Land Rover News
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Production of the Land Rover Defender will finally come to an end this year, with the last example scheduled to roll off the line at Land Rover’s Solihull plant in the U.K. in December. The Defender, whose basic shape hasn’t changed much since the launch of the original ‘Land Rover’ back in 1948, is being phased out due to safety and emissions regulations, and though a successor is planned there’s likely to be a gap between the end of production of the current Defender and the launch of a new one. The current thinking is that the new Defender will arrive sometime...
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Range Rover Sport SVR Gets Sideways In Dynamic Driving VideoLand Rover has set out to demonstrate the dynamic prowess of its new Range Rover Sport SVR in this video of the performance SUV being driven at the track—with its traction and stability control systems switched off. MUST SEE: 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Crashes In Colorado Behind the...
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Jaguar Land Rover Shows Off Transparent Pillar Technology: VideoRemember Land Rover’s unique transparent hood technology that allows you to see the position of a vehicle’s wheels from behind the wheel for easier off-roading? Well, sister brand Jaguar has come out with its own version of the technology, this time making the pillars of a car...
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Land Rover Announces Updates For 2015 LineupLand Rover used this week’s 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show to announce its 2015 model year updates. The big news is the introduction of the all-new Discovery Sport, which goes on sale early next year priced from $38,920 with a $925 shipping charge. It will be available exclusively with a...
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Jaguar Registers ‘EV-Type’ TrademarkIs Jaguar working on an electrified vehicle destined to be called the EV-Type? We can’t be sure but the company has just registered the “EV-Type” trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as well as a similar registry in Europe. The registration was filed on October 30...
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Land Rover SVO Builds An Ultra-Luxurious Range Rover With Holland & HollandLand Rover has revealed its most expensive SUV to date, the Range Rover Holland & Holland edition. The vehicle has only been announced for the British market at present, where it is priced from a staggering £180,000 (approximately 285,022). The justification for such a lofty price tag is...
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Just a week after starting production of its Range Rover Evoque in China, the first time a Jaguar Land Rover vehicle has ever been built outside of the U.K., the British automaker confirmed that its Discovery Sport SUV will be built in Brazil. The announcement was made at this week’s Sao Paulo Auto Show where the all-new SUV was presented. Jaguar Land Rover is building a new plant in the town of Itatiaia which will start production of the Discovery Sport in 2016. Only around 24,000 units will be built annually, serving the Brazilian market only. Discovery Sports for other markets...
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Land Rover Eyes Electric SUV To Rival Upcoming Tesla Model X: ReportFollowing news that Germany’s major luxury brands are all planning high-end electric cars to take on Tesla Motors’ [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S and upcoming Model X, we now have details on similar plans at Land Rover. The British automaker is rumored to be eying a low-slung, car-like crossover...
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Jaguar Land Rover Starts Production Outside U.K. For First TimeIt was two years ago that Jaguar Land Rover announced a partnership with Chery to establish a new production facility in China. Production at the new facility finally commenced this week, with the first model produced there being the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque. This is the first time that one of...
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First 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport Rolls Off The Line: VideoOne of the most anticipated vehicles of the coming year is the 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport. Its arrival finally sees Land Rover with a credible rival for the top-selling small SUVs from Germany’s three major luxury marques, which is exactly the vehicles it will be targeting with its...
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2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport previewThe evolution of the modern Land Rover range continues today with the introduction of the Discovery Sport, unveiled at the 2014 Paris Auto Show. Aimed at delivering Land Rover’s legendary off-road ability in a seven-passenger vehicle that won’t require a second mortgage, the Discovery...
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First Details On The LR4-Replacing Discovery SUVLand Rover has just revealed its all-new 2015 Discovery Sport but the small SUV is just the first member of a new ‘Discovery’ family of vehicles that will include a new compact crossover as well as a replacement for the current LR4, which, incidentally, is already labeled a Discovery in...
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You and three of your mates could win the trip of a lifetime thanks to Land Rover and its new ‘Galactic Discovery’ competition. As part of its efforts to launch the all-new 2015 Discovery Sport, Land Rover wants to trigger the excitement of discovery and adventure by partnering with Virgin Galactic to give away four seats on one of the firm’s planned sub-orbital space flights. To enter the competition, you’ll need to produce an image or 30-second video that demonstrates your spirit of adventure, and then submit it to the website www.landrover.com/gotospace. Given the...
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Land Rover Boosts Adventuring Spirit With Bear Grylls: VideoSurvival expert, adventurer, bug-eater and urine connoisseur Bear Grylls has been announced as a long-term global ambassador for Land Rover. The British TV presenter and writer is a natural fit for the Land Rover brand, embodying the firm's 'Above and Beyond' spirit. Bear, whose real name is Edward...
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Jaguar Land Rover SVO Gets New HeadquartersAbout 150 new staff will work at the recently established Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) unit that serves as the British automaker’s personalization and performance division. The SVO team’s first product was the F-Type Project 7, which goes on sale later this year...
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First Ever Range Rover Going Up For AuctionNowadays you're most likely to find Range Rovers cruising the boulevards, ferrying children to school or taking groups of businessfolk to their next meeting. But the first Range Rovers launched back in 1970 had a much wider remit—they were to mix Land Rover's legendary off-road ability with...
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2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Revealed: VideoLand Rover’s high-performance Range Rover Sport has finally landed. The vehicle is the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR, and it’s the first volume production model from Jaguar Land Rover’s new Special Vehicles Operations unit. As expected, the vehicle packs the supercharged 5.0-liter...
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2015 Range Rover Sport SVR Claims Fastest Production SUV ‘Ring TimeLook out Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes—there’s a new king of the high-performance SUV hill, and it’s Land Rover. With a documented lap time of 8 minutes, 14 seconds, the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR lays claim to the title of the world’s fastest production SUV around the...
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Most of us wish we had the money and space for a huge collection of classic and vintage cars, but if you're a major automaker such a collection is much easier to amass. Easier still if, like Jaguar Land Rover, you buy someone else's existing collection of 543 vehicles. Said vehicles belonged to British enthusiast James Hull, but the vast reserve of vehicles, including dozens of rare Jaguar models, is now in the hands of the automaker itself. Prior to the sale, Hull's collection was believed to be the biggest privately-owned roster of classic British cars anywhere in the world. The list of...
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2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport Spy Shots (With Interior)These are the latest spy shots of Land Rover’s all-new Discovery Sport, the replacement for the LR2. The vehicle was spotted at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track’s surrounding roads, where it is being extensively tested ahead of its reveal later this year, most...
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Jaguar Land Rover Develops Intelligent Car Tech: VideoJaguar Land Rover hopes increased automation of secondary controls will reduce driver distraction.
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Jaguar Land Rover Gives Details On New Ingenium Four-Cylinder FamilyJaguar Land Rover has developed an advanced four-cylinder engine family, members of which will start appearing in its various models from 2015 onwards. Called Ingenium, the first recipient of the new engine family is expected to be the 2016 Jaguar XE, after which we should see the engines appear in...
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2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Spy ShotsThe latest Range Rover Sport only hit the street in the past year, but Land Rover is aiming even higher than the already-potent Range Rover Sport Supercharged variant with a new model, to be badged an SVR. The plan is to put even more power and sharper handling into the Range Rover Sport's package...
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Jaguar Land Rover Adopting SVR Badge For Performance ModelsJaguar will soon phase out its R-S badge used on its performance cars like the XFR-S and XKR-S, and replace it with a new SVR badge. Sister company Land Rover will also use the SVR badge for new performance models it’s planning, the first of which will be a Range Rover Sport SVR, previewed in...
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