I'm an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!"

A few years ago me and my wife were searching for her new car. She wanted Range Rover I wanted a g wagon. She won and I got her a top spec SVR. Well this thing was constantly going wrong. The last time it got taken back to the dealership on a lo loader broke down. A few days later it was dropped back to our house all fixed. We never went out in it because friends were picking us up that evening for a get together. Later that night we returned home in taxi and noticed the Range Rover was not there. We went inside the house to find out we’re had been burgled and they had taken the keys to the svr. We reported it all to the police. They found the svr less than a mile down the road broke down. Insurance payed out and we now have a g wagon which has not missed a beat. They are all up for sale because they are crap and ultra unreliable.

As others have mentioned, the point is that a good percentage of ppl who buy these cars actually DONT have plenty of money & it wouldnt take very much for them to be left in a situation of no longer being able to afford them

Fascinating ! A two year old privately owned Taycan EV that cost £120,000 is now worth £40,000 to WBAC according to Lee Macmaster on his channel and that means it has depreciated at £770 per WEEK ! Oh and his back tyres last about 11,000 miles and cost £300 each so who's going to buy one of those cars second hand....and a new battery is currently £40,000 !!!!!

A big issue with the land rovers, is that the insurance is going through the roof for them - with the theft of them so high, its only models from 2022 that will be getting the security recall

I can see Paul Whitehouse walking around saying “Aren’t Range Rovers brilliant!” 👍👍

I had a Range Rover Sport (lovely vehicle) but sadly with the increase in Insurance, high tax and servicing costs it became too expensive to keep.

Ive just done an insurance quote for a 2019 Vogue Autobiography i plucked off ebay. Where I am in central Scotland, my quote was £1300. I then picked a random street in Chelsea and done a quote for that address. Compare the market cant even get a quote for it. Not one insurer will touch a RR in London 😂

It’s more a reflection on the fact that people buy or lease cars they can’t afford & end up losing them. If you have a Ford Focus budget then don’t delude yourself that you can choose to drive a Porsche, or a Range Rover.

90 range rover per day being stolen in London, they are now uninsurable; in other counties, they are saying they won't insure it unless it is parked in your garage. Quote from Tom Hartley, car dealer: "The easiest car in the world to nick, and in fact you can't get one insured in London now, is a Range Rover. They won't insure it. A policeman told me when he came round to my house... 120 cars a day in Mayfair, South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Central get stolen. And 75 per cent of them are Range Rovers."

Part of the reason is so many getting stolen and increased insurance costs, another reason is people who are buying them can’t afford to maintain them , trying to run a champagne vehicle on a lemonade budget.

I bought a used Lexus and I don't care how much it depreciates because I enjoy driving it and have no plans on selling it. Obviously you cannot do this with cars that fall apart as soon as warranty expires.

as you walked around I also noticed an awful lot of BMW's

The prices on the RR have been massively over inflated. They need to drop a lot lower before they are worth a consideration. The market is reflecting the situation.

The small engine stuff is still holding its money pretty well

The reasons why JLRs are being dropped like a stone: 1. It's not possible to insure them in London due to the high theft rates (90 per day). Owners in other cities are getting five figure insurance quotes. 2. Interest rates on car loans are extemely high meaning that these cars are no longer within reach for even upper middle class folks. 3. The cost of living crisis is starting to take hold. 4. These cars are no longer beautiful and desirable. They don't have the old LR aesthetic. 5. LRs have always been unreliable but the models released over the last 7 years or so are unbelievably bad.

There were as many Audi BMW and Mercedes cars there. It's all the 'premium' motors, bought (rented) by the fake rich, now out of warranty going through the auction. As you say, was always going to happen.

The EcoSport at 2:00 ish is just the 1.5 TDCi (great engine) with a driver that has hideous clutch control.

