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In order to save money, Rover didn’t design this
new vehicle from scratch, instead they recycled the
basic body of the Rover 200, which in turn was
also a recycled 1980s Honda Civic.
Despite having billions in funding from BMW,
Rover managed the breathtaking feat of utilising
the worst bits of the Honda-Rover vehicles, such
as the flimsy Honda Civic body, while filling this
flimsy body with utterly inept British and Euro-
pean technology.
Rover’s poorly designed and badly assembled
technology was one of the main reasons the Rover
Group went bankrupt in 2005.
The Freelander was released onto the market
with over 132 serious faults, all of which were
known to Land Rover management as the vehicles
rolled out the door.
Early versions for motoring journalists were
hand-picked, because anything else was likely to
break down.
