GTP Cool Wall: 1997-2006 Land Rover Freelander '3-door'

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1997-2006 Land Rover Freelander '3-door'

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1997-2006 Land Rover Freelander '3-door' nominated by @Turbo

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Body Style: 3-door convertible
Engine: 1.8L I4, 2.0L BMW Diesel I4, 2.0 L-Series Diesel I4, 2.5L V6
Power: 95-174 hp
Torque: 154-177 lb-ft
Weight: 1380-1525 kg
Transmission: 5-speed automatic, 5-speed manual
Drivetrain: front engine, front-wheel drive, front-engine, all-wheel drive
Additional Info: Was built in both England and Thailand, but was originally planned to be constructed in Finland. This was Land Rover's first entry to the compact SUV market; it's primary competitors were the Jeep Wrangler, Suzuki Escudo, Isuzu Amigo, and Toyota RAV4. From 1997-2002, it was the best-selling AWD vehicle in Europe. The bulk of the parts used on the Freelander came from the Austin Maestro. Oddly enough, the Freelander was also intended to be badged as a Hyundai for Asian markets, but this never happened. Some Freelanders were sold in Australia, America and Canada. The Freelander featured unibody construction. The V6 model got a 0-60 time of 11.1 seconds, and in it's slowest spec it achieved a time of 14.6 seconds. Unlike other Land Rover vehicles sold at the time, this generation of the Freelander was not a luxury vehicle.​

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More capable offroad than a Wrangler at the time and doesn't have any of the "mall crawler" or "pavement princess" stigma attached to it. However, these are a little dorky looking. Meh it is.
 
Rolling up to the livestock market with your Ifor Williams trailer in tow and the roof down. :cool:

I'd never seen one of these with the top removed until this nomination came up. I can't imagine why. Seriously Uncool.
 
That's the cheapest looking Land Rover I've seen.

Uncool.
 
Weirdly, this is in my top ten favorite vehicles of all time. I want a Freelander about as much as I want a VehiCROSS. I can't help but give it a cool.
 
Wiegert
I'd never seen one of these with the top removed until this nomination came up. I can't imagine why. Seriously Uncool.
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Indeed, I wasn't even aware the top was removable until I watched an old Top Gear review of it when it was new. Hell, I bet most of the owners didn't or don't know that either.

I hate these things for one minor design feature; the brake lights / blinkers are at the bottom of the bumper , not the clearly-designed-to-be brake-lights-except-they're-just-reflectors in the usual position. Always makes me think they're broken or something.
 
Unreliability in an awful looking package. And if you bought it with the diesel, you'd be spilling oil everywhere.

Hideous.
 
A terrible car inside and out, wasn't needed in (or on) the range. Had the off-road capability of Stephen Hawking with none of the design intelligence. Awfully, horribly uncool.
 
It doesn't shout Land Rover at me. I don't get the point of this car, it looks cheap and ugly. Uncool.
 
Certainly not Land Rovers finest creation. A rather dorky looking, slow dumpy thing and certainly never excelled in any department.

SU.
 
CLowndes888
It doesn't shout Land Rover at me. I don't get the point of this car, it looks cheap and ugly. Uncool.
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Land Rover only entered the luxury field about twenty years ago. Before that, all of it's cars were minimalistic, utilitarian off-roaders without the slightest pretense of opulence or style. While the Freelander certainly isn't winning awards for being one of Land Rover's most revolutionary products, I still think it's pretty "Land-Rover-ish".
 
Its screaming inside me. I can hear the voices...

"SOOOOCCCCEEEEERRRRR MOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM"
 
Lilium
Its screaming inside me. I can hear the voices...

"SOOOOCCCCEEEEERRRRR MOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM"
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Since when do soccer moms drive 3-door convertible SUVs? Those are not all practical for hauling around kids and groceries.
 
Beats a Wrangler. Looks like 🤬 .

Uncool. Borderline SU. (the Wrangler took the fall for it)
 
A Land Rover, that doesn’t look overly spoiled, like the Range Rover... And, it’s not a Defender, nor Discovery?!

Cool (Sub-Zero, if it didn’t look like a Isuzu VehiCROSS/Suzuki Jimny in a Land Rover body-kit. Over all, styling is pretty unorthodox for a Land Rover, in any kind. Yet, personally, I have a soft spot for the Freelander’s design. It’s too cute!)
 
Turbo
Since when do soccer moms drive 3-door convertible SUVs? Those are not all practical for hauling around kids and groceries.
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well, you got me there. but then perhaps a soccer single independant woman, who knows... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
God awful thing IMO, looked ugly and was cheaply put together. Stands as an effigy to the darkest Rover ownership days of JLR.

All the ones I saw were always kept in terrible condition, as though even the owners didn't appreciate them!

Uncool.
 
Just as I was about to leave my university, I saw a blue one of these parked next to my car. Looks awfully dated and gimmicky.
 

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