Hi Kev and Claire 😃I had a Freelander ( working mans Land Rover) and I got taught a valuable lesson NEVER BUY ANOTHER LAND ROVER 😃 Broken rear diff oil leaks from every orifice but the worst thing for me was the drivers seat had no hight adjustment so my head was in the sunroof gap in the roof. I was laughing so loud when you were walking around the auction car park Kev my wife Hilda asked me what was so funny I forgot I had my ear pods in 😂😂 I noticed a few good looking BMWs there Kev I was surprised you just walked past them. Thanks for the walk around Kev keep smiling 😃 Tom

I hate it when people rev up cars when they are cold. I totally agree, no need for that! Point is that it`s about time that auctions allow the public back, that might increase prices. Only a few years back, Jardines would have bought all those Land/Range Rovers and put them back through their dealer network as trade ins. It`s fair to say that RR`s are pretty crap motors but with the negative attitudes against EV and hybrids, people dont want them and Jardines have too many in stock.

My bosses,whose floors I clean,used to love the RRs particularly the really expensive ones but they spent a lot of time on the back of lowloaders being taken back to the dealers in Chelsea.Now they are driving Bentleys to the cottage at the weekends as they don't want to be stuck on Sunday on the way back into town.

Definitely a car you buy with your heart. You would never buy a Range Rover with your head.

4.50 that's on point!!! Film how much there going through the auction for, I'd love to see how they compare to the advertised prices as they've not dropped much

Good video that kev just goes to show that everyone is getting hit buy these tought times

Ulez, high insurance, tax, running costs and squeaky bum time for an owner with large finance payments, equal's trade the range rover in for a cheaper car ! it's a strange market out there for sure! The A1 looks lovely, nice stock for you Kev👍

Keep an eye on how many EVs start going to auction. I reckon they'll increase in number

Just a guess but i reckon 90% of folks who buy Range Rovers can’t actually afford them in the first place😂 mortgage gone up oh dear the kids can walk to school 😂

Years ago, I found my perfect car. A Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI. I still have it to this day. I paid for it in cash, if things go wrong they are cheap to fix and easy to work on. Today's cars are a total nightmare, expensive to buy or lease, unreliable, £50+ to plug in the diagnostics machine before they even start to work on it, parts always on back order so you have to borrow or lease a car until it's fixed. When a new(ish) car has a serious fault, no-one wants to know and they tell you it's had it, scrap it. People seem to want to show they have a champagne lifestyle on a lemonade budget, it all unfolds quickly once a big bill comes in 😔

Always get worried when you see a E46 M3 in an auction, you just know someones off loading it.. great cars though and going up in price very quickly

I would venture to suggest that ULEZ is the main culprit as there are plenty of Range Rovers from 2013-2016 that are Euro 5 and would be the bulk of the Range Rovers you are displaying. The 4.4 TDV8 Range Rover from 2009 has exactly the same engine as the SDV8 that was discontinued from 2022 so this is the main problem selling these cars. Range Rover should offer to upgrade the Euro 5 models to Euro 6 or publish the engine update to the SDV8 on how to improve the emissions and watch the price and sales of these cars pick up.

I live at Gt.Bentley nearby , wow that place has expanded and there's a reason why all those rr are there. People can't afford the payments anymore , and unfortunately they're not built too well. Very interesting video , I remember it being just 2 lanes to the auction.

I've seen several Range Rovers and Ford Rangers etc. (good ones with clean Checkpoints and good NAMA) go through Manheim actually going 'On-Sale' up to £8000 below Cap-Clean, things are definitely crazy ATM . There definitely seems to be an off-loading of the big fuel hungry SUVs currently either through finance repo's, people not wanting the high fuel costs and trading in or maybe even ULEZ being factors. Hard for dealers to take the risk and pick-up these bargains since you may end up having to sit on them for a while or the market goes even lower and what's a bargain today maybe a loss when you eventually find a buyer. Getting a buyer up-front maybe the only way to cash-in.

