Would you believe, I have received the following invitation from my LR dealer

October 18
07:15 hrs, have to be at General Aviation Centre at Zurich Aiport to meet with group of 10 other clients(Valet parking provided)
07:45 hrs, ETD Zurich - Birmingham by PRIVATE JET
08:30 hrs, ETA Birmingham Airpot GAC and transfer to LR plant Solihull
09:15 - 12:15 hrs, guided tour of factory, then Lunch
13:15 - 15:00 hrs, test drive all models on LR's on site offroad-track (will of course pick a RRS TDV8)
16:00, ETD Birmingham - Zurich by PRIVATE JET
19:00, ETA Zurich Airpot GAC, with my own car being ready in front of GAC

All this for free
I am really excited about this trip and will take and post some pictures SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE BUG AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE WINDSHIELD

2010 TDV8 Ultimate Edition, zermatt-ebony-grand lacquer, and all the goodies, plus Superchips Bluefin ECU performance upgrade, Gibson Performance exhaust tips

gone after only 7 months: MY10 TDV63.0 HSE, zermatt-ebony-anigree, Dynamic Response, Rear diff-lock, flappy paddles, premium leather, Sunroof, PTI, privacy glass, S/C design 5 Spoke Diamond Turned alloys

You won't be allowed to take a camera passed the LRE reception (you often see secret cars being driven inside the factory grounds and LR don't want you to be spying for Lexus or Datsun). Inside the factory you have to wear special anti-scratch covers on watches and jewellery. It is a fantastic day out and even if you have to pay to do it yourself still worth the experience of seeing the care that goes into building a car. To be getting such special treatment yourvdealer must be expecting a large order from you Roland, FFRR Autobigraphy next? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Tim,

Thanks for the info about not being able to take pictures inside the plant (easy to understand why). After your comments I find it even more exciting to see how our cars are built.

I don't think my dealer (she's a mature lady!) does expect me to buy a new car for a while though, the trip is a thank you for past purchases, which were in 03 a Disco TD5, in 06 a RRS TDV6, then in 09 a TDV6 3.0 and finally a couple of months ago a 2010 TDV8. SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE BUG AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE WINDSHIELD

2010 TDV8 Ultimate Edition, zermatt-ebony-grand lacquer, and all the goodies, plus Superchips Bluefin ECU performance upgrade, Gibson Performance exhaust tips

gone after only 7 months: MY10 TDV63.0 HSE, zermatt-ebony-anigree, Dynamic Response, Rear diff-lock, flappy paddles, premium leather, Sunroof, PTI, privacy glass, S/C design 5 Spoke Diamond Turned alloys

Hi Roland, I did that 3 years ago, with my dealer in Lugano, but departure from Milan, in Birmingham we met up with the group coming from Zurich.
We had a great day, very interesting to see the production line and a lot of fun on the off-road bit.

Enjoy  '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil

Nice trip!  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



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Enjoy sounds a fantastic day out.

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Jeez. I'm impressed they gave you that. We didn't even get a bunch of flowers with ours!!!  Current, M135i in Estoril Blue with more extras than the cast of Ben Hur.

535d m-sport Platinum grey and a few extras.... Gone

X5 3.0 sd in Space Grey, 20's, Dynamic Pack, Memory Pack, Media Pack, Tow Pack, Rear DVD, Panoramic Sunroof, Steps, 7 Seat Pack, Reversing Camera with moving lines, programmable park heat, etc etc etc - Gone

Range Rover Sport Santorini, privacy, dvd, towpack GONE!!!

Do they still offer factory tours I wouldn't mind going on one on the 29th of this month Does anyone have any contacts

4wheeldriver wrote:

Jeez. I'm impressed they gave you that. We didn't even get a bunch of flowers with ours!!!

Should have gone to LPR ......tank of fuel, flowers, wine and chocolates

Would love a factory trip.......James/Steve  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

Beancounter_74 wrote:

Would love a factory trip.......James/Steve

Here you are, enjoy

Ady 555 wrote:

Beancounter_74 wrote:

Would love a factory trip.......James/Steve

Here you are, enjoy

Thanks Ady
Steve/James, that link doesn't mean I wouldn't want an actual tour  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

I did the tour over at Liverpool a liitle while ago, it was a great day out see how things are made

You could keep your cameras on you or mobile phones with cameras but you obviously are not allowed to take them out of your pockets and use them etc

But to be flown over and a tour is beyond belief, sounds a great day you lucky so and so

npinks wrote:

?........But to be flown over and a tour is beyond belief, sounds a great day you lucky so and so

Friend of mine on buying his second Ferrari within the space of 6 months was flown to Italy for the weekend (with wife) for an all expenses trip including a factory tour at Marinello  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass