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Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by chrisseaton on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @09:52PM (#30281894)
My Land Rover got an over-the-air update to add support for Amazon Alexa just the other day, completely out of the blue. It's not just luxury or tech cars that do this kind of thing these days.
Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by hhh on Thursday February 10, 2022 @01:38AM (#30283071)
FWIW, I would consider all Land Rover vehicles luxury vehicles.
Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by chrisseaton on Thursday February 10, 2022 @06:36AM (#30284839)
I guess if you're in the UK they're just domestic vehicles you see everywhere, and they're treated as workhorses not luxury.
Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by pmontra on Thursday February 10, 2022 @06:34AM (#30284829)
The Defender is an off road work machine. I don't know if they have some new shiny model to drive where a normal car would do.
Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by Grazester on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:32PM (#30291282)
Wouldn't that be the Range Rover now?
Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by chrisseaton on Thursday February 10, 2022 @03:03PM (#30291677)
Range Rover is a type of Land Rover.
Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by Grazester on Thursday February 10, 2022 @03:14PM (#30291825)
I get that but I don't think of Land Rovers as luxury oriented. It's specifically their Range Rover line of vehicles
Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by michaelt on Friday February 11, 2022 @08:50AM (#30301440)
Well, they're undoubtedly marketed differently, but IMHO it's a double-bluff.

Range Rover markets directly to upper-middle-class suburbanites, and show off the leather seats, fancy touchscreens and alloy wheels of shiny, clean cars.

Land Rover markets 'adventure', shows cars fording rivers and crossing deserts, and offers optional winch, expedition roof rack and ladder. But they still offer leather seats, fancy touchscreens and alloy wheels; and mostly sell to upper-middle-class suburbanites.

To me they seem like extremely similar products, predominantly targeting the same demographic, just with different marketing.