Cheaper yes , still not bargain prices and whatever they go for at auction I don’t think it’s being reflected in the forecourt prices yet. They have been overpriced for a while and still remain overpriced. insurance is stupid also. Friend of mine chopped in his F Pace for a Velar , £400 to insure the F Pace and £1200 the Velar and his existing insurers turned him down.

Having said 'There's another Range Rover' umpteen times, I think we've got the message, lol. Still, good info video, all big SUV's are suffering badly.

As per others - its not just expensive to insure one now, most will not even insure you in one. Buying new? Land Rover/Range Rover will arrange insurance for the first year, but advise they cannot continue beyond that. The steal rate is through the roof which is what is causing this, wherever you park it you are lucky to find it in the same place when you get back. Invariably its nicked, parked - rear interior ripped out looking for the JLR tracker, then left to sit for several days till they return to finalise the deed.

Road tax on some of these cars is 600 - 1500 pounds, then the insurance then the MPG all effect big motors!

JLR need to resolve the security issues to calm the insurance premium market in these vehicles. Nobody is going to buy them if you cant insure it. The parts availability issues are making these cars an easy target for chop shops.

If you live in London and have a Range Rover, no insurance company will insure you because of how easy it is to steal them. So people are getting rid.

I miss the Auction buzz and fond memories of BCA Enfield/Nottingham and Peterborough. Top Car sales etc. Back in the early 2000s we were still buying a lot in the Trade but those days have mostly gone now. Bunging the used car managers etc 😊

Hi Kevin. I've just stumbled upon your channel. It's very enjoyable. Thank you. I live just up the way from you, near Halesworth. Best of luck.

Had several. Never a problem end nothing matches it for comfort

I love my Range Rover. People feeling the pinch which is totally understandable. However they are the number 1 most stolen car in the UK, mostly the Sport. The major issue is insurance, premiums have trippled!

I just traded a 05 lr3 (disco 3) and now have a lr4 (disco 4) . I love these damn things ! The 3 had 256 k on on it before I couldn’t stomach putting anymore in it . Typical cooling system issues . My 11 disco 4 only has 72k on it . I would love a d90 with a 5.0 !

A lot of the windscreens are coming loose on the Evoques I’ve done loads.

Prices have fallen through the floor on the used models, probably because of the insurance issue. Don't know why they complicate the issue, just offer to remove keyless module and give a certificate for insurance. I've been looking at upgrading mine, and I've watched several drop. We're talking £5,000-10,000 depending on model (full size Range Rover, 2017-2020 models). They need to keep coming down though.

Toyota Land Cruiser, boom. Say no more.

Really enjoy we catch ups like this one ! Great video .. is it maybe to do with apr rates on pcp deals which most of these vehicles would be purchased on inflating monthly’s etc so get rid

Jag/landrover have had a load of bad press recently, catching fire, crap build quality, getting nicked,tons of them stuck at dealers awaiting parts on back order, overpriced, unreliable crap most of them,plus throw the cost of living into the mix

As Matt fae High Peak says, you need a healthy emergency fund when buying and running Range Rovers etc as they aint cheap when things go wrong.

Interesting update, thanks.

£17500 for that Disco 5 is mental. I’m not in the sales side of the trade but i’ve never seen one that cheap. I used to work at a JLR dealer a year or so back and some of the RR prices were unreal. Like telephone numbers. Be interesting to see where the ‘not a banger/daily driver’ market ends up.

Most of those are'nt "Range Rovers" as far as I am concerned. My 2007 3.6 TDV8 L322 is. I love it. I regularly service it and it was only £ 4000 a few years back. It is work and leisure vehicle and still superb in every way to drive considering it is 17 years old,

The rapid depreciation appears to be linked to the theft epidemic. My guess is that JLR will get on top of that and also all will end up with Cat 5S trackers and ghost immobilisers as an insurance stipulation. They'll stop getting nicked and the prices will stabilise. Good time to buy.

Great video As an ex car dealer living in Spain brings back fond memories 😊. Range Rovers hugely overpriced with too much baggage right now.

