Still missing our D4, the boot space and real practicality of it at least.
Now with our D5 gone, doubting if I should go for the, hopefully soon, facelifted D5 or new Defender... but the boot seems suddenly so small! (Not had the chance to see one in real yet)
I have had a D2, D3, RRS (L320), FFRR (L322), and now have the D5.
Of all of them, i would say that the D2 was the most practical and userfriendly for storage etc.
The D3 was the largest.
The FFRR was sublimely comfortable!!!!
I liked the RRS the most for daily driving until i bought the D5.
The D5 is honestly a pretty good compromise of all of them.
Yes... i would like the boot to be that little bit bigger. Yes, there are times that i wish that not everything was electronic (why did they have to make the seat folding electric??).
BUT... i am really happy overall with the D5, and i would ceetainly not consider buying the Defender instead. The Defender is nice, but for me it has moved a little too far from what the defender was meant to be, but is NOT as comfortable as the D5.
These are just my thoughts... please dont be too harsh in your comments;)
While i value your comments about the d3, i don't have adaptive dynamics in my d5, and none of us have felt car sick in it.
When we got married, my wife and I were trying several different 4x4s, and she was badly car sick in several (toyota, kia etc). The D3 was just about OK so long as we werent on any really windy roads. The D5... we have had no problems... she has behaved perfectly and road manners are actually really good even though i dont have adaptive dymanics as mine is a 2017 model.
I must admit the Albanian mountain roads could be part of the problem too
Anyway, we are moving to East-Africa and JLR gives no option either to spec AD there, so it will be or D5 or Defender. But Defenders boot is quite a stretch smaller than that of the D5, this to my surprise, and the 130 isn’t coming very soon... choices...
wow. that basically confirms what I was fearing about cargo volume. my snowboard bag wouldn't even fit lengthwise in this thing without squishing it. :p
thanks for posting that, I'll have to forward that on to my dealer who will likely find it useful.
Just got informed that 3 new Defenders arrived at the local dealer, so I can go check for myself, but as waiting for the 130 is no real option probably will go for another D5, hopefully the facelift will be presented soon, eager to try an inline 6 diesel
I'll be checking the Defender out too when it arrives. I can live with the opening not fitting a pallet horizontally, but it really hinges on boot size being enough for the dogs. My other concern is that the price won't be much different than a similarly spec D5, yet it is still missing a couple of cylinders. Adding those will likely top the price of a D5.
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