Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
The car that is not liked
I am seeing more and more on a daily basis, in fact on a recent trip to Birmingham I saw more D5's than D4'sMY17 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
16th Mar 2018 1:46 pm
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
Must be a regional distribution. On my daily travels around here I still have seen only a dozen at most and at infrequent intervals.2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
16th Mar 2018 1:56 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
Becoming a more familiar sight up here.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Mar 2018 2:18 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
Yeah loads about now.
Not seen any emergency services ones yetD3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
16th Mar 2018 2:20 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
Loads around here, in fact loads of Land Rovers full stop, at times they seem the most common car on the road.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
16th Mar 2018 2:27 pm
fisherman
Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Hornchurch Essex
Posts: 1789
They seem to be just starting in Essex. Manage to see the odd one here and there. It doesn't seem many considering they've been out for about a year.FFRR 2017 4.4SDV8 Autobiography. Cost so much I must be mad!
D4 HSE 2012 Like a second wife, more expensive but goes better! I almost cried this time!
D3 HSE 2006 (Almost 8 years together, true love)
Land Cruiser VX 1994 11 years together, wife cried when I p/ex'd for my D3
16th Mar 2018 5:23 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14409
Still rare in Bath.D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
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
16th Mar 2018 6:27 pm
Dusty
Member Since: 23 Sep 2013
Location: London
Posts: 1022
DG wrote:
February FYTD sales up 12% for the Disco
Still the worst seller in the range.
Considering Discovery’s past and present were always considered to be the best all rounder in the range LR must find this slightly disturbing.
I really think they have got the pricing structure wrong on this occasion and along with the ‘controversial’ looks opinion does seem divided.Discovery 4 HSE
SDV6
2015
16th Mar 2018 8:20 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
I look at it slightly differently ....the figures are not far off what the D3\4 achieved ....but in a further diluted JLR range and market as a whole 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
16th Mar 2018 8:27 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
It rather looks like we’re, yet again, comparing a period where a Discovery, of sorts, was in production (Feb 2018) with a period when the Discovery had been out of production for 5 months (Feb 2017).
Combine that with an instant refresh of LRE and demonstration fleets and we have an apparent 12% increase in sales. Gosh!2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
17th Mar 2018 6:28 am
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
So what ? the headline figure is comparable with D3/4 figures and that has been the main thrust of the argument from the sayers of doom like you.21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
17th Mar 2018 11:04 am
jimbg
Member Since: 19 Apr 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 478
OK, then let's look st Sep 2017 for the D5......... 4,625 sold
Then in Sep 2011 for the D4............................ 4,329 sold
It's is just a number game at the end of the day and you can "prove" anything you wish !!
17th Mar 2018 12:07 pm
Bello35
Member Since: 14 Mar 2017
Location: Bretagne.
Posts: 161
Jimbg,
Before rolling with laughter (?), i'd like to know, if someone has this information please: for how long D4s have been on sale in China, if ever?
Thanks.
17th Mar 2018 12:48 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
D3 & D4s have been selling in China since 200821 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
17th Mar 2018 1:07 pm
Bello35
Member Since: 14 Mar 2017
Location: Bretagne.
Posts: 161
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