Hi everyone,

I am about to take delivery of a new Land Rover Freelander 2 Metropolis which I have ordered from my local dealership.
I went to view the car today as it had arrived onsite at the dealership and was surprised to see that the vehicle was badged as an HSE Lux and not the Metropolis I was expecting. The salesman was as surprised as I was and looked up the details on his computer. According to the VIN number the car was built in August 2014 so falls well within the timeline for the Metropolis production schedule.

I am concerned that I am not going to get what I ordered. Can anyone explain why this would be badged in this way? Is the HSE Lux specification an identical specification to a Metropolis?
Is it possible that the car has been built for export?
Should I be concerned about this anomaly?

That is strange.... Two ways to tell if it's a MY15:

- on the headlamps under the indicator it should be black not white
- tyre pressure monitoring (silver dust caps rather than black)

Hope this helps..... 

The latter. They are only called Metropolis in the UK and Russia. I would suggest that if the clocks are in MPH and not KMH, then accept it. Personally, would far rather it was called what it actually is, ie HSE Lux, than some poncy run-out name. You might want to check with TOPiX and DVLA how they have it recorded as well, as may throw up an issue when you come to insure it.

Enjoy it.  Foraging near Gaydon....
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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

stownrow wrote:

tyre pressure monitoring (silver dust caps rather than black)

Hi badger.
TPMS is a UK MY15 addition across the range  

My poncy metroplois has TPMS Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

stownrow wrote:

Hi badger.
TPMS is a UK MY15 addition across the range

Thanks for the confirmation  Foraging near Gaydon....
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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

stownrow wrote:

That is strange.... Two ways to tell if it's a MY15:

- on the headlamps under the indicator it should be black not white
- tyre pressure monitoring (silver dust caps rather than black)

Hope this helps.....

Badger1970 wrote:

The latter. They are only called Metropolis in the UK and Russia. I would suggest that if the clocks are in MPH and not KMH, then accept it. Personally, would far rather it was called what it actually is, ie HSE Lux, than some poncy run-out name. You might want to check with TOPiX and DVLA how they have it recorded as well, as may throw up an issue when you come to insure it.

Enjoy it.

By registering as an individual with no payment needed, you will be able to input your VIN and access every detail of the build including any outstanding problems.

Last edited by EYorkshire on 25th Sep 2014 8:57 am. Edited 1 time in total

You are absolutely correct. It is no more than that. From a personal perspective, if you ask anyone who knows Land Rovers or Range Rovers of any sort (Defender excluded), they all know what you are talking about when you say HSE. The same cannot be said of 'Metropolis', so IF I was replacing mine now and it came with that badge on the Tailgate, the first thing that I would do is remove it and replace it with this:

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EYorkshire wrote:

By registering as an individual with no payment needed, you will be able to input your VIN and access every detail of the build including any outstanding problems.