LR Freelanders

[Hilly]

Landrover are part of JLR Jaguar Land Rover which has been owned by Indian owned Tata Motors for several years. The latter is part of a larger holding group.
Freelander not produced now.

Do they make anything in the uk ?

 

[essexpete]

Do they make anything in the uk ?

Yes some models in the Midlands and some at the former Ford Halewood. Not sure what and where.

 

[JP1]

Had 1 of every model just plain boring cars crap road handling etc etc etc etc ideal for pensioners.

Now I drive like Miss daisy , I may soon qualify

 

[ollandroverman]

What make is the 2litre engine they fit in the later ones, is it also a Ford like the 2 2? I'm guessing ones euro 5 & the others euro 6?

The Freelander 2 was only produced with the psa 2.2 diesel which was brought in from the Ford / Peugeot Citroën alliance.
The earlier Evoques and Discovery Sports used the same engine before the swap was made to using their own newly produced Ingenium 2.0 diesel.
Freelander 1 and it's facelift version (which many people confuse with the Freelander 2) started its production run with the Rover xd 2.0 diesel before swapping to a BMW 2.0 diesel.

 

[ollandroverman]

Do they make anything in the uk ?

To date...pretty much everything

 

[ollandroverman]

We test drove one a couple of years ago when my Mrs was pregnant. I had to duck see out and i’m Only 6’ and it was jerky to drive. Didn’t buy one. We bought a hilux double cab.

Are you quite sure you were looking at a Freelander 2 and not a Freelander 1 facelift version?
What you are saying describes the precursor to the Freelander 2. Even garages frequently get this wrong.

 

[ollie989898]

You need to see a neurologist I'd suggest and lie down in a dark room until you feel better.

 

[ollandroverman]

You need to see a neurologist I'd suggest and lie down in a dark room until you feel better.

Why?
Because it's fashionable to bash British vehicles?

 

[Hilly]

They launched it in Germany , proba

Why?
Because it's fashionable to bash British vehicles?

Plenty good things about Nissan and Toyota.

 

[DeeGee]

Don’t bother. A chap in our yard is a freelander specialist repair shop. I literally see hundreds every single year come in and go out. He says they are one of the worst vehicles ever produced for reliability.

That’s strange because our local Land Rover specialists say they are the best and most reliable of all the LandRover models, giving less trouble than all the others? Maybe the clue is ‘.......best of all Land Rover models......’?

You have to check the prop shaft hasn’t been removed due to failure of the viscous unit, and there are other minor things to check, but I have an 05 five door with the BMW diesel and it’s a really comfortable cheap reliable car, put on a set of winter tyres all round and it will safely go most places you need to go in any weather.

Paid £2,500 for mine three years ago, costs me very little in repairs, does about 30 mpg and for local work and poodling about it does the job just as well as something costing ten times as much.

 

[ollandroverman]

They launched it in Germany , proba

Plenty good things about Nissan and Toyota.

I never said there wasn't.
I spend plenty of time in and around 4wd Landcruiser , Shogun, various Landrovers, Hyundai etc and have owned or driven Subaru, Honda, Nissan as well.
all have their good and bad points.
Us British do not make inferior vehicles.

 

[ollandroverman]

That’s strange because our local Land Rover specialists say they are the best and most reliable of all the LandRover models, giving less trouble than all the others? Maybe the clue is ‘.......best of all Land Rover models......’?

You have to check the prop shaft hasn’t been removed due to failure of the viscous unit, and there are other minor things to check, but I have an 05 five door with the BMW diesel and it’s a really comfortable cheap reliable car, put on a set of winter tyres all round and it will safely go most places you need to go in any weather.

Paid £2,500 for mine three years ago, costs me very little in repairs, does about 30 mpg and for local work and poodling about it does the job just as well as something costing ten times as much.

A good vehicle in their own way, but the original poster was asking about a Freelander 2, which doesn't have the viscus rear drive, and instead used a Halidex clutch unit like most of its competitors.

 

[Hilly]

I never said there wasn't.
I spend plenty of time in and around 4wd Landcruiser , Shogun, various Landrovers, Hyundai etc and have owned or driven Subaru, Honda, Nissan as well.
all have their good and bad points.
Us British do not make inferior vehicles.

I didn’t say they did , just feel it’s a bit sad something like the new defender launched in Germany, not the end of the world but would have been nice something so British could have been launched here, and going by reputation the Japanese stuff verges on making land rover look inferior , do jlr offer warranty like em or like Kia ?

 

[Hilly]

I never said there wasn't.
I spend plenty of time in and around 4wd Landcruiser , Shogun, various Landrovers, Hyundai etc and have owned or driven Subaru, Honda, Nissan as well.
all have their good and bad points.
Us British do not make inferior vehicles.

The freelander diffs are a bit inferior tho eh .

 

[ollandroverman]

The freelander diffs are a bit inferior tho eh .

The last three full pages of owners giving their opinion doesn't seem to suggest a problem.
My friend and work partners near new Hyundai Tucson is now on its third gearbox if you want a comparison.

 

[Skintagain]

Are you quite sure you were looking at a Freelander 2 and not a Freelander 1 facelift version?
What you are saying describes the precursor to the Freelander 2. Even garages frequently get this wrong.

100% think it was a 13 plate. It was a manual and wasn’t nice to drive. It seemed to lurch around. Not like f1’s I have driven but still did it. I don’t really like driving the hilux either. I have a defender and I will be gutted when i have to move on.