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Location: Newcastle
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Discovery 4 - Make your predictions
OK, so now that most people have seen and read about the new Discovery 4, what’s your predictions on the model specs, and base price for each.
Feel free to edit my list. In Aust the models are S, SE and HSE so provide your predictions for each (I’m particularly interested in the SE). My prediction is the basic price for an S or SE will drop by AU$2k but lots of the new goodies mentioned in the press release will be expensive options except on the HSE. Share your ideas…be sure to mention the model you are predicting for...
Engine/s:
Trans:
Basic Price:
Features (Indicate with an S for standard or O for option or N/A if it doesn’t apply)
Number of Seats:
Manual Adjustment of seats:
Electric Adjustable Seats:
Seats adjust how many ways:
Standard Cruise:
Adaptive Cruise:
Keyless Entry and Start:
LED headlight strip:
High Beam Assist:
Touch Screen Control Centre:
Sat Nav:
Bluetooth Phone:
Portable Audio Interface:
Cloth trim:
Leather Trim:
Premium Leather:
Mood Lighting:
Rear Air:
Surround Camera system:
Gradient Release Control:
Towing Assist:
17†Wheels:
18†Wheels:
19†Wheels:
Feel free to add anything I have missed off the list.
Have fun
Pawky
9th Apr 2009 1:26 am
NeilD
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Do they have a coil sprung version? LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
9th Apr 2009 11:19 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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The Flintstones version???
9th Apr 2009 11:20 am
pawky
Member Since: 17 Oct 2008
Location: Newcastle
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So after starting this post here are my predictions. I finally got round to doing them. turns out I did have to do real work today.
These are just my guesses.
MODEL - S
Engine/s: 2.7 TDV6
Trans: Auto only
Basic Price: AU$65500 (Currently AU$67,590)
Features (Indicate with an S for standard or O for option or N/A if it doesn’t apply)
Number of Seats: 5
Manual Adjustment of seats: S
Electric Adjustable Seats: N/A
Seats adjust how many ways: who knows
Standard Cruise: S
Adaptive Cruise: N/A
Keyless Entry and Start: S
LED headlight strip: S
High Beam Assist: O
Touch Screen Control Centre: O
Sat Nav: O
Bluetooth Phone: O
Portable Audio Interface: O
Cloth trim: S
Leather Trim: N/A
Premium Leather: N/A
Mood Lighting: N/A
Rear Air: O
Surround Camera system: O
Gradient Release Control: S
Towing Assist: O
17†Wheels: O
18†Wheels: S
19†Wheels: O
MODEL - SE
Engine/s: 3.0 TDV6 (Will the 4.0 petrol be dropped?) + 5.0
Trans: Auto only
Basic Price: AU$73,900 (Currently AU$75,990 for TDV6)
Features (Indicate with an S for standard or O for option or N/A if it doesn’t apply)
Number of Seats: 7
Manual Adjustment of seats: S
Electric Adjustable Seats: N/A
Seats adjust how many ways: hopefully more than now
Standard Cruise: S
Adaptive Cruise: S
Keyless Entry and Start: S
LED headlight strip: S
High Beam Assist: S
Touch Screen Control Centre: O
Sat Nav: O
Bluetooth Phone: O
Portable Audio Interface: O
Cloth trim: N/A
Leather Trim: S
Premium Leather: O
Mood Lighting: N/A
Rear Air: O
Surround Camera system: O
Gradient Release Control: S
Towing Assist: O
17†Wheels: O
18†Wheels: S
19†Wheels: O
Model – HSE
All the kit of course
Basic Price: AU$88,900 (Currently AU$86,590) for 3.0 TDV6
9th Apr 2009 11:57 am
russgs
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Location: Herts
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they can't push too far in this market as they have capped themselves by adding Range Rover Wag into the mix so they can't steal sales from themselves.
If they are clever they will do a limited price run of HSE's at the same price as the current D3 HSE (a BMW trick), followed by a price hike into the £47K region for an HSE.
They can't do what they did with FL2 where the price hike was much larger as you were getting a premium product versus its predecessor.
My only worry is the options list could grow, but traditionally HSE's have been extremely well specc'd
The reality is that it probably still only costs LR £20K to build the ! 2006 D3 HSE
2004 BMW R1200GS <-- it's a two-wheeled disco
2008 Suzuki Splash (sick of my D3 being wasted on the school run)
11th Apr 2009 9:45 am
zebadee
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NeilD wrote:
D4 HSE £49,995 base.......
Well given that a D3 HSE was running at €81,090 here at the start of 2008 !!
Then with the newly increased “vehicle registration tax†rates based on Co2 emissions which came into effect on July 1st ’08 added approx €4,000 to the price, I’d say a D4 HSE will be somewhere in the region of €90K here on this wonderful island of ours
11th Apr 2009 2:11 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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DSL wrote:
That would get you a new FFRR TDV8 Vogue at the mo!!
Not wanting to come across as rude but. Why would you the D4 is by far a superior vehicle to the aged FFRR.In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
11th Apr 2009 6:50 pm
marcon
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Quote:
Well given that a D3 HSE was running at €81,090 here at the start of 2008 !!
Then with the newly increased “vehicle registration tax†rates based on Co2 emissions which came into effect on July 1st ’08 added approx €4,000 to the price, I’d say a D4 HSE will be somewhere in the region of €90K here on this wonderful island of ours
Group buy then Zeb
11th Apr 2009 10:20 pm
denny crane
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As far as I am aware, the GS will be the base spec car.
13th Apr 2009 9:29 am
unreal boy
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when D4 arrives in dealerships??? when??????when!!!!! i order last week the new d3 my 09 and now§??
13th Apr 2009 9:57 am
BLACK BETTY
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That would get you a new FFRR TDV8 Vogue at the mo!!
Not wanting to come across as rude but. Why would you the D4 is by far a superior vehicle to the aged FFRR.
A Ford Focus is superior to a MKII RS2000 but I know which one I'd rather have........
Besides, how do you know that the D4 is a superior vehicle? The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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13th Apr 2009 11:45 am
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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JMC wrote:
Besides, how do you know that the D4 is a superior vehicle?
Well the D3 is superior so it stands to reason that the D4 is also.In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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except on the HSE. Share your ideas…be sure to mention the model you are predicting for...
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the D4 is by far a superior vehicle to the aged FFRR.
