I purchased a 191 Range Rover Discovery 2L from Mallow Road Motors ((MRM) - Citroen Division)) in 2023 for €39,000. A year later, I decided to change it because it was heavy on diesel. When I rang around the various dealers, to my horror I was being offered €10,000 to €14,000. Apparently the model I have is prone to engine failure which was not disclosed to me by MRM. When I queried this with MRM, they said they were aware of the issue with this model but had the car fully checked out at the time and were happy there were no issues! I'd love to know what process went into determining the engine wouldn't fail in the future considering the engine failure experienced in these models was sudden with no warning signs. For legal reasons, the above was allegedly not disclosed by MRM because when I later raised this point with them, they denied knowing there were any issues with this model when selling the car to me. For information purposes, I did contact the previous owner (who sold the car to MRM as a trade-in) and this person did confirm the engine issues with this model was discussed. MRM said they would buy the car back as a trade-in so I was hoping as a gesture of good will they would offer approx. €25,000 which represents a €14,000 drop in the price I originally paid. To my disgust, MRM proceed to offer me €12,000 as a trade in which represents a reduction of €27,000 in ONE YEAR. Is this not the lowest of the lowest behaviour. I feel sick in my stomach when I think about it. How do these car dealers sleep at night. Now I'm stuck with the car as I cannot afford to take such a hit. The message here is to do your research on a car your thinking of buying and never trust a car dealer as they are driven by greed. read more
