Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2588
Price increase and contribution dropped to 2k .....
10th Nov 2020 5:00 pm
jjvd21
Member Since: 16 Jul 2007
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1070
In looking at the 2020 vs the 2021 back end the new LED rear lamps do trick the eye into making it appear more squat 16 D4 Landmark
05 D3 HSE V8
THE original D4 spotter
10th Nov 2020 5:58 pm
G3Z
Member Since: 16 Dec 2018
Location: South Wales
Posts: 558
Those upgrades definitely make it more appealing. I hated the scroll gear selector.Defender 110 2.4 TDCi Utility Station Wagon.
2007 Disco 3 GS TDV6 Manual
200,000+ mile club đ
10th Nov 2020 6:05 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14383
Its a still a pig ugly car that drives nicely but is still struggling to find its place.
Good to hear that they have improved the rear seats though. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
10th Nov 2020 8:10 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23822
Or in Land Rover speak- âUnmistakable and purposeful modern designâ.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
10th Nov 2020 8:19 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13541
It is unmistakable. Oh yes.
And the purpose of its design is to make the rest of the range look gorgeous. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
10th Nov 2020 9:01 pm
Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
Moo wrote:
Its a still a pig ugly car that drives nicely but is still struggling to find its place.
Good to hear that they have improved the rear seats though.
Cant find any pictures of the rear seats to see what the difference isMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
11th Nov 2020 1:36 am
CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 4506
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1729
they've apparently changed the seat base angle and extended the thigh support
ive never been out on the road in a D5, only sat in one in the showroom ages ago but the back seats and the number plate seem to be the major gripes so at least LR have listened to 50% of their customers for once 2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
11th Nov 2020 8:59 am
RDR
Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 2260
Look at the gap on that pic between the seat and door frame canât recall seeing that on mine even when seats are upright wonder if the photoshop has gone a little off scale?MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten
MY12 HSE - Gone
MY16 HSE Luxury - Sold
MY20 D5 HSE - Sold
Current RR L460 PHEV
11th Nov 2020 9:28 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13541
It wouldn't be the first time that LR had added a gap at the edge of the rear seats. My first RRS (2008MY) had the seats running up to the door frame with no gap. There was a nice retainer to hold the seatbelt over the shoulder of the seat. The refreshed RRS which I have now (2012MY) has a slight gap where the seat meets the door frame - the seat belt can slip in to it when not in use and there's no longer a retainer for the belt. It was obviously all a bit of cost reduction. It wouldn't surprise me to see some similar changes here. Add some cost in the seat bases to improve them, remove the cost from the seat back / door frame area.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
11th Nov 2020 9:52 am
RDR
Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 2260
Just checked mine there is a gap when the seats upright I hadnât noticed it before not sure itâs as big as the one in the photo though
MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten
MY12 HSE - Gone
MY16 HSE Luxury - Sold
MY20 D5 HSE - Sold
Current RR L460 PHEV
11th Nov 2020 11:22 am
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10351
No Gap on mine:
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The ones in the photo may be slide forward a little. My daughter, who is 5'11" has sat in the middle row in my D5 for hours whilst travelling through France and said they were much better to sit in than the D4. OK, she had got the seat reclined (something you cant do in the D4) but no complaints about seat comfort, and better leg room.
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
11th Nov 2020 11:59 am
RDR
Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 2260
Al that's weird yours looks a lot closer to the door frame than mine :-/ My 15 year old son is 6' he preferred the D4 seats mind you he spends more time in the centre seat than the outer as we have to use him to separate the twin girls MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten
MY12 HSE - Gone
MY16 HSE Luxury - Sold
MY20 D5 HSE - Sold
Current RR L460 PHEV
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