That’s because most folk who buy them see one thing and one thing only and it’s a monthly finance cost. They don’t factor in any other cost of ownership. Servicing, tyres, fuel, common issue fixes and wear and tear. It’s quite common in the UK now. Living beyond your means is fashionable.

New subscriber, loved this off-the-cuff video, looking forward to more👌

Never understood the attraction of them. For cars that are supposed to drive anywhere they seem to break down on plain old road far too often

Interesting video, thanks for making it and sharing. Just subscribed.

I love the look of RR and how they drive, but after buying a low mileage (vogue autobiography) 1 owner ) living with it was horrific reliability, even after getting it appraised at RR before purchase it had multiple problems with electrics, DPF Filter, parking brake, then callipers etc etc - after 15 months £6k of costs and 8 weeks in total off the road and only done 4000 miles - i had to agree that each morning I wondered what’s going to be next, and had to be rid of it. 😢

I wonder what the result would be if another make was chosen, instead of 'range rover' ?

Listening to this reminds me of taking my 3 year old out and him spotting a Range Rover, less is more my friend, less is more!!

Looks like a load of cars dropping out of lease. For us COVID meant that we’d not done the miles we’d have normally done, therefore we bought at the end of the lease (as both cats were worth far more than owed). Neither an RR though.

Might the depressed prices have something to do with the unreliability and easily stolen data we keep seeing ? How many of these RRs were stolen/recovered for example ?

Hi kev loving the car auction fella keep up with great content cheers jerry 👍

I bought a used disco sport with came with a 22 month LR Warranty ( fortunately). In the first 3 months after delivery it spend about 8 weeks in the repair shop. I lost patience and confidence in the car and got rid soon after. Now have a brilliant Fiat 500X, zero days in the repair shop after 12 months.

Half of those "range rovers" were discovery/discovery sport!

It's all the lease cars coming to market when those that CANNOT afford them (never could) are no longer affordable as everyone has maxed their mortgages..

Higher end cars are definitely dropping in price. Plus Range Rovers are hard to insure these days!

Maybe it's because there so easy to pinch,so insurance premiums have gone through the roof, apparently 93 get stolen everyday in London.😮

I had a 67 plate evoque 4wd sd4 from new l had loads of faults from new. When it ran out of warranty. I had paid over 3 grand in repairs, so I got shut of it last year. It took the dealership 11 month to sell it! Range rovers are ok if you can afford to change them every 3 years, before the warranty runs out. Otherwise there expensive to own constantly in the garage with faults !

Finance repos.. Most Range Rover owners have no money and finance the things to pretend they have money,, hence the car markets in for some interesting times.

Hi Kev. Wow Range River's falling from the Sky lol. Nice Shogun. They must be a load of Repos Kev. Lovely Breakfast roll yum yum. That's a nice little Audi you just bought bro 😅 🇨🇮🇨🇮

I think on most of those, you mean Land Rover... but I get your point :)

Insightful video. Fell upon this video by accident but will be following.

It’s all down to status anxiety. These people are insecure and are driven to pay through the nose for more car than they really need. And continue to pay through the nose in terms of insurance, tax, fuel and maintenance. Why? To make themselves feel better about themselves. Therapy is cheaper.

I like this guy, he's nice and sane, so much crazy crap on yt.

The 2 cars you showed that went through are from 2016 disco sport and 2017 disco. My guess is that cars from this age for the next few years are diesal based and DPF filters are beginning to go. Especially for folk who live in a city aand dont do long journeys. Then there is the higher insurance and road tax on diesals and people are looking to switch to a Petrol or Hybrids and getting shut of diesals. Hence the glut. JLR new sales are still strong so I'm guessin its more about diesal than anything else.

