Land Rover Discovery sales slowing...?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44438846
Is this because of the ugly rear end or the watering down of the Discovery name by putting it on the Freelander replacement......?
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Yes a great shame.
We have had two, fantastic towing vehicles, and my parents have had 20 in the last 30 years (they live on a steep hillside in North Wales).
It's a shame for the brand and the workers. But I speak to few people who like the rear end styling. My dad is thinking of shopping elsewhere for his next car.
Lets hope Range Rover continues to go from strength to strength.
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Are you not thinking of the Evoque, David?
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This is nothing to do with sales and all about releasing production space and capacity for the new models including the new Evoque due for launch soon. There was a suggestion at one stage the Slovakian factory will also be the home of the new Defender and given it may share some of the Discovery architecture that would make sense. There are also rumours of a new small Discovery model to sit under the Sport which would probably use a cut down Sport/Evoque platform.
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With a glance there’s not much between the new Discovery & the Evoque they seem to be heading for a generic shape🤔
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" One Life, Live It "
Don't spend it at the side of the road repairing Land Rovers !!
Toyota Hilux Owners Club ( Rule 1 )
Happy caravanning.
( Whatever we tow with )
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I own an Isuzu pickup, by their(pickups) very workmanlike nature & demands made of them they are reliable & robust👍🏻
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All diesel car sales are slowing due to the government threatening to phase them out and push electric. Also many Doctors and academics have also demonised diesels in recent months.
Previous governments encouraged a move from petrol to diesel to reduce petrol carbon emissions that were harming the ozone layer. Those harmful emissions are now increasing as people return to petrol.
Of course it is all bunkum. The largest 12 ships in the world, using ‘dirty diesel’ which is so harmful it equals all the nitrogen emissions of all the diesel cars in the world. There is no pressure to remove the ocean going ships, no attack yet on commercial vans, (the whole online shopping culture relies on diesel vans). And presently we still use fossil fuels to generate electric, which is used to charge electric cars.
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