Freelander 1 Pre or post facelift FL1.

GrumpyGel said:

When I posted my reply, I considered starting it with "Why are you being such a cunt?".

I didn't, but I have with this one.

The minor (but probably more major) 2000 changes went to the BMW parts bin, the F2 went to the Ford and Volvo parts bins. WFT do you want people to say where you won't get shitty?

Of course the F1 dash was not the Mondeos, it wasn't all digital or have some burd talking to you either.

But some of its components were taken from it, and the D1, and the styling is nearer to it than cars built later.

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I've no idea what the member you've quoted has said, as I'm ignoring his comments, but when you quote him, I get a box which says he's been quoted.

I'm guessing something about Ford parts in the Freelander 1? You are correct, there are none. The FL1 was designed while LR was under BMW ownership, so it contains many BMW components, and many BMW manufacturing design influences, but the vehicle was an LR, and as such, the designers had access to plenty of tried and tested components from Rover as well as LR. Because of the Rover connection, there are also plenty of ex Honda design components in the mix too, like the brakes and hubs which are basically the same as those on the Honda CRV. The CRV is actually very similar to the FL1 in dimensions and driveline layout, and there was a rumour of a mild design calibration, but this hasn't been substantiated. The FL1 manual used the PG1 gearbox, which again is a Honda designed component, and the L series engine also found its way into the Honda version of the Rover 200. The FL1 dash is also very similar to the Honda derived Rover 200, which shows there was a lot of design sharing going on.

The Freelander 2 is Ford derived, a vast amount of it being Mondeo, or Galaxy, and as such it contains no parts from the Freelander 1, with the exception of the bag holders in the boot.