My sister in law worked for a major radio station corporation in the US and had a very generous car allowance. She could get a new car every 2 years and she always got a Land Rover. When she retired and had to buy her own car, she bought an Acura! She loved driving the Rovers, but she wasn't going to deal with the unreliability using her own money.
They are ideal for picking up one small child from school in crowded Victorian/Edwardian constructed built up residential areas, especially if you enjoy breaking the speed limit, going through red lights and parking irresponsibly. At least that's my impression...🤨
The Overfinch conversions were more aftermarket/unofficial than you may imply. There were also a number of LE's for overseas markets, eg Japan, Holland & Holland USA, etc. The LRSV Autobiography programme was used in part to develop features which later became mainstream options. People may criticise some of the special colours but wealth and taste don't always go together (and suffer financially accordingly when they come to be traded in).
Autobiography: proof that money does not buy taste. Just like Rolls Royce in the 70s, when the customer gets to choose colours it all gets very vulgar. My own P38 has been a reliable, if slow, workhorse. Prefer the D2 though.
I got a new 4.6 HSE in 1999. I had it for 5 years, drove a 230 000 km with it. I had very few problems with the car. Perhaps one of the most comfortable cars I ever had. Since then I have driven smaller and more sustainable vehicles. They have been smarter, but not as regale as the P38. Regards from Norway
The first car company to use the name Vogue was Singer (part of the Rootes Group I think). I don't know how Range Rover got away with using the same name.
The problem with all those Italian design houses was that they were trying to re-invent the Range Rover whilst putting their own spin on it instead of doing what Land Rover asked them to do. Bertone were close to getting the contract with their second design, but were beaten by Land Rover's own designers as they met the criteria and parameters that Land Rover set out. “Their own silly design” won as it was conventional and didn't look ridiculous. At least Land Rover gave Bertone, Ital Design and Pininfarina an opportunity to add another car to their portfolios and they blew it.
@@MontegoReviews Yeah no one in the upscale, conservative Range Rover clientele is going to buy a vehicle that looks too "out there". I mean look at Toyota's Landcruiser, it still looks relatively the same throughout the years.
My Vogue SE is a trooper. Comfortable, surprisingly reliable and a dream to waft along in with the burbling V8 soundtrack. Couldn't imagine parting with it.
I had two. The first one was so bad that LR took it back and gave me a free replacement. The transmission on the second one completely disappeared on the M56 and left us stranded. I wrote it off and changed to Toyota Land cruiser after that and have had no more problems since. LR still is a joke.
You cheeky sod. He cranks out streams of useful, factual and accurate videos of broad interests from almost certainly the spare bedroom, and rather than congratulating him you had to hate because it’s not got some arbitrary production value.
A true great British legend and despite its flaws including the lack of security regarding its being the most popular vehicle for thieves in London it has become an iconic symbol of a once proud and vibrant British industry. Thanks once again Sir for your well crafted work and shared knowledge on this issue and the other topics you offer to us all on this increasingly flawed platform. Best regards from Liverpool.☘️📚
Bought a P38a once & once only. The only vehicle i ever owned that a prayer box in the glovebox was a better option to the RR handbook. A potentially world class vehicle let down by over complexity & British build quality
I've had my 2001 4.6L V8 Vogue for a couple of years now, and yes it has had its fair share of problems, but it's just incredibly nice no matter the situation! 8hr drive up to scotland? It's great! Heading to the beach? It's perfect! It's comfortable and its quirks just make them feel more alive, I can't see myself without one now, plus I get a solid 18mpg on a run! Yes it's pricey to run, and plenty of things need replacing, but you pay the price for the joy of owning one!
Had a Vogue 50, number 36 of 50 made to celebrate 50 years pf Land Rover. HRH Duke of Edinburgh was gifted No. 1. Lashings of burr and leather everywhere, satnav (with option to see how many satellite signals you're receiving!), VHS, TVs in headrests, picnic tables, all in £73K (£138K 2024)
says something about the bad build quality when before the Landcrusier was released in Australia the Range Rover had 80+% market share after only 10% as they say if want to get to the outback go in a Rover if want to get back out then buy the Toyota
Jeremy Clarkson said it was a brilliant design, but it was ruined by minkies(I think that's the word he used, I think it's an insult, but I don't know what it means).
