Thread: First drive review: Land Rover Freelander SD4 HSE Lux

Light makeover increases Freelander's appeal, but it's too expensive
The 2013 Freelander, a model sporting the mildest of mild facelifts. Were talking cosmetics, really, so new front and rear lights, a smartened and tidied up cabin, that sort of thing. More practically than all of that, though, is the electric parking brake and the fact that you now dont need to slot the key into a, er, slot to start the engine. Instead you just press the button with the key in the car. Its definitely moving upmarket, the Freelander. It now comes with a reversing camera which will show you the position of the tow hitch so you dont go and stove in someones numberplate, and you can get a pre-heat system that will warm the engine before you start. Our HSE-spec test car came with piano black interior trim and coupled with black leather and the all-black dash it lends the whole thing a rather serious, grown-up look.