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THE ALL-NEW RANGE ROVER EVOQUE – THE SMALLEST, LIGHTEST, MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT RANGE ROVER EVER PRODUCED

• Luxurious cross-coup? design with a compact footprint • Attracts new customers to the Range Rover brand • Bold exterior evolves Range Rover design language • Class-leading sustainability: sub 130g/km* CO2 with 58mpg* combined fuel economy • Four-wheel-drive and front-wheel-drive versions available • Premium cabin offers full-sized glass panoramic roof that floods the interior with [...]

Land Rover offers customers more choice with efficient 2011 Freelander 2

- New upgraded diesel engine available with either 150PS or 190PS – Stronger performance and improved efficiency throughout the range – Revised exterior with new front bumper assembly plus three new colour schemes and new alloy wheel options – Interior tweaks with new instrument dials and Premium Pack option – Customers offered more choice with [...]

ALL-NEW RANGE ROVER EVOQUE MAKES GUEST APPEARANCE AT 40 YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE BRAND

The Orangery, Kensington Palace, London 1st July 2010 – The first official picture of the all-new compact Range Rover is released today, following an exclusive preview in London for guests attending a 40th birthday celebration of Range Rover held in partnership with VOGUE magazine*.

PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF RANGE ROVER MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 1ST JULY 2010

On 1st July 2010, Range Rover will celebrate its 40th birthday at a star-studded event held in partnership with VOGUE magazine at The Orangery, Kensington Palace, London.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY BLACK: A VERY SPECIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION

“The Autobiography Black represents the very best Range Rover has to offer and is a fitting tribute to a vehicle which has consistently set the highest standards for all-terrain performance, luxury and design for the last 40 years.” Phil Popham, Land Rover Managing Director

INTRODUCING THE 2011 RANGE ROVER: THE MOST CAPABLE AND LUXURIOUS SUV IN THE WORLD

• New 4.4-litre LR-TDV8 o Power 313PS (an increase of 15.1 percent) o Torque increased by 9.4 percent to 700Nm o 14 percent reduction in CO2 (down to 253g/km) o Fuel consumption improved by 18.5 percent to 30.1mpg (EU combined) o 0-60mph in 7.5 seconds o 50-75mph drops from 6.3 seconds to 5.1 seconds o [...]

ICONIC RANGE ROVER TURNS 40

- The Range Rover celebrates its 40th birthday on 17 June 2010. – The Range Rover was the world’s first fully capable luxury 4×4. – There have been three generations of Range Rover: the original (Classic) in 1970, second-generation (P38a) in 1994 and third-generation (L322) in 2001. – Second model line – Range Rover Sport [...]

Land Rover celebrates the production of the 200,000th Freelander 2

Land Rover is today celebrating another milestone achievement – the 200,000th Freelander 2 has rolled off the line at its award-winning plant in Halewood, Liverpool, just three years after production began. The vehicle, a Freelander 2 TD4_e in Biscay Blue, is destined for a customer in the UK, Land Rover’s largest market. Freelander 2 became [...]

LAND ROVER ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF 2WD AND HYBRID TECHNOLOGY

Land Rover has announced that it will introduce a 2WD option (in addition to the 4WD derivative) for the new compact Range Rover. On sale in 2011, the 2WD vehicle will emit less than 130g/km of CO2 – making it the lightest, most fuel efficient Range Rover ever. Jaguar Land Rover has committed to investing [...]

Engineer responsible for first Land Rover makes surprise visit to Britain

Arthur Goddard, who led the engineering team that developed the original Land Rover, has returned to Britain to celebrate the iconic 4×4 vehicle’s 62nd birthday. The 89-year old, who is still chief engineer of his family’s Australian-based trailer firm, last week visited Land Rover’s design headquarters, Solihull factory – his first visit for 55 years [...]