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Mizengeo

Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Reading
Posts: 47

Perspective

A lot has been written about the L405 being a bit bling and there has been mourning of the loss of the stately image of the L322. I completely get that and was uncomfortable with the level of bling on the L405 - still ordered it because I think it's such a great car.

Enter the new range rover sport just released. All sorts of bulges and vents, low roof lines, small windows etc.. Suddenly the L405 seems much less overstated and more stately. I don't like the new sport - the styling is fussy which makes it too much like a BMW or Mercedes.

If you were driving on the autobahn at 120mph then slowed down to 40mph it would feel like walking would be faster - it is all about relativity and comparison.

In the range rover stable the L405 is now looking much more grown up, settled and demur (in a good way) to me. Geoff

29th Mar 2013 11:08am

Nick Ground

Member Since: 27 Dec 2011
Location: Dorset
Posts: 584

2015 Range Rover Autobiography 5.0 SC V8 Indus Silver

Good call 2019 D5 HSE Lux SDV6 Indus
55 D3 SE
98 MX5 1.8 RS
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29th Mar 2013 11:17am

Mizengeo

Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Reading
Posts: 47

Odd / disappointing though that they have upgraded the output of the V6 on the sport and not the full fat. Geoff

29th Mar 2013 12:22pm

campaj1

Member Since: 22 Oct 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 729

Re: Perspective

Mizengeo wrote:
A lot has been written about the L405 being a bit bling and there has been mourning of the loss of the stately image of the L322. I completely get that and was uncomfortable with the level of bling on the L405 - still ordered it because I think it's such a great car.

Enter the new range rover sport just released. All sorts of bulges and vents, low roof lines, small windows etc.. Suddenly the L405 seems much less overstated and more stately. I don't like the new sport - the styling is fussy which makes it too much like a BMW or Mercedes.

In the range rover stable the L405 is now looking much more grown up, settled and demur (in a good way) to me.

Hi,

Agree looking a BIT less flash when compared to Sport, its growing on me in silver and other light colours.
However prefer Sport as a piece of more honest modern design: there were clearly no heritage restrictions here, just a clean sheet with the brief of making the finest sports SUV on the market.
L405 for me seems to be an uncomfortable mixture of past and present designs when LR really wanted to build an Evoque XXL.
The fatal flaw however is that both cars are far too expensive.

Evoque should start at £30k (and have more kit as standard)
Sport should start at £40k (more basic model)
FFRR should start at £60k (with current trim levels.)

Linear pricing system: makes sense as most owners will pay more for toys anyway.
£72k for a standard model of a compromised new design seems way too steep.
As much as we love FFRRs, a Merc S Class or even an X5 50d for 60k are now preferable in purely rational respects.
Before I would have forgiven the FFRR for high prices, as it was such an elegant design, however the L405 lost the magic for me.

29th Mar 2013 12:27pm

Nick Ground

Member Since: 27 Dec 2011
Location: Dorset
Posts: 584

One man's rational is another man's madness! 2019 D5 HSE Lux SDV6 Indus
55 D3 SE
98 MX5 1.8 RS
gone 17 older variants of FFRR

29th Mar 2013 2:31pm

campaj1

Member Since: 22 Oct 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 729

still, the FFRR was always a car to polarize opinions...

29th Mar 2013 6:53pm

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