ptschram said:Peter-have you driven the diesel Freelander?
It might just change your mind about the Freelander. I put more than a thousand miles on one in '03. Loved it! 30 MPG+ @ 100 MPH on the motorways. Drove it on the mountain road to Aberystwyth-a four-wheel drive only fairly heavily traveled track (had to stop to open/close gates and shoo sheep away-it was lambing season).
Great fun.
I rented a diesel Freelander in Heidelberg back in 97; drove it all over central Germany, France and Switzerland (maybe north Italy too, I forgot) and it was great. 30+ mpgs and I drove the pee out of it. Also rented a diesel Rover sedan, loved it. Liked both some much, I bought a Jeep Libby with the turbo diesel, since it was a Marini like the sedan had......