No problem happy to help. The boot was surprisingly large! I actually thought it's bigger than my RRS but it's slightly smaller.

A London Land Rover dealer has sold 100 Velars already

Which dealer? What is your source of info please? I knew these would do very well!

99 speculators all looking to make a big bonus buying and selling one and RRSMan is the only only who is buying to keep! 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

If there are 100 orders in they won't be getting the car's as early as us Tim and will flow well in to 2018 so not sure how much premium would be left by the time their cars arrive! I think the car would also appeal to company car drivers especially the lower engines and specs!

So you're one of the speculators!

No not at all - I am excited to be getting one in all honesty...I will be selling it when the new RRS comes along though and hopefully won't take too big a hit on an early car!

Sorry, no, that was a reply to Tim, but you replied first! He named you as a purchaser but said the other 99 were speculators.

Oh lol

LR has lost its compas and have to watch out not to lose it's image. That's what i mean by going (asian) female with the new models, beginning withe the Evoque. These designs go terribly well in Asia and particularly China. The ditching of the Defender will prove to be a mistake, like BMW learned the hard way from initially ditching it's Twin air cooled engine and Porsche from it's boxer engine. They are in full swing again and recognizable. it is in this high end products not about bringing out new fashionable models every time, but about branding and time less Image (look at Rolex).
LR seems now to be more and more in it for the money! Wrong!

The same people who waste money on a Rolex are the very people LR are now targeting. More money than sense, where the name is all important. If you want a name, you buy a Rolex. If you want an accurate, reliable watch you buy Seiko. LR are aiming to be more Rolex and less Seiko. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

So the theory is those that buy a RRS should really buy a Yeti?

Yep, that's the logic of that theory.

And anyway, brands like Rolex are not only about the name. They are one of the most reliable mechanical watches and really are craftsman precision made. And they don't depreciate as fast as a Range Rover.

Robert

Look at the asking price of LR series 1, restored and retail @ £69k plus
1971 Rolex Explorer 11 in un-restored condition £15k plus
Enough said.

crocs wrote:

And anyway, brands like Rolex are not only about the name.

Um, yes they are. That's what a brand is - it's a name.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed