A time to buy
Our pick of the best secondhand Land Rovers
THE LRM Land Rover buying guide issue always sells well. One of the reasons for this is that it hits the supermarket shelves in the middle of winter, when buying a Land Rover is more important than buying a Christmas tree or fat turkey. As it’s permanent 4WD (well most of them are), a Land Rover could save your life when you need to negotiate snow-covered passes or flooded lanes.
For this buying guide we have not only identified the 15 Land Rovers which we know will sell well in 2020, but we have also written about relevant considerations when deciding to splash your hard-earned cash on a Land Rover. These include HP versus PCP, how to save on insurance and road tax and whether to rebuild or scrap your current Land Rover. Then most importantly we have chatted to the owners of the Land Rovers we have featured, and to give the feature even more kudos we went to industry experts to get their opinions.
All our readers and fans are different, just like the Land Rovers we love. I drive an exotic Defender while my ad manager has an old Ninety that he is currently restoring, plus he has
Freelander 1. Others like Frank Elson (yes good old Frank is back in our Buying Guide) has always been a Range Rover man. Each unto their own and respect others’ opinions and differences in taste. As long as it was made by Land Rover then I am okay with it. Obviously certain editions of the various models have been more problematic than others, which is why we have an annual Buying Guide, to tell you what to look out for!
I recently attended the Classic Car Show at the NEC near Birmingham. Before I had even seen a classic car I had already spent over £ 50. A day ticket was £ 36 and parking was £16. Imagine if we charged half of that for parking at Land Rover Shows? No one would go. While I did enjoy catching up with several advertisers and Land Rover owners at the show, the cost of parking and show ticket was just scandalous. Sadly the organisers know the fans will come no matter what and so they can charge whatever they want. Moan over... Enjoy the issue!