Have to agree about the fog lamps - not sure the new cowl shape adds anything - looks clumsy and a bit more of a b to get properly clean inside?
Also the leather seats appear to have adopted the "x Trail" leather seat look ie folds in the leather along the seams - not sure if this will wear as good as in the earlier versions where the leather seams are flat.
I would imagine much of the performance changes are simply down to ECU remapping - perhaps LR need a prod to relaese the revisions to pre 11MY versions.

We will have to await the new owners on the forum giving their praises or otherwise

Profound apologies Anyway I knew it was going to be a good cup when I saw a dusting of chocolate on the top

Fantastic, BUT I don't see this anywhere near as good as the RRS/D4/RR revamps for the 2010MY. Kinda half hearted. The plasticy D3 interior should have long gone. Is the new leather as good as the D3 2008.5MY 'soft ruffled' leather or are we still talking, leather facings and pleather? For someone who just has to have the latest greatest, I completely underwhelmed........but wish not to be

. Roll of LRX, sorry I mean, Posh-voque...Evoque! 2010MY Freelander 2 HSE Auto
Santorini Black with Ebony Napoli Leather

Lookers Park Royal wrote:

Nick, it was a LR HQ car which has now gone unfortunately!

So you won't be bringing it up to CG's for the non-meet ? 

I thought the 11MY was going to have a revised and better quality interior, it looks exactly the same. I think
the front fog lights and boot trim have only been added as a cheap way of being able to tell the difference between 10 and 11MY. The lower fuel consumption and emissions will make it much more competative, for me the extra performance is nice but what I have is sufficient and more than enough to loose my licence many times over. I do not feel the 11MY is enough of a leap forward to make me feel I have to change.

mcphersonstrut wrote:

Looks like they have done away with the pockets at the front of each seat which we have and are very useful

Don't have those front of seat pockets on the "Newport" - but - our seats (f&r) are all leather, and, there's now no black "pleather" gear & hand brake lever surrounds since they've been finally colour coded to the terracotta leather seats.

Q for James: is LR still engaging in penny pinching cosmetics in the MY2011 and still have cheap nasty black PLEATHER gear & hand brake lever surrounds [/b]

HHmmm. That does look v good. Cant wait to get mine at the end of September, although im in a quandary!
I've stuck with the standard HSE wheels and this looks real good with the option wheels.
Not sure whether to change them or not at this stage as I think I only have a few days before I cant change anything in the build.

Overall appearance looks a vast improvement over to me , particular the new front grill that suits the vehicle very well. Still a bit concerned about the new square’ish recessed fog lights, but the original ones maybe would not look right with the new front. Interior detail changes are difficult to see from those photos, except the new leather seats and if they are really full leather then that will be a great improvement.

It will be interesting to see how the Norwegian new car tax will affect the price here. Normally any increase in performance means higher tax, but the better fuel consumption may level that out a bit.

The worse addition for UK drivers will be the (compulsory ) DPF. It reduces power, has issues that are not easy to sort out, and potentially a source of irritation for owners. However, let’s hope LR have sorted the DPF issues for the new models and my prediction is wrong .

Overall I think it will kick the out of the new X3 model (and other competition) and if I was buying again soon it would defiantly be a new FL2  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

athelstan wrote:

Don't have those front of seat pockets on the "Newport" - but - our seats (f&r) are all leather, and, there's now no black "pleather" gear & hand brake lever surrounds since they've been finally colour coded to the terracotta leather seats.

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lmorris4975 wrote:

... not sure about the front end fogs lights seem out of place....

Lookers Park Royal wrote:

MPG is up from 35.8mpg to 40.5mpg (13%)

James

Junior wrote:

athelstan wrote:

Don't have those front of seat pockets on the "Newport" - but - our seats (f&r) are all leather, and, there's now no black "pleather" gear & hand brake lever surrounds since they've been finally colour coded to the terracotta leather seats.

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Any Pics of the 'Newport'?

SPNRACING wrote:

The biggest gripe I have with FL2 is the fact that none of information systems integrate on the sat nav - so you've got a huge colour screen in front of you often not getting used and meanwhile you are paging through telephone numbers, radio channels CD tracks and MPG data on tiny green LED displays elsewhere on the dashboard. I assume that is not fixed in 2011MY, I hope it is for FL3.

Newport-Pics.









 HSE TD4, Auto, alpaca, matt black&carbon fibre wrapping, 235/65 R17 Conti CrossContact AT, 60mm H&R wheel spacers, Matzker sump guard, self-build side protection tubes, tinted headlamps, smoked side repeaters, auxiliary head lamps, caliper unit matt black powder-coated, colour coated front grille (without LR badge), side vents, light housing, Kuda iPhone console, car cigar jack in boot, „Black Rope“ dash trim kit, …

Executive Valeter wrote:

Still don't know what SD4 is as opposed to TD4?