Range Rover 50th Aniversary

[Chris F]

https://www.facebook.com/landrover.uk/posts/3396081497091541

Lets see some your your pictures of Range rovers gone by. You don;t see the Coupe's very often now.

 

[Longneck]

I'll take the one on the left please.

 

[Still Farming]

Double the size.
Quadruple the price is it?

 

[Chris F]

Double the size.
Quadruple the price is it?

No idea - 50 years of inflation is a lot. What price were they back in 1970? Probably twice a heavy now!

 

[Still Farming]

No idea - 50 years of inflation is a lot. What price were they back in 1970? Probably twice a heavy now!

£2,500 possibly?
A mint one made £135k apparently in classic sales?

 

[Tim Howard]

Double the size.
Quadruple the price is it?

I have it in my head that they were 2k when they first came out but duck will put me right.

 

[steveR]

I'll take the one on the left please.

The new ones... pure pimp-mobile. LR know their market though, I think.

Oversized, overweight and overly expensive now. Albeit, they were never bargain basement.

 

[Robt]

Isnt the point of Range Rover that its expensive and big.
A to show you have money or good credit
B to be seen by everyone
C to be that little bit higher than everyone.

I was watching a documentary about the Range Rover SVAutobiography . People buy them to show their wealth.

 

[Clive]

Range rover is too cheap imo and competes with other land rover models - their model range and pricing is a mess right now

it’s should be 80k more, better and compete with the new Aston, Rolls, Bentley and Lambo luxury SUV’s

 

[Clive]

Isnt the point of Range Rover that its expensive and big.
A to show you have money or good credit
B to be seen by everyone
C to be that little bit higher than everyone.

I was watching a documentary about the Range Rover SVAutobiography . People buy them to show their wealth.

it’s actually also a REALLY good car ! TDv8 is emmence, it handles well for something so big and heavy, tows like nothing else ..... it’s a unbelievably comfortable and capable car

however reliability of my last one has put me off the brand for sometime ! and the dealers all need shooting !

 

[Chae1]

it’s actually also a REALLY good car ! TDv8 is emmence, it handles well for something so big and heavy, tows like nothing else ..... it’s a unbelievably comfortable and capable car

however reliability of my last one has put me off the brand for sometime ! and the dealers all need shooting !

Most owners would also own a gun.

 

[Clive]

will never forget towing a race car in germany with my fist several years ago now - late for the tunnel at silly 3 digit speeds for miles like there wasn’t even a trailer on the back

not many family cars can do that

 

[CPF]

If you’re going in the outback take the range Rover, if you wanna come back take the Toyota Land Cruiser . Had a range Rover not many years ago , Biggest heap of crap,I’ve ever come across,spent more time in the garage . Land Rover took it back in the end and I had my money back.We had an old classic years ago It was a different vehicle altogether That was a proper Land Rover .

 

[lucas]

I have it in my head that they were 2k when they first came out but duck will put me right.

Dad tells me at the Royal show that year they were£1999.

 

[Tim Howard]

Dad tells me at the Royal show that year they were£1999.

That's the one and a cf bedford van was £800. Are you sure it wasn't £1,999. 19s &11d ? I can remember them both in a show room in Tunbridge Wells. I had to go with a second hand petrol 2a long wheelbase truck in the end for £200..

 

[nick...]

I’d love a Range Rover but all the issues worry me.i never see my toyota dealer but know Range Rover owners who are on first name terms with the parts and service staff.
Nick...

 

[deleted user 837354]

The only way to own these things is by paying the monthly lease and letting the dealer worry about maintaining it and depreciating it. The two people I know with these cars do exactly that and never own them. They depreciate like nothing else as soon as you start putting miles on them. It therefore makes sense for people with a business who just use them to smash against tax.

 

[Chris F]

The only way to own these things is by paying the monthly lease and letting the dealer worry about maintaining it and depreciating it. The two people I know with these cars do exactly that and never own them. They depreciate like nothing else as soon as you start putting miles on them. It therefore makes sense for people with a business who just use them to smash against tax.

I think the other way round, I'd love an old one. Not to do a lot of mile in, just to mooch around in. Also £10K gets you a car from 10 years ago. But the bills could be eye watering even on a car of that age but you would look the part!

 

[Still Farming]

The only way to own these things is by paying the monthly lease and letting the dealer worry about maintaining it and depreciating it. The two people I know with these cars do exactly that and never own them. They depreciate like nothing else as soon as you start putting miles on them. It therefore makes sense for people with a business who just use them to smash against tax.

Think they use to get them on "mobility " a while back if paid max deposit??

 

[fendtfiasco]

Had a Sport in the old model v8 diesel 3.6 one best vehicle I ever owned 80,000 miles one wheel bearing and an alternator in repairs ,yes brake pads ,discs and bushings but you expect that . Took a good sports saloon to be quicker across country in the real world.
Have a Sport tdv8 4.4 in the current model seriously sweet engine, great long distance cruiser.