Land Rover has exposed a revised Freelander range, crowned by a £35,995 Metropolis edition bursting at the seams with additional kit.
New basic devices on board the Freelander Metropolis includes top-spec ‘Windsor’ leather upholstery, thicker carpets, electrically adjustable front seats, 19-inch alloy wheels, a panoramic glass roofing system as well as a heated steering wheel.
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Factory-fit innovation includes touchscreen sat-nav, premium 825-watt surround-sound hi-fi, plus xenon headlamps with LED running lights. The Freelander Metropolis is essentially a replacement for the previously range-topping Freelander HSE Lux.
The other four designs in the Freelander household get extra devices too: SE as well as SE tech designs replace the old GS as well as XS lines. The Freelander SE marks the range’s entry point: for £27,765 you get a heated windscreen, front fog lights, 18-inch alloy wheels as well as colour-coded bumper as well as sill trim plus new armrests not included on the Freelander GS.
Upgrade to SE tech trim, which starts off at £29,765, as well as Land Rover throws in 380-watt Meridian audio system, touchscreen infotainment centre, automatic lights as well as wipers, as well as 19-inch rims.
The kit-laden Freelanders are a last hurrah for the present model, as Land Rover prepares to wave the Freelander name goodbye.
From early 2015, it will be replaced in the Land Rover steady by the discovery Sport. That car, which will take styling cues from the larger Disovery Vision idea vehicle seen at the 2014 new York motor show, will switch the Freelander’s strict five-seater design for a seven-seat configuration.
It’ll likewise boast a much more upmarket, variety Rover-inspired interior, as seen in the very first spy shot of the car’s dashboard. The Land Rover discovery sport will be publicly revealed at the Paris motor show in October 2014, as well as commence UK sales in the early part of 2015.
