The new stop-start Land Rover Freelander has proved to be an unexpected success.
According to one senior source, sales of manual Freelanders have risen by 11-12 per cent as a direct consequence of the fuel-saving function.
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Stop-start has raised all Land Rover Freelander models to over 41mpg and shaved emissions, dropping many models down a VED road tax band.
Unusually, the stop/start system is standard on all diesel-powered manual ‘box Freelanders sold across the world, which Land Rover reckons will save 10m tonnes of C02 a year, based on 28,000 cars each driving 15,000 miles.
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Re: Stop-start Freelander's success
For your information JLR's loan guarantee's are supported by the State bank of India - not the western Europeans as you comment.
Goodness me what a bunch of cynics. Instead of saying what a great effort by LR - we're off on bashing them over discounts. Well I for one am glad a British based manufacturing firm, that employees 15,000 people (all paying taxes in the UK) is doing so well. And I don't agree that the majority of the sales are due to over discounting.
As for Tata - least you remember that they actually helped to company to last by loaning it over a $1bn when the UK government turned its back. Without tata the company and it's employees (in the UK) would have been in a very precarious position indeed. So think about that when some people posting off on one about British taxpayers money being lost......
Re: Stop-start Freelander's success
Unfortunately the general public seem to abandon a company in droves if they believe it's going down the pan. I guess that's why JLR, Vauxhall and so on undertake these practices. It's also why I believe SAAB has an awful lot of work to do to rub shoulders with Audi and Volvo again.
Re: Stop-start Freelander's success
And dealers were told to register loads to...