Thanks all for feedback so far.
richard
Just to add that my wife seemed similar to yours in so far as the image of the car appealed to her as much as anything else. She absolutely loves it so if that's what your better half wants it's probably the best option.
If it’s a company car I’d go for it - then at least you can say you’ve experienced JLR ownership and at low risk to yourself.
ive had range rovers (which were awful) and jags which still had some reliability issues but local dealer was superb sorting warranty issues - trouble free for last 12 months. I will prob buy another JLR product but would never do so without manufacturers warranty...
Volvos Skodas etc all great cars but just not my cup of tea
Volvos Skodas etc all great cars but just not my cup of tea
The new XC90 looks a great thing (IMO) and hopefully I can stretch my budget to one when my lease comes up for renewal...
And no fatalities ever recorded in one for drivers or passengers in the UK
A colleague has one of the new XC40s and she's loving it - looks great too.
6 months ago I would have said to look at a Merc. I have had almost 5yrs of trouble free motoring with a new at the time E Class, it went back once to have the auto engine switch off thingy looked at and that has been it. Now the bad news, mate has the new version of the E class for 12 months and it has been in the garage once a month. My view is that they might have reached a tipping point where quality and value engineering have collided. I know the E class isn;t the same car as a Discovery but they do a Merc equivalent and it is very nice, might just have the same issues as the E Class though.
Leased cars are fine - I managed to scratch my itch of having an Alfa, but I wouldn't have 'paid' for it as my car, too many electrical gremlins and visits to a garage. If you can put up with the visits (and have a pre-arranged courtesy car) it's not to bad. A lad in the office has one on PCP and has the 'extended' service options - but we are literally across the road from the dealers.