Mav71 wrote:

Personally I think it is a pain in the arse having the UK spec rear headrests sticking in your shoulders every time you sit in the back.

Personally I only sit in the drivers seat 99.99% of the time the rest of the time is spent in passenger seat of wife,s car complete with distraction kit ..

1.Black eye mask courtesy of some long forgotten airline,
2. headphones and android pad filled with 32gb Deep Purple,Queen ect ect ect
till journeys end ..so no problem with rear headrests
(mother in law sits in the back, she already pain in the neck nothing new there then . ha )  Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
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12 xs Gone
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The # 1 one reason not to get US /Can style rear headrest for your Freelander 2\ LR2.

-- You have to remove them in order to fold the rear seats flat (when carrying stuff). --

... and there is no place to store them when removed!

We had the standard same (low) rear headrest until 2011 (I think) when the US restrictions took effect. Of course Land Rover just added larger headrests instead of doing a proper redesign for our market. The Evoque got came out with them and the LR2 followed.

The LR3/4 (Disco3/D4) has the small 2'nd row headrest in 5 seat models and the larger headrest only in the 7 passenger models

Personally I prefer the smaller (adjustable) rear seat headrests. I have kids so they rear seat is used a lot.

Mav71 wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the American LR2 has different rear headrests to the European spec cars?

Personally I think it is a pain in the arse having the UK spec rear headrests sticking in your shoulders every time you sit in the back.

So the answer is this :-
But I think looks a lot better.

Whats your opinions?

I had a CRV where the rear headrests had to be removed (and stashed somewhere) everytime I wanted to fold the rear seats. That was much more of a pain than pulling up the headrests in the FL for rear seat passengers. I think the larger rests would be backwards step...but each to their own  2012 SD4 XS Santorini Black