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Our Cars : Getting to know the Freelander

28 November 2015 Keith Adams 8

It’s funny that for a car that’s been out of production for so long, many people seem to have strong opinions about the Land Rover Freelander. The early ones, especially, have a reputation for biblical unreliability, and fragility. […]

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8 November 2015 Keith Adams 14

It’s been rather a long time since I took up residency at the head of AROnline’s top table, and since then, I’ve been looking for a new project to keep me amused in between the long hours editing Classic Car Weekly and Modern Classics. […]

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