loving the dog-poo beige leather on the autocar photographs

electric handbrakes are fine on an Auto, as you never use the thing. well occasionally just to keep it working. might frustrate on a manual however depending on its cleverness or lack of.

If they had moved the TR controls to the dash they could have installed an extra cubby in the handbrake area.


nice enough however I think we all agree a little overdue, I couldnt bring myself to buy a new fl2 last year and have the same dash as before. Infact the dated dash nearly put me off when buying my fl2 in 2008, having driven Audis and VW's before then.
Soon forgiven however as the rest off the car compensated. At work
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All nice updates and well overdue, it's a shame the dash is still made from lots of bits and will therefore creak, rather than the one piece dash that all of the competition fit. I wonder if paying over £30,000 will get you a fully adjustable seat as well, although if you expect to be able to rest your arms that will cost extra.

guessing the HSE Lux will be in £42k mark, as i built the current version to similar spec to mine and that was just below £41k

£41k if you choose to have it unpainted

I like it! Higher spec across the board also... Right thing to do in my opinion.

Just wonder if I can stretch to a used HSE lux in a couple of yrs??? Freelander 2 TD4 Auto, SE, Narvik Black, Alpaca full leather, Rear Headrest Entertainment System, 6 CD, 18 HSE Wheels, Privicy tints

landy19840 wrote:

£41k if you choose to have it unpainted

white will do me fine none of the other colour are tempting me back, but if stornoway was to reappear then thats sorted question is what colour would the demo be

Actually, looking at this pic of the dash in particular;

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/moscow-m...reelander#

It's clear that every piece of plastic is the same, with just some changes to the dash graphics, stereo controls and wheel. Outside its led lights and a slight grill change. It looks a little smarter but the car itself is not much of an upgrade, which is good news for those of us that have just bought one! 2012 DISCOVERY 4 GS AUTO ORKNEY GREY
2012 FREELANDER 2 SD4 GS AUTO BALTIC BLUE - GONE
2011 FREELANDER 2 TD4 GS MANUAL BALI BLUE - GONE

they were never going to do anything to the bodywork at this time, as the new version isn't due for a few more years, it was the interior that needed it badly and it looks to have worked, the fancy lights and anything else outside is a bonus in my opinion

Official images

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npinks wrote:

they were never going to do anything to the bodywork at this time, as the new version isn't due for a few more years, it was the interior that needed it badly and it looks to have worked, the fancy lights and anything else outside is a bonus in my opinion

I guess it will get a few x5 drivers into a freelander  2012 DISCOVERY 4 GS AUTO ORKNEY GREY
2012 FREELANDER 2 SD4 GS AUTO BALTIC BLUE - GONE
2011 FREELANDER 2 TD4 GS MANUAL BALI BLUE - GONE

A better wright up found here.....

http://www.lro.com/news.php?sid=1354&page=1

Those photos on the official jaguarnews website show a photo of the 'new Si4 petrol engine for the 13MY Freelander 2', strange the automotive press havent mentioned the petrol engine but perhaps it is coming...  Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
Gone - 2014 BMW X3 M Sport Space Grey, faultless!
Gone - 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Bali Blue with xenons
Gone - 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Rimini Red with bodykit

Well I like it anyway. And as I cannot afford the new one I will have to wait, so in the meanwhile - get me those lights!!! That's going to take me well ahead  It's never too late to learn something new...

I wonder what bits from the new one could be transferred over to the older ones... would be interesting to see. I like the new media system, and the reversing camera, and those lights... just not the thought of shelling out for a new one