If that's what he said, and I can't from memory verify it, it's likely he was referring to the people who built it. In England (at least in southern England "minkies" is a mildly pejorative term (unusual for Clarkson to go with mild, but if that's what he said, taht's what he said!) referring to primates further back in the evolutionary line than homos sapiens (human beings). A n example jibe about someone you are mildly annoyed with is to call them a "cheeky minky", or "cheeky minkies" if there are more than one. Hope this helps.
The erm channel name doesn’t exactly match your accent just an observation not a criticism. Any way I digress I have owned a IH Scout 2 it is in no way.. a car like design.. more like a tractor and appalling fuel economy Hmm just like the Discovery 1 V8 which I also had the misfortune to own. The P38 is gorgeous though a brilliant design.
actually, no. he's one of the few creators who've the decency to narrate videos with their own voice. also 'mericans seem to struggle with the accent 😂
The ridiculous styling of the Bentley variant just goes to show you can't buy class
If these cars were reliable, they would have been amazing.
If.
Bought one in 1996. Two years later The Prince of Darkness, HVAC failure and suspension defeated me.
My sister in law worked for a major radio station corporation in the US and had a very generous car allowance. She could get a new car every 2 years and she always got a Land Rover. When she retired and had to buy her own car, she bought an Acura! She loved driving the Rovers, but she wasn't going to deal with the unreliability using her own money.
They are ideal for picking up one small child from school in crowded Victorian/Edwardian constructed built up residential areas, especially if you enjoy breaking the speed limit, going through red lights and parking irresponsibly. At least that's my impression...🤨
Sir, you are a hugely astute observer of suburban England.
An expert on the genus “Yummiest Mummiest”
@@PhilbyFavourites why thank you sir, your reply was pure comic gold.
The Overfinch conversions were more aftermarket/unofficial than you may imply. There were also a number of LE's for overseas markets, eg Japan, Holland & Holland USA, etc. The LRSV Autobiography programme was used in part to develop features which later became mainstream options. People may criticise some of the special colours but wealth and taste don't always go together (and suffer financially accordingly when they come to be traded in).
Autobiography: proof that money does not buy taste. Just like Rolls Royce in the 70s, when the customer gets to choose colours it all gets very vulgar. My own P38 has been a reliable, if slow, workhorse. Prefer the D2 though.
The Chelsea Tractor
I got a new 4.6 HSE in 1999. I had it for 5 years, drove a 230 000 km with it. I had very few problems with the car. Perhaps one of the most comfortable cars I ever had. Since then I have driven smaller and more sustainable vehicles. They have been smarter, but not as regale as the P38. Regards from Norway
The first car company to use the name Vogue was Singer (part of the Rootes Group I think). I don't know how Range Rover got away with using the same name.
That's right - it was a Rootes car. My parents had one in the late '60s, an embarrassingly awful piece of junk.
The high-end Range Rovers are called "Vogue" in reference to the eponymous Vogue magazine. Source AROnline.
Why do they always go to Italy and annoy everybody there before choosing their own silly design. This is not the first or the only time they did this.
The problem with all those Italian design houses was that they were trying to re-invent the Range Rover whilst putting their own spin on it instead of doing what Land Rover asked them to do. Bertone were close to getting the contract with their second design, but were beaten by Land Rover's own designers as they met the criteria and parameters that Land Rover set out. “Their own silly design” won as it was conventional and didn't look ridiculous. At least Land Rover gave Bertone, Ital Design and Pininfarina an opportunity to add another car to their portfolios and they blew it.
@@MontegoReviews Okay, get it. So that is why Rover reinvented the whole thing after a very short life. Got it.
@@drstevenrey yet it was less of a re-invent than whatever the fuck Bertone tried to do.
@@MontegoReviews Yeah no one in the upscale, conservative Range Rover clientele is going to buy a vehicle that looks too "out there". I mean look at Toyota's Landcruiser, it still looks relatively the same throughout the years.
This car segment, and the people that buy them, are mainly interested in rigidly sticking to convention
My Vogue SE is a trooper. Comfortable, surprisingly reliable and a dream to waft along in with the burbling V8 soundtrack. Couldn't imagine parting with it.
Maybe mate you wanna do video about jaguar xj x350/x358? 😎
To this day Land Rover builds beautiful, luxurious cars that age like milk mechanically.
I had two. The first one was so bad that LR took it back and gave me a free replacement. The transmission on the second one completely disappeared on the M56 and left us stranded. I wrote it off and changed to Toyota Land cruiser after that and have had no more problems since. LR still is a joke.
