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 |
---|---|---|---|
FREELANDER GS TD4 | 1 | 17144 | 16854 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 | 0 | 10638 | 10561 |
FREELANDER HSE SD4 AUTO | 1 | 8916 | 8788 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 A | 2 | 5919 | 5742 |
FREELANDER TD4 GS | 37 | 8594 | 5357 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 AUTO | 1 | 5357 | 5264 |
FREELANDER ADVENTURER TD | 8 | 5428 | 4942 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 | 1 | 4797 | 4742 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES | 37 | 7358 | 4624 |
FREELANDER XS SD4 AUTO | 1 | 4672 | 4614 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 | 1 | 4589 | 4528 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/W | 13 | 4925 | 4238 |
FREELANDER S TD4 | 1 | 3997 | 3921 |
FREELANDER GS TD4 E | 3 | 4001 | 3880 |
FREELANDER XEI | 53 | 7842 | 3662 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE TD | 8 | 3735 | 3414 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/W | 15 | 3606 | 3049 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 E | 1 | 3076 | 3022 |
FREELANDER GS TD4 AUTO | 1 | 2916 | 2861 |
FREELANDER GS | 63 | 7608 | 2746 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 A | 2 | 2731 | 2650 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI TD4 | 26 | 3594 | 2638 |
FREELANDER GS SD4 AUTO | 1 | 2656 | 2615 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI TD4 | 24 | 3457 | 2605 |
FREELANDER TD4 HSE S/W | 11 | 2940 | 2601 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES AUTO | 37 | 4012 | 2505 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 AUTO | 1 | 2481 | 2432 |
FREELANDER GS TD4 A | 4 | 2455 | 2350 |
FREELANDER TD4 HSE S/W A | 10 | 2596 | 2314 |
FREELANDER | 71 | 8092 | 2301 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE SD4 AUTO | 0 | 2279 | 2270 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI SE | 44 | 4083 | 2255 |
FREELANDER ES | 62 | 5713 | 2160 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/W A | 10 | 2385 | 2124 |
FREELANDER S TD4 E | 3 | 2085 | 2006 |
FREELANDER METROPOLIS SD4 AUTO | 2 | 1742 | 1703 |
FREELANDER TD4 S | 41 | 2920 | 1698 |
FREELANDER S | 64 | 4374 | 1536 |
FREELANDER XS TD4 A | 4 | 1543 | 1470 |
FREELANDER HSE TD | 6 | 1562 | 1460 |
FREELANDER HSE TD A | 7 | 1583 | 1458 |
FREELANDER XEI S-WAGON | 88 | 12467 | 1439 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC SD4 AUTO | 2 | 1474 | 1438 |
FREELANDER XEDI S-WAGON | 76 | 6159 | 1427 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE TD A | 8 | 1547 | 1418 |
FREELANDER TD4 GS AUTO | 38 | 2153 | 1330 |
FREELANDER SPORT LE SD4 AUTO | 2 | 1210 | 1182 |
FREELANDER TD4 S H/B | 18 | 1352 | 1096 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE H/B | 15 | 1248 | 1053 |
FREELANDER SE TECH TD4 | 0 | 1020 | 1014 |
FREELANDER TD4 SPORT S/W | 12 | 1162 | 1011 |
FREELANDER HSE TD4 E | 2 | 1036 | 1010 |
FREELANDER SPORT TD | 5 | 1056 | 993 |
FREELANDER SE S/W | 27 | 1346 | 980 |
FREELANDER V6I ES AUTO | 76 | 3839 | 903 |
FREELANDER XDI S-WAGON | 70 | 2927 | 873 |
FREELANDER S-WAGON | 85 | 6049 | 855 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI S/W | 47 | 1458 | 768 |
FREELANDER TD4 PREMIUM SP | 14 | 876 | 750 |
FREELANDER BLACK & WHITE TD4 | 2 | 767 | 747 |
FREELANDER TD4 SPORT H/B | 15 | 861 | 725 |
FREELANDER S TD4 A | 7 | 774 | 717 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI TD4 A | 23 | 919 | 702 |
FREELANDER ADV-TURER TD A | 9 | 737 | 665 |
FREELANDER TD4 XEI | 13 | 698 | 607 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES PREMIUM | 27 | 793 | 576 |
FREELANDER HSE S/W | 24 | 741 | 561 |
FREELANDER DI | 70 | 1870 | 551 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/W A | 16 | 648 | 539 |
FREELANDER DI S-WAGON | 73 | 1980 | 525 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC TD4 | 1 | 535 | 525 |
FREELANDER SE TECH SD4 AUTO | 3 | 538 | 521 |
FREELANDER XI S-WAGON | 86 | 3701 | 505 |
FREELANDER TD4 SP S/W A | 14 | 551 | 471 |
FREELANDER S S/W | 29 | 666 | 468 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES PREM A | 25 | 624 | 467 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI H/B | 39 | 768 | 461 |
FREELANDER S TD4 AUTO | 2 | 468 | 455 |
FREELANDER HSE I6 AUTO | 7 | 468 | 432 |
