Land Rover Freelander 1.8 S Station Wagon 5dr

A few months ago now, I managed to finally persuade my husband to buy the Freelander I had always dreamt of. These cute little cars have bottomed out in price through taxation, publicity, politics, public opinion etc, meaning that there are a surplus of very heavy duty, lotta car for your money deals out there. We'd always had Landrover Discovery's and although I love being high up and am pleased with the quality and capability, for me I find them a bit cumbersome and sluggish to drive and difficult to manage with lots of kids, dogs and shopping they are a bit to high to pile in and out of and to park and to do the school run. (Just to state right now - we ...  Read the complete review

We had one of the first freelanders back in 1998, we selected a new freelander as it was was voted whatcar car of the year. We kept the car for 12 months. During this time the car developed several annoying and difficult to trace electrical and mechanical faults. Most were concerning electric windows and the build of the cabin, however one fault was a rather dangerous one. After complaining for nearly two months about a scraping noise coming from the steering colum, the dealer finally agreed to take it apart and discovered a 2p coin lodged inside. One side of the coin was badly worn!, not what you expect when paying £20,000+ on a new car. It still ...  Read the complete review