The Sultan of Brunei's car collection would make a great video...
Oh look! Another Ruairidh video on a British car with so much potential yet stymied by poor production!
You cheeky sod. He cranks out streams of useful, factual and accurate videos of broad interests from almost certainly the spare bedroom, and rather than congratulating him you had to hate because it’s not got some arbitrary production value.
@@userscott You misunderstood me. It wasn’t his video production, it was the car that my comment was directed at.
Evening from Canberra 🇦🇺 RMV. Rewatching.
Te cars that never fail to disappoint in use
A true great British legend and despite its flaws including the lack of security regarding its being the most popular vehicle for thieves in London it has become an iconic symbol of a once proud and vibrant British industry. Thanks once again Sir for your well crafted work and shared knowledge on this issue and the other topics you offer to us all on this increasingly flawed platform. Best regards from Liverpool.☘️📚
I think this is the best looking Range Rover ever made, inside and out. Shame it wasn’t built very well.
Superb documentary , Thank You (:
14:30 reminded Rolls royce cullinan
Cars again..yes..BINGO!!.....
Bought a P38a once & once only.
The only vehicle i ever owned that a prayer box in the glovebox was a better option to the RR handbook.
A potentially world class vehicle let down by over complexity & British build quality
I had a VM instead. Loved it!
I've had my 2001 4.6L V8 Vogue for a couple of years now, and yes it has had its fair share of problems, but it's just incredibly nice no matter the situation!
8hr drive up to scotland? It's great! Heading to the beach? It's perfect!
It's comfortable and its quirks just make them feel more alive, I can't see myself without one now, plus I get a solid 18mpg on a run!
Yes it's pricey to run, and plenty of things need replacing, but you pay the price for the joy of owning one!
My first car! bought for £700 in 2018 I absolutely loved it … .it died in 2019 …….The engine exploded just outside of Chelmsford 😂
Is Chelmsford near Chelsea?
@@PhilbyFavourites bout 40 mile
Ah range rover . The permanent resident of scrapyards and iffy council estates
P38 = 38 parts will fail within 38 weeks.
Had a Vogue 50, number 36 of 50 made to celebrate 50 years pf Land Rover. HRH Duke of Edinburgh was gifted No. 1. Lashings of burr and leather everywhere, satnav (with option to see how many satellite signals you're receiving!), VHS, TVs in headrests, picnic tables, all in £73K (£138K 2024)
In my mind the only single selling point about the Range Rover is the split rear door. That alone would sell it to me.
I see a little of the BMW e53 took a little of the Range Rover styling
Mitsubishi shogun
L322 next please!
A P38 video would be much appreciated.
?? Did you actually watch the video? What exactly would you have liked that's different from the video that we are commenting on?
wtf is a dropped liner?,ive been a teh 35yrs seen dropped valves but never a single liner "drop"!.
get rid of the hidraulic suspension, install a Toyota engine
says something about the bad build quality when before the Landcrusier was released in Australia the Range Rover had 80+% market share
after only 10% as they say if want to get to the outback go in a Rover if want to get back out then buy the Toyota
Jeremy Clarkson said it was a brilliant design, but it was ruined by minkies(I think that's the word he used, I think it's an insult, but I don't know what it means).
If that's what he said, and I can't from memory verify it, it's likely he was referring to the people who built it. In England (at least in southern England "minkies" is a mildly pejorative term (unusual for Clarkson to go with mild, but if that's what he said, taht's what he said!) referring to primates further back in the evolutionary line than homos sapiens (human beings). A n example jibe about someone you are mildly annoyed with is to call them a "cheeky minky", or "cheeky minkies" if there are more than one. Hope this helps.
Good content with AI.
The erm channel name doesn’t exactly match your accent just an observation not a criticism. Any way I digress I have owned a IH Scout 2 it is in no way.. a car like design.. more like a tractor and appalling fuel economy Hmm just like the Discovery 1 V8 which I also had the misfortune to own. The P38 is gorgeous though a brilliant design.
"Average families" - what planet are you on Rory?
can one say JUNK
What a disgusting, anti-utilitarian thing
Worst car ever
Is this voice AI ? It sounds like it is
actually, no.
he's one of the few creators who've the decency to narrate videos with their own voice.
also 'mericans seem to struggle with the accent 😂