The Land Rover Freelander burst on to the scene with as much enthusiasm and hype in 1997 as a rather baby faced Tony Blair did, though one went on to blot their copy book a lot quicker than the other. Yes sadly it didn't take long for the Freelander to start eating those chocolate head gaskets that Rover had insisted on fitting and pertol engine versions soon started over heating and generally running badly, and if you had a V6 version you had twice as much to worry about. The diesels did at least eliminate this issue though the Freelander still had a few other tricks up its sleave to cheer up local garages the length and breadth of the country. There was the rear diff bush mounts that were prone to failing early, you couldn't miss it if one went wrong, it would inform you so with loud angry bangs from the rear of the car. Also a rumbling from underneath spelled the demise of one of the propshaft bearings, but only if you were having a good day, if not then it would be the transfer box. Electrical gremlins are also a good source of entertainment for Freelander owners.
Check out the video below, for a couple of pointers
So if after reading all this you are still thinking of buying a Freelander then the diesels are the best choice, either the Rover one, a better engine than you might imagine (97-2000) or the BMW (2000-2006)
Its a shame about all the issues because the 3 door sport version with the removable hardtop (there is a softop to go with it but its a joke) is really quite a nice looking car, and in V6 guise would be an attractive proposition if it weren't for those pesky head gaskets. Still they are dying in large numbers so a well looked after example may well started appreciate soon simply because of rartiy value.
Maximum # of Registrations = 207033
Latest # of Registrations = 192038
Low low mileage (very low low mileage if you thinking V6) and not a hint of green laning in its history
Name | Calculated Rating | Max Reg | Latest Reg |
---|---|---|---|
FREEL-DER M MARA TD4H/B A | 16 | 6 | 5 |
FREEL-DER M MARA TD4S/B A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREEL-DER M MARA TD4S/W A | 33 | 30 | 20 |
FREELANDER | 71 | 8092 | 2301 |
FREELANDER ADV-TURER TD A | 9 | 737 | 665 |
FREELANDER ADVENTURER | 22 | 202 | 157 |
FREELANDER ADVENTURER TD | 8 | 5428 | 4942 |
FREELANDER BLACK & WHITE ED4 | 2 | 91 | 89 |
FREELANDER BLACK & WHITE TD4 | 2 | 767 | 747 |
FREELANDER BLACK & WHITE TD4 A | 4 | 220 | 211 |
FREELANDER DI | 70 | 1870 | 551 |
FREELANDER DI S-WAGON | 73 | 1980 | 525 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC ED4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC SD4 AUTO | 2 | 1474 | 1438 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC TD4 | 1 | 535 | 525 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC TD4 AUTO | 3 | 76 | 73 |
FREELANDER E H/B | 29 | 229 | 162 |
FREELANDER E S/B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER E S/W | 27 | 117 | 85 |
FREELANDER ES | 62 | 5713 | 2160 |
FREELANDER ES-X | 59 | 93 | 38 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE | 24 | 66 | 50 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE AUTO | 45 | 11 | 6 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE TD | 8 | 3735 | 3414 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE TD A | 8 | 1547 | 1418 |
FREELANDER GS | 63 | 7608 | 2746 |
FREELANDER GS ED4 | 5 | 276 | 262 |
FREELANDER GS I6 AUTO | 28 | 7 | 5 |
FREELANDER GS SD4 AUTO | 1 | 2656 | 2615 |
FREELANDER GS TD4 | 1 | 17144 | 16854 |
FREELANDER GS TD4 A | 4 | 2455 | 2350 |
FREELANDER GS TD4 AUTO | 1 | 2916 | 2861 |
FREELANDER GS TD4 E | 3 | 4001 | 3880 |
