased though.  Arrived: MY16 A/B SDV6 in Aruba, Ivory interior, piano black trim, black panoramic roof, spare wheel, blind spot monitoring, mudlaps and more...

Gone but not forgotten:
2014 RRS2 SDV6 HSE in Loire Blue
2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE in Santorini Black

I went HSE with a few choice extras. I felt the HSE was pretty well specced by default and going for the Autobiography was just chucking money away on options that weren't that important to me. I considered going dynamic and very occasionally regret not speccing it but ultimately I already have a sports car(s) so the RRSport was bought for me more for the Range Rover and less for the Sport, if you get my drifter.

I went for HSE.......

DS not RRS though

Just think of how much drugs and hookers that saving would buy

I'm putting the money I saved into property instead to keep swmbo happy  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Getting out of rrs sadly as the new shape is just barf at the rear

Can you see the rear when you're driving it?

Never understood the concept of picking a car on looks before everything else. You can't see it when you're in it, and when you're not in it you can't see it either - unless you just sit at your window all day staring out at it.

I guess most people don't buy cars for what they do but rather what they hope others will think. That's the only idea that seems to fit. Funny things, people  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

FWIW, I think the new RRS is streets ahead of the original whose styling was constrained by the need to fit the Land Rover Discovery chassis. The Range Rover Pretender they should have called it. On the road, the new car looks lithe and designed, not boxy and tank-like.

So if the RRS doesn't appeal, what are the alternatives - the VW group SUVs which all look like they are pryed from the same jelly mould? The ghastly, horrible front end of the current Mercedes design language, the fastback design of the X6? Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

Here's my tuppence worth

If I wanted to tow big things and do the rough stuff I'd buy a FF disco

If I wanted the best and money was no object I'd buy the FFRR with TDV8

If I wanted to be a boy racer I'd buy the DS dynamic version just launched or wait for an SVR version I reckon will follow

I'm not sure I'd ever buy another rrsport - it filled a gap when I did but everything else has improved so much I think it's hard to see a reason I'd get one now  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Mark_N wrote:

FWIW, I think the new RRS is streets ahead of the original whose styling was constrained by the need to fit the Land Rover Discovery chassis. The Range Rover Pretender they should have called it. On the road, the new car looks lithe and designed, not boxy and tank-like.

Not a great fan of RRS2's looks, to be honest. The pointless plastic trim bits on the bonnet and wing just look like something from the old Max Power days of design. I don't find it to be lithe; in black it looks a bit like a whale. I guess it was designed for the urban crowd - hence being able to have it without a low range box. Chelsea by design and use. The Evoque makes the new design language look good. The RRS2 makes it look like it's trying too hard.

RRS1 at least looks a bit like the L322 - boxy etc. As to names, I think RRS1 should have been called the Discovery Sport as it is a Disco underneath. The boxy nature does mean that the boot is a good size etc. I also prefer the looks of the prefacelift RRS1. The facelift made it a bit Chelsea to my eye.

My biggest problem with the RRS1 is that it was bought by the "wash and polish" brigade so trying to get useful accessories for it is very difficult. The Disco boys have a huge choice of off road kit for their version.

I do like the noise that the SVR makes though. Oh yes.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

FWIW we ordered a HSE , barolo black , with only pano roof, privacy glass and 21" wheels added. I realise this probably looks a pauper spec but it's what we can afford and will do everything we need. We live in a rural Village and test drove a HSE dynamic with the dynamic nose on and off and it just wasn't worth the extra , even on our windy country roads.

Mark_N wrote:

It would also be interesting to know for those choosing the AB what engine they are going for. Seems to me the SDV8 is unloved and the hybrid is nowhere. Can't imagine there are many AB SC's these days because once you accept the higher consumption, the SVR is the one to have for the full experience.

Besides, the 21.3 mpg I've had since new is hardly that bad.

I had a disco sport on release hse. Hated it!! Just felt a cheap product for 40k. Kept it for 3 months and only lost £1500 so was happy with that.

Then out of the blue was offered a Feb 2015 hse RRS in corris, with 4500k on it. Only extras are black contrast roof, privacy and 21" alloys and 5 year service pack, at 7k under list. So pulled the trigger and it has everything I need and looks the part. So far really happy with it and it's at a completely different level than disco sport I had.

I did have a dynamic on loan for a weekend at the same time and yes the dynamic mode was fun but for the extra im not so sure I'd get my monies worth. More than happy with hse