6 year ago I was in the market for a RR, thankfully I did not buy one. What I did buy was a VW Touareg Rline V6. Three years old with 17000 miles on the clock and a full VW service history, I also kept up with the VW sh until I sold it 4 years later. Something went wrong with it (losing coolant) and was quoted over £1000 to fix it, by this time it only had 40000 miles on its clock (been looked after like a baby) Needless to say off it went and a 3 year old Audi A3 took it’s place and this is now my wife’s car 🙄 I lost £5000 over 4 years, is that good 🤷 I feel that the SUV market of all makes are going down the pan, I now drive a Mercedes E Class estate and could not be happier.

I've heard of insurance premiums jumping from £600 to £2000+ in one year. Insane

Whilst I like the design of Range Rovers, I don't get their high prices. As they are always in the top 10 most unreliable and top 10 most stolen. About time they dropped their over inflated prices a bit further.

Your better with the shogun. Right cars.

Lot of 2016-2017 models maybe coming off lease / hire fleets, out of warranty and insurance issues.

You try and insure one in the UK see what the premium comes back at. OMG you can't insure them unless your willing to pay

Except for those who actually need 4WD capability and plenty of space (farmers, surveyors etc) I reckon a lot of Range Rovers have been bought as fashion accessories. These buyers want the latest specification and registration so they chop them in once they are a couple of years old hence the churn. JLR have been on the decline since Mrs Beckham started designing for them and they introduced joke models like the Evoque Convertible

Very few people can afford to buy one of these outright, so a massive percentage of people have these vehicles on finance. Now I'm not a poor man by any means but there is no way in hell, I'd pay finance on a car like the Range Rover. Just unbelievably expensive on every front. Monthly payments, insurance is absolutely stratospheric & running costs are just as bad from what I gather. Unreliability & Range Rover seem to go hand in hand. I wouldn't go anywhere near these vehicles. For those people who have one of these, good luck.

In fairness there were a fair few BMW SUV’s as well. I’ve been thinking for a while that the common way of buying cars through PCP and personal lease schemes was a problem waiting to happen. It’s like a pyramid scheme. It’s OK when things are good but higher int rates, running costs and city centre restrictions might well cause a sharp drop in used car prices. It’s about time because the prices are artificially high!

Well spotted! Huge bubble has burst. Have you seen how many 2023 Land Rover products are on AutoTrader? Almost 2,000..... twice as many as 2023 Volvos. The same as Merc with a fraction of the range. Almost 550 of those 2023 vehicles are Sports..... We estimate that model has been losing £3-4,000 a week since late October. OUCH!

Is it bad the only car that piqued my interest was the silver E46 M3? :D If anyone has access to that Manheim auction I'd love to know what it sold for.

Nice spec on the Audi

I went to that very auction. Like you I couldn’t help notice the L/R not hitting the Mark by quite a big margin.

That 10.900 Disco is worth €37K in Ireland. Prices in Ireland are completely mad across the pond mate.

There must be a lot of kids walking to school😂

There is nothing quite like a dog roll at a car auction. Something I’ll never partake of again 😀 life changes not always in a good way 👍. Great work videoing this Range Rover phenomenon.

Great video!

Everyone waking up to the fact the crankshafts are made by Cadbury.

New house, fancy wife and fancy cars dont mix.

Great video 👍🏻

Some years ago I was looking for my first new car ever, 2005 to be precise . Wanted xtrail Colorado but Cnut would reduce it to my £17500 wad in my pocket, even though it was about to be replaced by the next model , went shopping around and test drove a couple of RRs , as I was parking up the second test drive the first one I drove ( freelander) decided to open all its windows all by itself ! Just smiled and left , eventually bought the then new Suzuki Vitara diesel .

Right sorry but you're wrong, There was 2 maybe 3 range rovers the rest were discovery's evoques or velars they have all been very common through auctions since they came out I know this because I work in one

Kev, by Range Rover you mean all Land drover product I assume? A close friend here in Australia is an independent Landrover specialist, he has about a dozen ‘dead’ ones at his shop. All with ASTRONOMICAL repair estimates. Scary indeed