I didn’t think the Freelander was big enough for an extra row of seats. They would need to extend the wheelbase, and that would put it into Discovery territory.

Otherwise, the Freelander is the only small SUV which can go off-road, aside the Jeep Wrangler

Isn’t Land Rover dead? Hummer pretty much put the knife into that carcass, there’s no saving them now.

my buddy has a freelander aside from the crappy ground clearance its pretty darn good offroad, its the 2 door version. the removable roof is ok, looks funny with the roof rack though, but all in all its really good for somebody who is not a serious offraoder.

Ya, but the Freelander is a POS. Tell him to buy an H3 or an H4.

The funny thing is, they are getting 7 seats in a car/truck that is based off of the Mazda 6 platform. That’s some engineering, or wishful thinking. Even a Pathfinder, which is quite a bit larger than the Freelander has a cramped 3rd row.

I will say I like the new LR2/Escape light years beyond the previous model. It looks pretty good, fits better with the Explorer than it did before.

1487_GM_Sales … The H3 and the H4 are for posers.

There isn’t even a Hummer H4 yet! What platform will GM base it on, the Aveo or the SX4?

1487-GM-SALES… What makes them a POS? I actually like Land Rovers, aside from their reliability problems with the LR3/Discovery and Range Rover.

The Hummer H3 is what’s a POS. It’s not quite a Hummer, but it’s not quite an SUV either… so what is it?

I recently test drove the LR2, and left with the impression that it was too heavy, too slow and way too expensive for what buyers are getting…

In other words: TYPICAL LAND/RANGE ROVER!

The LR2 doesn’t share anything with the Escape. They are on completely different platforms, use completely different engines. The LR2 shares more with the Volvo S80 then any other vehicle currently on sale. Land Rover’s sales have been going up for over three years now. They had record breaking worldwide sales in 2005, 2006 and are on track to do it again for 2007.

I hate Ford with a passion, but the Escape is really well-done. I’m surprised it has nothing in common with the LR2. They bloody well look like they’re platform mates.

I don’t think the LR2 is big enough for a 3rd row. They can barely fit the second row in comfortably. Stupid idea.

WOW just another big car for putting drug dealers in!

again, i have a 06 range rover and never had a single problem. the americans ones must have something.

Oh please, everybody and their mom knows LandRovers are crap. Hummer is one of GM’s hottest brands and growing. And the LR2 is nothing more than a gussied up Escape, my Chevy Equinox will leave it stranded offroad.

NO INTERCEPTOR ?????????????

INSTEAD FORD WASTES MONEY PLANNING THIS CRAP ??????

THEY ARE STUPID…….STUPID…….STUPID !!!!!!

FORD DESERVES TO DIE !!!!!

Yes, I was yelling above.

Hummers and Land Rovers don’t make any sense in urban driving. Get an X5 or an Acura MDX or RDX.

“Oh please, everybody and their mom knows LandRovers are crap. Hummer is one of GM’s hottest brands and growing. And the LR2 is nothing more than a gussied up Escape, my Chevy Equinox will leave it stranded offroad”

Do you not know how to read, 1487_GM-Sales? There’s atleast 3 people who have stated “The Land Rover LR2 is NOT based on the Escape”.

Chevrolet Equinox will leave it stranded offroad? Psh, gimme a break, if your trying to be like GM_Number1_4ever or the likes, then DON’T, because you don’t come close to humor.

The LR2 has best in class front headroom and best in class front legroom. It also has best in class rear headroom and only the RDX has more rear legroom by about an inch.

The escape uses the old mondeo chassis and a V6 with a four speed automatic. The LR2 uses an Inline six developed jointly by Volvo and Land Rover with a 6 speed manual shift capable automatic and a specially tuned haledex AWD system.

Oops forgot the link…
http://www.cars.com/go/compare/trimCompare.jsp?acodes=USB80LRS081A0,USB70BMS201A0,USB70ACS121A0

freelander aint good but better than the h3

NOT TO BASH OR JOIN GM MORON SALES, BUT THE H3 IS A BETTER OFFRAOD VEHICLE THAN THE FREELANDER, BUT THE FREELANDER IS A WAY BETTER ALL AROUND VEHICLE. THE FREELANDER LACKS ANY REAL GROUND CLEARANCE.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vv7Fo8Cnk2o
LRs are crap? THINK AGAIN! I bet your eqinox can’t do this.

^^^^i really like land rovers but that was the absolutely most fixed useless demonstration ever, anybody can deliberately get stuck doing what the caddy was doing, and they never explained the h2. seriously my 2wd frontier can get to the top of that little hill driven properly, but an exuinox would never out offroad a vehicle like the landrover.

Angelo: your sentance should’ve ended after “x5.”

Land rover, hummer and Jeep are the only brands I’d even think of trying to take off-road.

jack i fully 100% agree, hose 3 are the best anywhere.

those

I’d consider an LC though. theyre fantastic and the world heavily loves them. lots of great history and great reputation for quality and reliability. but jeeps arent bad, Hummers arent me though. LRs are amazing but pricey to maintain and fix.

ultimately id take a lr, you cant beat the fun electronic goodies like hill decent, even in the freelander that feature is just too cool, i want a discovery with a snorkel kit. just think about what happens in africa or south america when you need a land rover part, somewhere somehow there is one to be found, try that with a hummer.

I’d kill for an LR3 V8, beats the winter, good to drive around the city too.

I’ve driven a GMT800 Escalade once, and I wouldn’t try any off roading with it. I’ve been driving in the Pantanal with my Range Rover (I live in Sao Paulo, about 1400km or 870mls away) and never got stranded, or exploded, or willing to hit my car with a bat. The only other cars I’d consider trying something like this is the Benz G, the Land Cruiser (not the lexus), and the VW triplets (cayenne, touareg, Q7).

htay: the only reason i left the Land Cruser off is because I’m never buying another toyota. If I did, that’s be it, though.

Jeep for offroad. No substitute. Not even Land Rover.

We’re not talking firewood roads and gravel. I mean crawling over xxxxing boulders without getting high-centered. Only Jeep, nothing else.

There’s only one Jeep

deans rite the jeep can articulate like nothing else over the big stuff.