Hippo said:
Evening. Looks like lr's closing its solihull factory fer 2 weeks so it can sell oft current sock. China sales have dropped suddenly. Castle Brom is on a 3 day week.
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See? They stop making Deafeners and suddenly everyone realises there's no heritage any more :rolleyes:
 
Evenin all. I bin workin overtime, then eatin, then sleepin - so not much time for pooterin. You all alright?
(just caught up with Blue's sadness, there's some lovely people on here ain't there..)
 
Hippo said:
It all started going wrong when the Freelander 2 stopped int 2014.
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Mornin.
Do yer think t' sad bastids'll ever come ter their senses? They need a Hippo3 ter save the world.
Coffee 'n' toast and back ter paintin the lav. Life kin be tuff.
 
DevonGuy said:
Mornin.
Do yer think t' sad bastids'll ever come ter their senses? They need a Hippo3 ter save the world.
Coffee 'n' toast and back ter paintin the lav. Life kin be tuff.
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I have pestered them to bring back the Freelander 2 but ah dun't think they will. I dun't think a Freelander 3 will ever happen. They chose to brand their vehicles int 2 ways. Range rover and discovery. Helps them keep product identity going.
 
Hippo said:
I have pestered them to bring back the Freelander 2 but ah dun't think they will. I dun't think a Freelander 3 will ever happen. They chose to brand their vehicles int 2 ways. Range rover and discovery. Helps them keep product identity going.
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Interesting to see the approach of the marketing "people" at JLR. It takes a special kind of arrogance to assume that you're so damn desirable that you have no need for an entry level vehicle. Either that or, in their heart of hearts, they know they'll never make another product as good as the Freelander. :D
 
DevonGuy said:
Interesting to see the approach of the marketing "people" at JLR. It takes a special kind of arrogance to assume that you're so damn desirable that you have no need for an entry level vehicle. Either that or, in their heart of hearts, they know they'll never make another product as good as the Freelander. :D
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I think it was the later, knowing there couldn't be a betterer vehicle than the FL2. LR kept the end of FL2 production fairly quiet. There was a small celebration at the end of production and it got a small amount of media time but they didn't want to take away any media time from the new Disco Sport coming out.

Problem is they have to follow what buyers of new vehicles want. If they don't they will struggle. The prices have been rising over the years but some of the key desirable features of the FL2 only became available on the Disco sport further up the model list. Been a while since I looked at them so it may have changed a bit now. But still a very eggspensive entry into LR ownership.
 
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