I fear that we are never going to see a new 'affordable' Land Rover, as the present owner of Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, Jaguar (as we must now call it - NOT Land Rover) is heading in the opposite direction.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-car...replace-xj FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Quote:

Land Rover Name Won't Die amid JLR's Rebranding, Despite Reports

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a4365873...-changes/#