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Why are you interested in this?  If you want to off-road a vehicle,
then you need a lot more than just electronics, you need decent tyres
and decent ground clearance at least, both of which you won't get on a
vehicle like the freelander.

You can't tackle mud and rocky ground with a computer, you need the
right metal first and foremost and a road-going 4x4 just doesn't have
that.  An intelligent traction control system can help once you've got
the right metal, but you need the metal first.

If you want to go off-road then try a vehicle designed for it, which
sadly land rover don't do any more other than the Defender, the
current other model line-up just isn't up to it, no matter how many
computers they put in them.  They're too low to the ground, too long,
or too heavy.

People say that you'd be surprised what a freelander can do off-road,
that's not true though if you've done off-roading in a more capable
machine.  I've seen them off-road and they're not impressive.

If you want to buy one then buy one, but don't worry about the terrain
response feature, it's largely irrelevant.  It can't make it into a
good off-roader.

It looks, to me, like a steaming pile of horseshit! What a  watse of time & effort really. I'm sure it
will sell well enough ffs.

Its quite different from the rest of the range as its the replacement for
the Freelander and a also little larger there is a full report in LRO July
edition or some info  at the website
http://www.lro.com/nav?page=lroi.news.story&resource=5031659
NB this link is Land Rover's release info supply your own (large) pinch of
salt. Personally I'm quite impressed it should free up a lot of Disco's as
the footballers WAG's change over round these parts.
Derek

It depends what sort of guys!

The Land Rover originated just post WWII as the Rover company struggled
to stay alive.  By hitting a radical new market (competent all rounder
on the farm as a horse/small tractor replacement and also usable as a
simple road vehicle) with (let's be honest, Brits) technology borrowed
heavily from the Willis Jeep, Rover created a real winner. There were
massive UK exports worldwide since, as a side effect, the Land Rover
became known as a benchmark expedition/harsh environment vehicle.
Since then, LR have moved up market (to project the image of a country
landowner, even if you aren't one) and also diversified into the new
SUV market (to project the image of an out of doors sportsman, even if
you aren't one) very successfully.

For those of us who are nostalgic about the UK's trail blazing past, or
want a real off road workhorse, the projection of an image is
irrelevant, and it's the real off road parameters that matter: adequate
engine power coupled as reliably as possible to the terrain via the
transmission/suspension etc, and clearance, balance, manoeuvrability
and strength to use that traction when you've got it there.  Yes,
electronics can help a bit, although the big downside is the
maintainability, especially in more remote territory.  I run an old
(nearly 40 years) Land Rover and there's nothing much I can't fix with
a simple tool kit and an AF socket set.

Despite my cycnicism about image, LR have worked hard to both to meet
the market perceptions and also to maintain their integrity in that
their newer vehicles are genuinely designed to be off road capable to
an appropriate degree.

So you'll get varying responses.  From those like me for whom a trendy
image means nothing, the Freelander or LR2 are not likely to perform
like a Defender (or, perhaps, even a 101 Forward Control!) in a really
harsh environment and therefore not live up to either the nostalgia or
the definition of a real off road workhorse.  Those more extreme than
me may have some harsh views!!

For a good picture of a 101 (the Land Rover I really covet!), btw, look
at http://www.winwaed.com/landy/history/fc101.shtml

For those who admire the new technology and the presentation, comfort,
and on road performance, the newer models are praiseworthy and LR
should be congratulated on having read the market so successfully.

Sadly, the environmental lobby against 4x4 is (perhaps justifiably)
targetting the use of 4x4s to project image rather than fulfil a real
need and, if they are successful, LR will have wedded itself to a
vanishing market.

WTF is a LR2????

Do you mean Discovery 3 ??? Or the Freelander 2 ????? I thought the D3 was the LR2 over the pond etc

Hotmail account? looks suspect to me.