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  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar first drive

    Land Rover has learned a thing or three since its sale nine years ago. First, pegging your future and bottom line on an all-SUV lineup can be rewarding (except when it isn’t). Second, British automobiles and reliability don’t have to be mutually exclusive (except when it is). Third, economy of scale can work wonders—especially when it’s called the 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar. It doesn’t take long for the Velar to run away from the Jaguar F-Pace from which it’s based—it only needs to climb a mountain. The Velar daringly rids itself of the...

  • 2,000,000th Land Rover Defender
    Yes, new Land Rover Defender may be electrified; no, world not ending

    Deductive logic may lead to an uncomfortable truth for Land Rover fans around the world. This week, at a press event for the 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar, the automaker confirmed that it would offer electrified powertrain variants for its new models beginning with the 2020 model year. That...

  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar
    2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar preview

    If the Range Rover Evoque is too small and the Range Rover Sport too big, there still may be a Range Rover for you in Land Rover’s lineup: the 2018 Range Rover Velar. Unveiled to the world in March at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, the new small SUV member in Land Rover's luxury lineup is almost...

  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover
    2018 Land Rover Range Rover preview

    Hot on the heels of last week’s reveal of the 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport comes our first look at its larger, more luxurious sibling, the 2018 Range Rover. Both vehicles have received a series of upgrades to keep them fresh as they reach the midpoint in their respective product cycles...

  • Jamie Oliver's Land Rover Discovery mobile kitchen
    Land Rover turned a Discovery into a rolling kitchen for chef Jamie Oliver

    Land Rover's fun department—which is officially called the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (JLR SVO)—has built some incredible vehicles, but their latest creation for chef Jamie Oliver is quite over the top. Imagine every ounce of JLR SVO's potential being poured into...

  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
    2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport preview

    Land Rover’s Range Rover Sport enters the 2018 model year with the most extensive updates since the current generation’s 2014 debut. The list includes subtle touches to the exterior, a new interior with the latest Jaguar Land Rover infotainment system, more power for the...

  • 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR

    Land Rover’s Range Rover Sport SVR is hard to beat when it comes to a combination of performance, luxury and off-road capability. The existing vehicle is bloody brilliant but Land Rover has seen fit to add a few enhancements, one of which is, yes, more power. The enhancements are part of more general updates being introduced across the 2018 Range Rover Sport lineup. The updates, which include the addition of a new plug-in hybrid option, will also filter across to the larger Range Rover eventually. Under the hood of the 2018 Range Rover Sport SVR is the familiar 5.0-liter supercharged...

  • 2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport P400e
    2019 Land Rover Range Rover Sport P400e plug-in hybrid first look

    Land Rover’s Range Rover SUVs, for decades the image of inefficiency and excess, are being transformed into some of the cleanest vehicles on the road. Land Rover is starting with the Range Rover Sport which for the 2019 model year will offer a plug-in hybrid option: the P400e. Arriving in...

  • 2018 Jaguar E-Pace displaying new powertrain classification
    Jaguar Land Rover's new powertrain classification is easier to understand than Audi's

    Jaguar Land Rover is introducing a new powertrain classification as it prepares for the rollout of electric cars. Automakers have traditionally relied on engine displacement for powertrain classification. However, things become difficult when the powertrain consists of electric motors and...

  • 2018 Land rover Range Rover Velar
    Land Rover to reportedly target Mercedes-Benz S-Class with Road Rover

    Land Rover is poised to offer a road-biased luxobarge to rival the Mercedes-Benz S-Class by the end of the decade. That’s according to Autocar which reports that Land Rover is developing the vehicle, code-named the Road Rover, in parallel with a next-generation Jaguar XJ. The vehicle will...

  • 2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque test mule spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Next-gen Range Rover Evoque will offer plug-in hybrid option

    Land Rover is working on a redesign for its Range Rover Evoque. The new compact SUV is expected in 2019 and should offer a plug-in hybrid option. The information was reported by Autocar and follows news this week that the larger Range Rover Sport and Ranger Rover models will offer a plug-in hybrid...

  • 2,000,000th Land Rover Defender
    Unofficial Land Rover Defender successor gets a name: Projekt Grenadier

    Decades of Land Rover Defender production finally came to a close in early 2016. While Land Rover has confirmed a successor is coming soon, there are concerns this modern Defender won’t quite the match the original’s rugged, no-nonsense design and ability to master everything from muddy...

