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All-electric Land Rover Defender for use in game parks(10/05/2011)
Axeon and Jaguar Land Rover South Africa have produced an all-electric version of the iconic Defender model for use in game parks, minimising both environmental and noise pollution. Unlike many electric vehicle battery packs that are positioned in the floor of the vehicle, the Axeon pack has been designed to fit into the vehicle’s engine bay in order to maintain ground clearance and wading height for this unique vehicle. The battery system pro... [more]
Range Rover Evoque in 5-door and Coupé forms goes on sale in September 2011(05/05/2011)
With a choice of three engines, two body styles, three design themes and a wide range of options and accessories, the new Range Rover Evoque offers customers significant choice across a range of price points. Land Rover has announced that new Range Rover Evoque prices in the UK will start from £27,955 for an eD4 Pure 5-door 6 Speed manual 2WD model. The 4WD equivalent is priced at £28,705. The top-of-the-range Si4 6 Speed automatic Dynamic co... [more]
Car thieves prefer BMW X5(14/04/2011)
According to the latest figures from Tracker, BMW X5, Land Rover Range Rover, BMW M3 and the Audi RS4 remain the UK’s most desirable cars for today’s thieves. These four cars all retain their top positions in TRACKER’s top ten most frequently stolen and recovered vehicles of 2010. 65 per cent of the vehicles recovered by Tracker last year were worth an average of £25k. Tracker reminds motorists to think security and remember that thieves don... [more]
250,000th Land Rover's Freelander 2 driven off of the production line(30/03/2011)
Production of Land Rover's Freelander 2 began in 2007. Land Rover employees at the Company's Halewood manufacturing plant in Merseyside have just celebrated the production of the 250,000th Freelander 2. The 250,000th vehicle is a 2.2 litre TD4 Diesel GS in Fuji White and is destined for a customer who lives in Scotland. Land Rover is also celebrating a growing demand for Halewood's award winning model as retail sales for the popular model are ... [more]
Land Rover goes green in Geneva(08/03/2011)
At this year's Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover is showcasing the Range_e hybrid technology , the new Range Rover Evoque in both coupe and 5-door derivatives, with Discovery 4 and Range Rover Limited Editions completing the line-up. The 'Range_e' made its motor show debut. Land Rover's diesel hybrid plug-in prototype is one of several working prototypes currently being developed at Land Rover's design and engineering centre in the UK. 'Range_... [more]
New Freelander 2 SD4 Sport Limited Edition(07/12/2010)
At the Bologna Motor Show, Land Rover has launched the new Freelander 2 SD4 Sport Limited Edition, with a refreshed interior and exterior design to create a sportier more overt sense of style. The exterior has been given a striking renewal, with a sophisticated black finish to the grille and the side vents, a new body styling pack which offers cleaner profiling to the front corners, and a choice of three exterior colourways in either Fuji Whit... [more]
New 2WD option for the new compact Range Rover in 2011(28/05/2010)
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 130 g/km of CO2 – making it the lightest, most fuel efficient Range Rover ever. Phil Popham, Land Rover managing director said: "Land Rover has announced that the all-new compact Range Rover will be available in 2WD. This is good news for the company and for our... [more]
Land Rover launches Freelander 2 TD4e fuel-efficient vehicle(27/10/2008)
The new Freelander 2 TD4_e is Land Rover's most fuel-efficient vehicle to date. Featuring a new intelligent Stop/Start system, it is the first production vehicle to incorporate technologies from the company's programme of sustainable engineering initiatives, collectively named 'e_Terrain Technologies'. On the standard EU4 cycle, the CO2 emissions of the Freelander 2 TD4_e are reduced by 8 per cent, compared with the outgoing manual diesel Free... [more]
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