2008 Ranger Rover: New features and 32% better fuel economy

Most beautiful car in its class. It has so much character and passion. No more quality and reliability issues with this model.

"No more quality and reliability issues"? don't lease, go ahead and buy one. you will be sorry just like all previous owners (not lease).

its actually a 4x4, not a car

these things depreciate like crazy and i'll be one pissed of owner if i bought one last year and they launch another updated version within a 1 year.

so far since this generation came out...
they switched from bmw engines, gearbox & electronics to jag (understandable since the sale to ford)

then a year back came with a updated interior and air conditioning system,

now even more modifications?
wait for the face-lift like everyone else!
reminds me of computers, buy one this week and a much better one comes out for the same price next week.

ps.i won't lie range rovers are unreliable but as many of my friends who own RRs say...

many people can afford to buy a range rover but only a few can afford to maintain and service it.

Thats how strong its brand image &prestige value is :)

Aaaahhhh the good old lease plan. It has saved many a Rover, Benz, BMW and Audi owners alike.

people who lease are by definition NOT owners (the banks or financial companies are), they are renters.

It depends wether you do off-balance leasing of on-balance leasing.

ctsang,

I have to laugh at your comment. Anyone who "owns" a depreciating asset is floating on a sinking ship. At the end of the day we are all renting, since we eventually sell the vehicle when we want another one and calculate the depreciation (rental cost/usage cost) when we sell. This is no different than the person who leases, except he knows what his depreciation cost will be up front. The lease holder is smart enough to put his capital into appreciating assets, not depreciating assets.

I used to buy every car I drove until 1999. I leased a 1999 540iA (Capital Cost $80,000) and drove it for 5 years. The dealer covered all of the repairs (warranty/extended warranty) and I turned it in with a residual value of $35,000. I live in a smaller market, but the car sat on the dealer's lot for 13 months and eventually sold for $24,000. I had tried to sell the car prior to the end of the lease with no luck.

So if you owned this car, you would have lost $11,000 more than I did "renting" it.

My company Leased a 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel in 2004 for 3 years with a residual value of $34,000. We considered buying the truck out but found that the wholesale value was $27,000 at the end of the lease. That is $7,000 that Daimler Chrysler had to eat. We turned the truck in. I was laughing all the way to the bank with that one! Can you imagine if we had bought the thing? An consider some of the manufacturer's lease rates; bank financing can't match it.

The bottom line: What does it matter whether you buy or lease? In both cases you are driving the same car and the end of term cost of driving (per month) may be similar. In my case, both times, it was significantly less to lease.

But you hang on to your sinking ownership idea. I'm leasing my cars and investing the cash I didn't sink into the car into choice Real Estate. An while I'm driving my 5 series from property to property watching the values go up, I'm writing off the car lease!

The TDV8 is a great engine, 32% more fuel efficient than the 4.4 V8.

its got tht nice function when filling the gas by mistake, it blocks the gas coming in by sensing the nozzle size?

Ford have that on the new Mondeo too.
It's so simple, yet so clever.
Can't fill a petrol with diesel, the aperture is too small, can't do it the other way around because of some flap that needs to be opened that a petrol nozzle can't do.

Lol, ranger...

Love this SUV noo competitors its the top of all SUVS yet still rugged and classy

If you can afford it reliability isnt a concern

The Range Rover is just gorgeous. If the fuel economy looks good on the sticker (not necessarily in real life, though), I'd get my wife to consider it.

theyre gr8 cars but i persnally want a land cruiser.