• 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 [...]
- 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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
A Snowbike, Mulholland Safari Bag and Solid Sterling Silver Bracelet Top the List for this Year’s Owners and Enthusiasts MAHWAH, N.J., December 13, 2009 — From business accessories to gifts for those who lead a more adventurous lifestyle, the Land Rover GEAR catalog is offering new, high quality merchandise for Land Rover owners and enthusiasts. [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA., December 2, 2009 – Land Rover, the world’s leading sport utility vehicle manufacturer, comes to Los Angeles with the North American debut of Range Rover Sport Autobiography Limited Edition. The limited-production vehicle will be on display with the full model line-up for press review December 2-3, and during the public show days [...]
Workhorse, tow car, law enforcer, status symbol, people carrier, mud plugger; few cars can claim to fulfil any of these duties with genuine conviction. Yet since 16 November 1989 – 20 years ago today – one car has consistently met all those challenges and more, earning itself iconic status as the ultimate all-purpose vehicle. That [...]
Land Rover has confirmed today that a production version of its exciting LRX concept car will be built. The new car will debut next year and join the Range Rover line-up in 2011. Designed and engineered at Land Rover’s state of the art Gaydon facility, the new Range Rover will be the smallest, lightest and [...]
Land Rover completes its introduction of the acclaimed new line-up for 2010 at the IAA International Motor Show, Frankfurt. Topping the bill is a new Range Rover Sport Autobiography limited edition and for the first time, a luxurious reclining rear seat package for the Range Rover. Land Rover’s latest line-up sees exciting developments across the [...]