FREELANDER HSE | 5 | 52 | 49 |
FREELANDER HSE AUTO | 54 | 11 | 5 |
FREELANDER HSE ED4 | 2 | 39 | 38 |
FREELANDER HSE I6 AUTO | 7 | 468 | 432 |
FREELANDER HSE S/W | 24 | 741 | 561 |
FREELANDER HSE SD4 AUTO | 1 | 8916 | 8788 |
FREELANDER HSE TD | 6 | 1562 | 1460 |
FREELANDER HSE TD A | 7 | 1583 | 1458 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 | 1 | 4797 | 4742 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 A | 2 | 5919 | 5742 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 AUTO | 1 | 5357 | 5264 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 E | 2 | 1036 | 1010 |
FREELANDER HST I6 AUTO | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER HST TD4 | 1 | 66 | 65 |
FREELANDER I | 80 | 26 | 5 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI H/B | 39 | 768 | 461 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI S/B | 37 | 8 | 5 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI S/W | 47 | 1458 | 768 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI TD4 | 24 | 3457 | 2605 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI TD4 A | 23 | 919 | 702 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE ED4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE SD4 AUTO | 0 | 2279 | 2270 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE TD4 | 6 | 82 | 77 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE TD4 AUTO | 0 | 27 | 27 |
FREELANDER M MARA TD4 H/B | 29 | 123 | 87 |
FREELANDER M MARA TD4 S/W | 21 | 268 | 210 |
FREELANDER MASAI H/B | 34 | 144 | 95 |
FREELANDER MASAI MARA H/B | 37 | 224 | 141 |
FREELANDER MASAI MARA S/W | 42 | 245 | 141 |
FREELANDER MASAI TD4 H/B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER MASAI TD4S/W A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER METROPOLIS SD4 AUTO | 2 | 1742 | 1703 |
FREELANDER MM | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER S | 64 | 4374 | 1536 |
FREELANDER S AUTO | 50 | 2 | 1 |
FREELANDER S ED4 | 4 | 186 | 178 |
FREELANDER S H/B | 28 | 545 | 387 |
FREELANDER S S/B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER S S/W | 29 | 666 | 468 |
FREELANDER S TD4 | 1 | 3997 | 3921 |
FREELANDER S TD4 A | 7 | 774 | 717 |
FREELANDER S TD4 AUTO | 2 | 468 | 455 |
FREELANDER S TD4 E | 3 | 2085 | 2006 |
FREELANDER S-WAGON | 85 | 6049 | 855 |
FREELANDER SE H/B | 30 | 592 | 410 |
FREELANDER SE I6 AUTO | 20 | 43 | 34 |
FREELANDER SE S/B | 20 | 5 | 4 |
FREELANDER SE S/W | 27 | 1346 | 980 |
FREELANDER SE SD4 AUTO | 3 | 265 | 256 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 | 1 | 4589 | 4528 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 A | 2 | 2731 | 2650 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 AUTO | 0 | 9 | 9 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 E | 66 | 3 | 1 |
FREELANDER SE TECH SD4 AUTO | 3 | 538 | 521 |
FREELANDER SE TECH TD4 | 0 | 1020 | 1014 |
FREELANDER SE TECH TD4 AUTO | 0 | 3 | 3 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI | 61 | 13 | 5 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI SE | 44 | 4083 | 2255 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI TD4 | 26 | 3594 | 2638 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI TD4 A | 24 | 513 | 386 |
FREELANDER SI4 HSE AUTO | 0 | 3 | 3 |
FREELANDER SPORT AUTO | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER SPORT LE SD4 AUTO | 2 | 1210 | 1182 |
FREELANDER SPORT LE TD4 | 2 | 294 | 286 |
FREELANDER SPORT LE TD4 A | 8 | 199 | 183 |
FREELANDER SPORT TD | 5 | 1056 | 993 |
FREELANDER SPORT TD AUTO | 9 | 435 | 394 |
FREELANDER SWB | 70 | 17 | 5 |
FREELANDER TD SWB | 68 | 29 | 9 |
FREELANDER TD4 AUTO | 0 | 3 | 3 |