FREELANDER SE H/B | 30 | 592 | 410 |
FREELANDER V6I GS AUTO | 79 | 1988 | 404 |
FREELANDER SPORT TD AUTO | 9 | 435 | 394 |
FREELANDER S H/B | 28 | 545 | 387 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI TD4 A | 24 | 513 | 386 |
FREELANDER XEDI | 72 | 1225 | 341 |
FREELANDER TD4 E H/B | 19 | 409 | 330 |
FREELANDER TD4 PREM SP A | 17 | 383 | 316 |
FREELANDER SPORT LE TD4 | 2 | 294 | 286 |
FREELANDER GS ED4 | 5 | 276 | 262 |
FREELANDER SE SD4 AUTO | 3 | 265 | 256 |
FREELANDER TD4 E S/W | 21 | 302 | 238 |
FREELANDER V6 HSE A | 30 | 304 | 212 |
FREELANDER BLACK & WHITE TD4 A | 4 | 220 | 211 |
FREELANDER M MARA TD4 S/W | 21 | 268 | 210 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE H/B A | 17 | 248 | 205 |
FREELANDER XEDI S-WAGON 50 | 73 | 752 | 196 |
FREELANDER SPORT LE TD4 A | 8 | 199 | 183 |
FREELANDER S ED4 | 4 | 186 | 178 |
FREELANDER TD4 S AUTO | 40 | 289 | 173 |
FREELANDER E H/B | 29 | 229 | 162 |
FREELANDER ADVENTURER | 22 | 202 | 157 |
FREELANDER XEI S-WAGON 50 | 87 | 1163 | 150 |
FREELANDER MASAI MARA H/B | 37 | 224 | 141 |
FREELANDER MASAI MARA S/W | 42 | 245 | 141 |
FREELANDER V6 PREM SP A | 32 | 207 | 139 |
FREELANDER XS ED4 | 0 | 112 | 111 |
FREELANDER V6 ES PREM A | 59 | 262 | 105 |
FREELANDER TD4 S H/B A | 22 | 125 | 97 |
FREELANDER MASAI H/B | 34 | 144 | 95 |
FREELANDER BLACK & WHITE ED4 | 2 | 91 | 89 |
FREELANDER M MARA TD4 H/B | 29 | 123 | 87 |
FREELANDER E S/W | 27 | 117 | 85 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES-X | 44 | 145 | 80 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE TD4 | 6 | 82 | 77 |
FREELANDER TD4 E S/W A | 12 | 87 | 76 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC TD4 AUTO | 3 | 76 | 73 |
FREELANDER TD4 SP H/B A | 16 | 85 | 71 |
FREELANDER HST TD4 | 1 | 66 | 65 |
FREELANDER TD4 ES-X AUTO | 42 | 99 | 57 |
FREELANDER V6 SPORT S/W A | 36 | 90 | 57 |
FREELANDER XDI | 64 | 142 | 51 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE | 24 | 66 | 50 |
FREELANDER V6 SE S/W A | 32 | 74 | 50 |
FREELANDER HSE | 5 | 52 | 49 |
FREELANDER ES-X | 59 | 93 | 38 |
FREELANDER HSE ED4 | 2 | 39 | 38 |
FREELANDER SE I6 AUTO | 20 | 43 | 34 |
FREELANDER V6 ES-X AUTO | 78 | 152 | 32 |
FREELANDER V6 SPORT H/B A | 35 | 48 | 31 |
FREELANDER TD4 XEI AUTO | 17 | 34 | 28 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE TD4 AUTO | 0 | 27 | 27 |
FREELANDER XS I6 AUTO | 14 | 27 | 23 |
FREELANDER TD4 E H/B A | 25 | 31 | 23 |
FREEL-DER M MARA TD4S/W A | 33 | 30 | 20 |
FREELANDER V6 SE H/B A | 44 | 27 | 15 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/B | 6 | 15 | 14 |
FREELANDER TD4 E | 0 | 10 | 10 |
FREELANDER TD4 SWB | 23 | 13 | 10 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 AUTO | 0 | 9 | 9 |
FREELANDER TD SWB | 68 | 29 | 9 |
FREELANDER XI | 85 | 47 | 7 |
FREELANDER FREESTYLE AUTO | 45 | 11 | 6 |
FREELANDER XS | 0 | 6 | 6 |
FREEL-DER M MARA TD4H/B A | 16 | 6 | 5 |
FREELANDER GS I6 AUTO | 28 | 7 | 5 |
FREELANDER HSE AUTO | 54 | 11 | 5 |
FREELANDER I | 80 | 26 | 5 |
FREELANDER KALAHARI S/B | 37 | 8 | 5 |
FREELANDER LUXURY HSE ED4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
FREELANDER SERENGETI | 61 | 13 | 5 |
FREELANDER SWB | 70 | 17 | 5 |
FREELANDER TD4 SE S/B A | 16 | 6 | 5 |
FREELANDER SE S/B | 20 | 5 | 4 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/B | 0 | 4 | 4 |
FREELANDER SE TECH TD4 AUTO | 0 | 3 | 3 |
FREELANDER SI4 HSE AUTO | 0 | 3 | 3 |
FREELANDER TD4 AUTO | 0 | 3 | 3 |
FREELANDER DYNAMIC ED4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER HST I6 AUTO | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER TD4 E S/B | 33 | 3 | 2 |
FREELANDER TD4 S S/B A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER TD4 SWB AUTO | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREELANDER XS AUTO | 0 | 2 | 2 |
FREEL-DER M MARA TD4S/B A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER E S/B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER MASAI TD4 H/B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER MASAI TD4S/W A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER MM | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER S AUTO | 50 | 2 | 1 |
FREELANDER S S/B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER SE TD4 E | 66 | 3 | 1 |
FREELANDER SPORT AUTO | 0 | 1 | 1 |
FREELANDER V6 AUTO | 85 | 7 | 1 |
FREELANDER V6 SE S/B A | 0 | 1 | 1 |