2022 BUYER’S GUIDE
OUR EXPERTS
TO help you on your journey, we’ve asked a panel of experts for their advice on the best buys, looking at what you’ll have to pay, how to choose the sweet spot in the range and the potential pitfalls to beware of.
Whichever you choose, look after your Land Rover and it won’t just be fun to own – it could even be an investment.
Here’s our definitive guide to buying a Land Rover in 2022.
STEVE MILLER: LRM Advertising and Events Manager
ED EVANS: LRM Technical Editor
TOM BARNARD: Author and veteran motoring journalist
ANDREW HARRISON-SMITH: Nene Overland
RUSS KNIGHT: Gloucester Land Rover
FREELANDER 1
£1000 – £6500
THE cheapest way into Land Rover ownership is still a Freelander 1, simply because it was such a sales success and there are plenty around. There are lots of scruffy, well-used hippos that can be picked up for around £1200 and will still have plenty of life left in them. The threedoors have removable roofs which makes for a fun summer car while keeping you mobile through winter. The five-door models are a practical family car or workhorse.
Early models are becoming collectable too, with enthusiasts realising that this was a landmark car for Land Rover and starting to squirrel away anything which might be interesting in a few years, such as launch year models or bold-coloured special editions.
But there are issues you’ll need to be aware of before taking the plunge. Best-known is the notorious head gasket issue on the 1.8-litre petrol cars, which has seen the premature end of thousands of Freelanders. Most of the survivors will have had it fixed by now, but check that it’s been done properly.
The early diesels are