FREELANDER TD4 E | 0 | 10 | 10 |
FREELANDER TD4 E H/B | 19 | 409 | 330 |
FREELANDER TD4 E H/B A | 25 | 31 | 23 |
FREELANDER TD4 E S/B | 33 | 3 | 2 |
FREELANDER TD4 E S/W | 21 | 302 | 238 |
FREELANDER TD4 E S/W A | 12 | 87 | 76 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES | 37 | 7358 | 4624 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES AUTO | 37 | 4012 | 2505 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES PREM A | 25 | 624 | 467 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES PREMIUM | 27 | 793 | 576 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES-X | 44 | 145 | 80 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES-X AUTO | 42 | 99 | 57 |
FREELANDER TD4 GS | 37 | 8594 | 5357 |
FREELANDER TD4 GS AUTO | 38 | 2153 | 1330 |
FREELANDER TD4 HSE S/W | 11 | 2940 | 2601 |
FREELANDER TD4 HSE S/W A | 10 | 2596 | 2314 |
FREELANDER TD4 PREM SP A | 17 | 383 | 316 |
FREELANDER TD4 PREMIUM SP | 14 | 876 | 750 |
FREELANDER TD4 S | 41 | 2920 | 1698 |
FREELANDER TD4 S AUTO | 40 | 289 | 173 |
FREELANDER TD4 S H/B | 18 | 1352 | 1096 |
FREELANDER TD4 S H/B A | 22 | 125 | 97 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/B | 0 | 4 | 4 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/B A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/W | 15 | 3606 | 3049 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/W A | 16 | 648 | 539 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE H/B | 15 | 1248 | 1053 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE H/B A | 17 | 248 | 205 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/B | 6 | 15 | 14 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/B A | 16 | 6 | 5 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/W | 13 | 4925 | 4238 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/W A | 10 | 2385 | 2124 |
FREELANDER TD4 SP H/B A | 16 | 85 | 71 |
FREELANDER TD4 SP S/W A | 14 | 551 | 471 |
FREELANDER TD4 SPORT H/B | 15 | 861 | 725 |
FREELANDER TD4 SPORT S/W | 12 | 1162 | 1011 |
FREELANDER TD4 SWB | 23 | 13 | 10 |
FREELANDER TD4 SWB AUTO | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER TD4 XEI | 13 | 698 | 607 |
FREELANDER TD4 XEI AUTO | 17 | 34 | 28 |
FREELANDER V6 AUTO | 85 | 7 | 1 |
FREELANDER V6 ES PREM A | 59 | 262 | 105 |
FREELANDER V6 ES-X AUTO | 78 | 152 | 32 |
FREELANDER V6 HSE A | 30 | 304 | 212 |
FREELANDER V6 PREM SP A | 32 | 207 | 139 |
FREELANDER V6 SE H/B A | 44 | 27 | 15 |
FREELANDER V6 SE S/B A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER V6 SE S/W A | 32 | 74 | 50 |
FREELANDER V6 SPORT H/B A | 35 | 48 | 31 |
FREELANDER V6 SPORT S/W A | 36 | 90 | 57 |
FREELANDER V6I ES AUTO | 76 | 3839 | 903 |
FREELANDER V6I GS AUTO | 79 | 1988 | 404 |
FREELANDER XDI | 64 | 142 | 51 |
FREELANDER XDI S-WAGON | 70 | 2927 | 873 |
FREELANDER XEDI | 72 | 1225 | 341 |
FREELANDER XEDI S-WAGON | 76 | 6159 | 1427 |
FREELANDER XEDI S-WAGON 50 | 73 | 752 | 196 |
FREELANDER XEI | 53 | 7842 | 3662 |
FREELANDER XEI S-WAGON | 88 | 12467 | 1439 |
FREELANDER XEI S-WAGON 50 | 87 | 1163 | 150 |
FREELANDER XI | 85 | 47 | 7 |
FREELANDER XI S-WAGON | 86 | 3701 | 505 |
FREELANDER XS | 0 | 6 | 6 |
FREELANDER XS AUTO | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER XS ED4 | 0 | 112 | 111 |
FREELANDER XS I6 AUTO | 14 | 27 | 23 |
FREELANDER XS SD4 AUTO | 1 | 4672 | 4614 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 | 0 | 10638 | 10561 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 A | 4 | 1543 | 1470 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 AUTO | 1 | 2481 | 2432 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 E | 1 | 3076 | 3022 |