Will another Range Rover model become a classic like the Cla
Discussion
I like Range Rovers, I like classics, and I love the Range Rover Classic, but I've been wondering whether any of the later offerings will ever make it to the same status. I don't mean classic in the sense of values rocketing skywards, I mean it as being appreciated and good to look at. I'm sure that plenty of all models will survive to old age, as do plenty of things such as old Suzuki SJ410s and Vitaras but nobody would call those classics.
The P38 is now "old enough", one might say, to start being a classic and it has its fans, but I find its looks very bland. It looks like a Talbot Sunbeam with big wheels. They may be getting rarer, and some may even appreciate in value, but I can't ever see them being anything other than a niche taste.
L405, party from being very new obviously, is also not distinctive enough. The entire LR range resembles each other and with so many variant on the same theme with FFRR, RRS, Velar, Disco etc., I can't see these ever becoming desirable even 20-30 years down the line. Besides, they look like a wax model of a P38 which has been left in an oven to melt down a bit.
To me, the L322 has the best chance; it resembles the Classic far more than the others in terms of its overall looks, and it's distinctive compared to the rest of the LR range of the time. I think these would be the clinchers, but still assumes that there will be some desire.
Personally, I don't think we will have a Range Rover P38 or L405 thread with thousands of posts, but we might have an L322 one with maybe 500 in a few years. I think I might start thinking about having one for keeps.
The P38 is now "old enough", one might say, to start being a classic and it has its fans, but I find its looks very bland. It looks like a Talbot Sunbeam with big wheels. They may be getting rarer, and some may even appreciate in value, but I can't ever see them being anything other than a niche taste.
L405, party from being very new obviously, is also not distinctive enough. The entire LR range resembles each other and with so many variant on the same theme with FFRR, RRS, Velar, Disco etc., I can't see these ever becoming desirable even 20-30 years down the line. Besides, they look like a wax model of a P38 which has been left in an oven to melt down a bit.
To me, the L322 has the best chance; it resembles the Classic far more than the others in terms of its overall looks, and it's distinctive compared to the rest of the LR range of the time. I think these would be the clinchers, but still assumes that there will be some desire.
Personally, I don't think we will have a Range Rover P38 or L405 thread with thousands of posts, but we might have an L322 one with maybe 500 in a few years. I think I might start thinking about having one for keeps.
Probably not.
The Classic is basically a Big Boy's Meccano kit & apart from the very late ones there's not a lot you can't do with a reasonable spannering kit. You'll likely also learn how to use a mig but repair panels are readily available & getting to the point you could almost build a new one!
Later ones are too complex electronically & without the appropriate diagnostic equipment & the ability to use it OR very deep pockets to pay a good indy you're stuffed.
The Classic is basically a Big Boy's Meccano kit & apart from the very late ones there's not a lot you can't do with a reasonable spannering kit. You'll likely also learn how to use a mig but repair panels are readily available & getting to the point you could almost build a new one!
Later ones are too complex electronically & without the appropriate diagnostic equipment & the ability to use it OR very deep pockets to pay a good indy you're stuffed.
Edited by paintman on Thursday 27th August 19:31
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