  • Land Rover Experience "Defender Driving Experience" with vintage Defender

    Early last year, its maker laid the Land Rover Defender to rest, but it certainly hasn't forgotten about the SUV. In fact, it still lets enthusiasts have a go behind the wheel of the iconic off-roader at its newly-launched Land Rover Experience. The brand announced the Land Rover Experience will take place at new "Experience Centers" in California, Vermont, and North Carolina, including the chance for a full- or half-day behind the wheel of a vintage Land Rover Defender. Those interested will have to schedule the "Defender Driving Experience" where they will be able to put the Defender...

  • 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Hybrid (European spec)
    Land Rover readying plug-in hybrid Range Rovers

    Land Rover has already paired one of its diesel engines with an electric motor and battery pack to create a hybrid Range Rover. There's nothing too special about that model except its massive price premium and curb-weight jump. Now, though, Land Rover has a more optimized solution in the pipeline...

  • Land Rover Discovery SVX Concept, 2017 Frankfurt auto show
    Land Rover Discovery SVX is a hardcore, V-8-powered off-roader

    Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) is out to prove that its repertoire goes well beyond fast cars. It’s demonstrating this with the Land Rover Discovery SVX concept that debuted on Tuesday at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show. SVX is the opposing bookend to SVO’s SVR...

  • Jaguar I-Pace concept, 2016 Los Angeles auto show
    Jaguar Land Rover the latest to commit to fully electrified lineup

    Jaguar Land Rover is the latest automaker to commit to a fully electrified lineup. CEO Ralf Speth made the announcement on Thursday at Jaguar Land Rover’s Tech Fest event in the United Kingdom. Jaguar Land Rover has set a deadline of 2020 from which every new model launched will be...

  • East Coast Defender Project Blackout
    America’s East Coast Defender back with another V-8-powered Defender SUV

    There’s a company down in Orlando, Florida that’s churning out custom Land Rover Defenders for sale in the United States. The company is East Coast Defender, and it’s offering everything from standard Defenders right up to serious off-roaders packing V-8 power. ECD starts with...

  • 2018 Land rover Range Rover Velar
    Land Rover open to Bentayga-baiting Range Rover model

    Bread-and-butter automakers aren't the only ones cashing in on the market's SUV craze. Even luxury brands with no history of sport utility vehicles have found success in offering posh, high-riding utility vehicles. Case in point: Bentley. The Bentley Bentayga has been a smash hit for the brand and...

  • 2018 Jaguar XE SV Project 8

    Everyone wants a piece of Mercedes-AMG. Cadillac has stepped up its V-Series offerings in recent years, Audi Sport is gunning for a greater share of the performance segment, and now Jaguar is ready to take on Germany's finest. Speaking to Auto Express, Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicles Operations (JLR SVO) boss John Edwards admitted his skunkworks wants to build its own bespoke sports car to take on Mercedes-AMG. “Deep down we want to make our own model,” Edwards said. “Just look at the success of the [Mercedes] AMG GT.” Currently, JLR SVO has stuck to enhancing and...

  • Jaguar Land Rover self-driving prototype
    Jaguar Land Rover ready to test Level 4 self-driving car in cities

    Jaguar Land Rover on Thursday announced it is ready to start testing Level 4 self-driving car prototypes on public roads in urban environments. The prototypes are fitted with the British firm’s Autonomous Urban Drive technology which allows them to drive in complex environments without any...

  • Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works in Coventry, United Kingdom
    Jaguar Land Rover Classic opens massive facility in UK

    It was only last year that Jaguar and Land Rover brought together their various classic car operations under the one roof. We say "roof" figuratively, as the newly established Jaguar Land Rover Classic department was without a facility of its own. That issue has now been rectified as Jaguar Land...

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    Lyft partners with nuTonomy, Jaguar Land Rover on self-driving cars

    Boston, Massachusetts-based nuTonomy made headlines in August 2016 following the launch of the world’s first self-driving taxi service. Although limited to a few streets in Singapore, nuTonomy’s fleet of self-driving cars, all prototypes requiring a driving behind the wheel in case of...

  • East Coast Defender Project Viper
    East Coast Defender offering V-8-powered Land Rover Defenders in US

    There’s a company based in Orlando, Florida offering Land Rover Defenders for sale in the United States. But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill Defenders. No, the Defenders being offered by East Coast Defender are V-8-powered brutes capable of handling the toughest terrain but at the...

  • Jim Ratcliffe
    British billionaire confirms plan to build Defender-like SUV

    Last summer, reports emerged of the plans of British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to resurrect the iconic Land Rover Defender that went out of production the previous January. Ratcliffe, the chairman and founder of British chemicals giant Ineos, had been in talks with Jaguar Land Rover about buying...

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