Hello,

I currently have a 2010 range sport V8SC that I bought used at 30’000km.





I am contemplating the purchase of a new sport V8SC:





I tried to rationalize this purchase, here are the cons and pros I found:

Cons:
1. Very expensive, about 150k euro!
2. I feel that the quality has decreased compared to the previous version (bad woods, plastic chrome, fake vent, etcj
3. Not more silent than previous (I put my compared recordings on YouTube https://youtu.be/gsZ__1FS4k8)
4. Yet unsure how it compares to previous one regarding breaking distances on snow
5. 6 cm larger

Pros:
1. Hud, radar cruise, 360, dab, assisted closing doors
2. Looks more modern
3. Better smell...(seems previous owner smoked in mine)
4. More agile (suspension, chassis, 1s less for 0-100)

Please I would appreciate your thoughts about other pros and cons to help me decide!

Sorry but there’s no comparison with the quality of the old model... the new model is much much better

You can’t compare spooky, i’d go as far to (respectively) say that your name on here perfectly sums up your current car

You missed out tgat the 494 is on a completely new platform, not the discovery platform, (which, the latest disco us now on lol) so, lighter and better sourced on tge road Just bought a RRS 06 MY HSE TDV6 136,000 miles, to be a second car to my bland, boring Mitsubishi Outlander 68 plate 2.0 petrol 4

Thanks for the answer
Actually, I put the new platform in the Pros as "More agile" (not sure one can actually this word for a car what I meant is "more dynamic"). I tested drive one for 3 days, and this is indeed something you can really feel.

To be brutally honest I would say “No. Not at the moment”

Land Rover appear to be going through a terrible quality control period with many L494 owners having unacceptable problems with their cars.

Maybe hold off for a couple of years?

Jim

Very interesting!
Could you please ellaborate on this?

Spooky just do it!

I have had 494’s since 2013 both diesel and petrol.. currently running a 5.0s...

They are superb cars and having owned most makes out there these have definately been the best cars I have ever owned! The quality is excellent and the performance is outstanding!

Well said Farmer C.
This is interesting..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42779699

My 2015 rrs was faultless ,I’ve just sold it & picking up my new one in March,hopefully it will be the same....I think they are great and it’s hard to live without one.....nothing better out there for me

They are the best 4x4 out there and by far the nicest drive and that's why we keep buying them, just expect to live with issues as they all have them, some much worse than others! MY18 SCV8 Satin flux silver
Gone:
MY19 SV VELAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY firenze red
MY18 SCV8 Yulong white- perfect 👍
MY16 SDV8 SANTORINI BLACK - perfect 👌
MY64 SCV8 DARK BLUE - nightmare car
MY64 SCV8 FIRENZE RED - loads of annoying issues
MY15 SDV6 FIRENZE RED - perfect 👌
MY12 SDV6 DISCO4 IPANEMA SAND - perfect 👌
MY09 TDV6 SPORT BLUE - lots of issues

My 2015 has had no issues at all. It still makes you feel special driving it. MY16 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography in Aleutian silver, stealth pack and toys.

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Well said Farmer C.
This is interesting..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42779699

Reducing the daily production hours by cutting down on shifts would be one way.
Tim

I still don't get it. Customer orders, they make that car to order. If the orders were still coming in why would they cut hours to make less cars? It's not like they're going to turn orders away. I think it's more likely a case of less orders. 2012 RRS SDV6
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