The HSE Lux has front and rear climate seats, which are fiddly compared to the rest of the ranges heated seats. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

I was being picky, It was a lovely drive.
I think colour although a matter of opinion has an impact on how the car looks on the road. The Firenze looked really good, the grey a little non descript and the white just looked dirty . No Loire blue on show unfortunately.
Going for Cirrus was a good choice. When we shut the sliding roof it was really too dark with the black interior trim.

Can you spec the bonnet airbag cover in body colour ? _________________
Gone - 2010 Rimini XS

I really don't like it in white, it does nothing for it. The rear lights ain't the best either.

It's a shame about the driving postion but ain't too much of a problem for me, I spent a year with the Evoque. It took me a while to get used to it though. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

I don't mind the rear lights, but the bumper insert and colour of this particular DS brought back some bad memories...



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Gone - 2010 Rimini XS

Gives them something to facelift in the future.

Yeh, some aspects of the styling are a bit cringe worthy.

Only time the pedestrian airbag is body colour is when you order grey . I thought the ebony interior was a bit claustrophic, which left me with cirrus or almond. Cirrus I thought would suit the blue more than almond, plus I always fancied a biscay/Baltic blue Fl2 with the storm interior, I think it was a tad darker than cirrus but didn't seem to be an option very long. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

It stood out on this car because it was a black & white theme, with a slab of grey which is right in the drivers eye line.
My teenage son suggested that if a pedestrian is daft enough to get run over perhaps an optional snow plough would be better at protecting the car. Not entirely sure he gets the point of the airbag

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Gone - 2010 Rimini XS

I had to cancel my test drive at Hever. Got a few broken rib's so am taking it easy. 😢 

Sorry to hear that. I looked out for your car but that explains why I didn't see it.
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Gone - 2010 Rimini XS

pcheaven wrote:

Got a few broken rib's so am taking it easy. 😢

I saw one at Marshalls in Ashford last week.
I am very un impressed with the appearance. Nondescript is the best I can think of. It could be anything but a Landrover who always had attractive, boxy, distinctive shapes. As I'm guessing the engines and interiors are much the same as the current Freelander I wont be rushing to swop mine.

The interior is more spacious and more comfortable than the Freelander IMO. I was listening to various conversations after test drives yesterday, and the "non descript" & "beigeness" was one I heard more than once.
Having said that, the Firenze car looked really good, so colour will have an effect.
I really did like it but at 45k for the one I drove, I couldn't justify the cost over the Freelander at the moment. _________________
Gone - 2010 Rimini XS

I agree about the high price also putting me off and I've just read that a full size spare is not available. That alone makes it a non starter for me. I wont even bother with a test drive.
LR don't seem to have thought this through, if it's supposed to be a FL2 replacement, they seem to have missed what most FL2 drivers want from their cars.

I think LR have over thought the DS rather than under thought it, they have tried to get the upper hand over their rivals at the expense of some useful features. I find it amusing that my 5+2 seater could well follow a foreign market 5 seater down the production line but I can't have one.

The 3rd row seating is a waste of space to me but doesn't put me off, I would prefer under floor storage for tow ropes, hi-viz etc, I keep a box in the boot of the D4 for that sort of stuff at the moment. I don't have kids but some of my relatives do and they don't drive so may come in useful, I think I've used the D4s twice in a year.

HSE Lux, to me anyway, isn't worth the extra over the HSE, sometimes I look at my spec and think is it really worth the best part of £40k, it's the most expensive car I've ever bought and probably the last, I normally stick to entry level cars. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

I think you can be assured that in future prices will be pushed as high as the market will bear ... This quote from Autocar:

“At the end of the day, we are not looking to be a volume player,” said Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralph Speth. “Our goal is to build one vehicle less than there is market demand for.