j77 wrote:

it will share technology with the Evoque but won't share styling.

Pegleg wrote:

Mav71 wrote:

The styling will be vastly different from the current FL2 and will look nothing like an Evoque.

It's quite possible you may have to eventually eat your words

All the tech that is on my Evoque is on my new Fl2, both cars at the moment share many components, I doubt LR will change that, they can get two cars maybe more in the future from one batch of components. Both cars will share the new, smaller hot fire engines.

I believe the next Freelander will be more focused towards family life, slightly bigger, a non sloping roofline and not as tarted up as the Evoque.

This is just my interpretation of what I have read from articles and questions I have asked my salesman, it's neither fact nor fiction. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Pegleg wrote:

j77 wrote:

it will share technology with the Evoque but won't share styling.

How do you know this?

Conjecture can be healthy . Gives us something to discuss.
As long as we're all made aware that's all it is. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Nothing wrong with a good old debate.  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

I live right by the Tata technical centre at Warwick University so I see these cars and their toys/gadgets all the time. It's actually quite cool.
They were riding these electric 3 wheelers sort of like Segways around Warwick campus the other week. Not sure if they're a prototype or just some gadget they built for the fun of it.

Back on topic... I'm not sure why they camouflage them like that though. If they didn't, that would just look like a regular Evoque at a glance (even has the standard Evoque wheels if I'm not much mistaken), so they'd just get on with whatever test they are doing and no-one would be the wiser.
Unless they only do it to get free advertising on sites with new "leaked" pictures and the like.
Who knows...

Doxxen,
You are partly correct. VM's take great delight in taking the wee wee out of the press. Often they do a deliberate leak, keeps the punters interest levels up
However, of course, the main object is too keep ahead, and keep guessing, the competition. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

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Boycey wrote:

I can guarantee that the Freelander replacement will have no resemblance to the Evoque.

I think you are wrong there, I don't know Mav but think he may be connected in the parts supply chain and may be privy to info we don't have and for obvious reasons can't divulge too much, I may be wrong though.

My own view too, is that it will not resemble an Evoque, the two brands are distinctly different and aimed at different markets, the success of the Freelander 2 was the reason for the Evoque and it has been very successful, in order to grow the business, Land Rover must produce something different, if they make the next Freelander resemble the Evoque people will change brands.

The FF Range Rover and the Discovery are the flagships of each brand and they will underpin the brand styling, look to the next discovery model for styling clues and I believe that will be closer to the next 'Freelander'.

My point was about the word 'guarantee'

I too work in the supplier base for JLR and others and often see here statements that strongly suggest some 'inside' knowledge but are clearly anything but. There are examples recently that are not just wrong, but downright misleading (petrol vs diesel volumes for example)

For pure styling issues very few people even in JLR know for sure. As an example I know that even the people styling the interior of new models only work on 'bucks' so as to keep external details as close as possible.

That's really my point; I don't want to insult anyone, but the truth is there are a very small number of people who could comment so authoritatively, and they would never be found speculating on an open forum.

Boycey
Dead right Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Why must it take it's styling from the Evoque? Why wouldn't they create a new image?

Everybody is Evoque daft, LR came up with a stunning design and now they are just ripping it off. The new Sport is heavily based around the Evoque style and to be honest IMO it has missed the mark by a country mile, the front looks good but from the side it looks awful.

Granted no one can be 100% sure how it will look, I'm of the opinion that it won't be another Evoque rip off.

Keep the opinions coming  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

I guess it is a waiting game. All we can do is speculate.

as said above we will get a idea of what it will look like when the next Discovery is released


i would guess there will be people from LandRover reading this thread and having a good laugh at us speculating but this is good as it shows the interest for the Freelander replacement also they better have the production line dusted off for the next must have  1995 P38 now dead
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