Is the Range Rover Sport the apex in arsehole wheels ?

[ViolentPanda]

Leather gloves, big plate to use at the hotel breakfast buffet

String-backed leather gloves.

 

[ViolentPanda]

.... AND room for the dogging in the back.

CTFY

 

[pogofish]

Spotted this thing up-close the other day - Heading out the road to darkest Buchan but this photo was taken outside the cheap gym at Kittybrewster.

 

[hash tag]

That's got class written all over it.

 

[pogofish]

It was headed for the land that class forgot!

 

[Poi E]

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What's it being towed for?

Major violation of good taste.

 

[Poi E]

It was headed for the land that class forgot!

Everyone gets one in the workers' paradise!

 

[SpookyFrank]

That's got class A bell end written all over it.

FFY

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Did a long journey as a passenger in a Range Rover Sport today.

I now totally get them and want one

 

[DownwardDog]

Aston Martin join the SUV fray with the DBX and it's hideous. It looks Korean.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

How's that an SUV? The point of an SUV is that a middle-aged man can get out of it without the use of some kind of lifting device.

 

[not-bono-ever]

How's that an SUV? The point of an SUV is that a middle-aged man can get out of it without the use of some kind of lifting device.

that is a disservice to the the Korean designers to be fair. Though AM could stick their badge on a sierra, glue some carbon panels on onto the dashboard and still be able to charge £100k for it

 

[SpookyFrank]

Did a long journey as a passenger in a Range Rover Sport today.

I now totally get them and want one

It's all about the high driving position. Which makes you feel important at the expense of trivialities like being able to see pedestrians and cyclists before you hit them and burning a sensible amount of fuel.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Aston Martin join the SUV fray with the DBX and it's hideous. It looks Korean.

It looks like the middle bit is missing.

 

[kebabking]

It's all about the high driving position. Which makes you feel important at the expense of trivialities like being able to see pedestrians and cyclists before you hit them and burning a sensible amount of fuel.

I find that's much more than that - the quality of the suspension system and the all-encompassing nature of the soundproofing: it means you can crush the ribcages of the poor while taking shortcuts around traffic lights without experiencing any discomfort or pavement noise.

 

[kabbes]

Aston Martin join the SUV fray with the DBX and it's hideous. It looks Korean.

I am in bewilderment as to the point of that car. What is its design brief?

Unlike others here, I don't even hate the look of it. I actually quite like the look of it. But it's a sports car that's been fucked about with so that it's performance is shitter, but it still can't do anything practical (like cart things around) or rural (like drive in muddy fields). So it's... a shit sports car?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It's all about the high driving position. Which makes you feel important at the expense of trivialities like being able to see pedestrians and cyclists before you hit them and burning a sensible amount of fuel.

That plus the ride quality, lovely interior and shit off a shovel performance.

 

[DownwardDog]

What is its design brief?

Make a car which will sell well with a huge margin in the Middle East and China.

Under the new boss (who came from Infiniti) AM have become a completely marketing led operation. Most of the tech stuff (powertrain, electronics) is outsourced to Mercedes-AMG.

 

[kabbes]

Make a car which will sell well with a huge margin in the Middle East and China.

Under the new boss (who came from Infiniti) AM have become a completely marketing led operation. Most of the tech stuff (powertrain, electronics) is outsourced to Mercedes-AMG.

Well, I suppose its a brief. But it rather begs the question. Why will it sell well -- what is it that people are looking for in a car for which this is the answer?

 

[hash tag]

How's that an SUV? The point of an SUV is that a middle-aged man can get out of it without the use of some kind of lifting device.

You mean wrinklies? Besides, I thought you were fitter than that.

It's all about the high driving position. Which makes you feel important at the expense of trivialities like being able to see pedestrians and cyclists before you hit them and burning a sensible amount of fuel.

Do you really need to feel important and do you really need a badge to do it? Have you a seat in parliament or local councillor?

 

[SpookyFrank]

That plus the ride quality, lovely interior and shit off a shovel performance.

All these features are available in sensibly-sized cars that don't look like a stack of breezeblocks with a cocaine problem.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

All these features are available in sensibly-sized cars that don't look like a stack of breezeblocks with a cocaine problem.

Who wants sensible? I want a huge fuck off sized lump of a thing

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

All these features are available in sensibly-sized cars that don't look like a stack of breezeblocks with a cocaine problem.

Never had you down as an Audi fan Frank, good call fella

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Never had you down as an Audi fan Frank, good call fella

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I am in bewilderment as to the point of that car. What is its design brief?

Unlike others here, I don't even hate the look of it. I actually quite like the look of it. But it's a sports car that's been fucked about with so that it's performance is shitter, but it still can't do anything practical (like cart things around) or rural (like drive in muddy fields). So it's... a shit sports car?

Like the Audi Allroad range, same car raised an inch or so and some nasty plastic bits stuck on. Ruins the performance without enabling off road driving. Fugly and shite.

 

[Teaboy]

That plus the ride quality, lovely interior and shit off a shovel performance.

How do these things actually corner though? I mean surely lower centre of gravity is better?

Also with the prevalence of SUV's and people carriers etc I wonder how much better visibility you actually get.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Who wants sensible? I want a huge fuck off sized lump of a thing

Yes well your Range Rover very much aimed at the sort of people who start 90% of their sentences with 'I want...'

 

[hash tag]

My other car is an armoured people carrier BTW

 

[Dogsauce]

Well, I suppose its a brief. But it rather begs the question. Why will it sell well -- what is it that people are looking for in a car for which this is the answer?

Projection of power/status, basically.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

My other car is an armoured people carrier BTW

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Perfect town runaround that. Bonus points for being moored up on double yellows