Land Rover appear to have done the unthinkable - it seems that standard metallic paint is now £850 extra - and, unbelievably, green isn’t an option.

Unless I’m missing something, you cannot order a green Discovery at all, and if you want a green Sport, it’s an extra £3,750 - which is preposterous. Cannot understand why they would turn their back on the traditional customer base.

I suspected that green would disappear after it did on the D5. Has red gone too?

How did you find this out? There are no changes on the configurator yet...

Dealer contact thinks it’s unlikely that it won’t follow what has happened for 18MY Discovery and Sport, i.e. everything that isn’t solid black or white has to be paid for.

Suppose we’ll see when it’s finally announced...

My dealer is also expecting metallic to be chargeable. They’re going to have to apply quite a few stealth price increases considering how many components have to be bought in from abroad and the substantial drop in sterling is going to have an affect sooner, rather than later

They sell so few green that it makes sense to follow the market and add a few more shades of grey. Why do so few people want their car in colour any more?

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My neighbour was about to order his RED D5 when he was told the colour was no longer available! l=Oo\________/oO=l l:OolΞΞΞΞΞΞΞloO:l

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Quite ridiculous when you can’t order a green Land Rover.

You are lucky Red, one of the last green RR,s so should hold its value better than ever!

You can’t actually order a green Discovery Sport, Evoque or Discovery at all, even if you want to pay through the nose - who actually thinks this stuff up?

Might not matter to most, but it says something about the direction the company’s taking.

They presumably taking the decision based on hard data that green has almost vanished from the order schedule. Changing tastes and all that. The only people we can blame is ourselves for not ordering them in green (Red Merle is and honourable exception).

I can't abide white cars but it is a super popular choice now (10 years ago it was vanishingly rare). I personally won't buy a Black car (they look fabulous but look dirty almost instantly) but there are lots of black variations so it must be popular.

You still see a fair few green ones around, particularly out of town.

By way of example, I’ve seen more than a handful of Aintree Discovery 5s, but not a single one in that vile orange which is still available.

verydisco wrote:

My neighbour was about to order his RED D5 when he was told the colour was no longer available!

@ caymanblack & Emporer Mong

Emperor Mong wrote:

They presumably taking the decision based on hard data that green has almost vanished from the order schedule. Changing tastes and all that. The only people we can blame is ourselves for not ordering them in green (Red Merle is and honourable exception).