Land Rover News
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Land Rover’s stylish Range Rover Evoque will be one of the first models available with ZF’s new nine-speed automatic transmission designed for transverse applications, i.e. cars based on front-wheel-drive architectures. The nine-speed-equipped Range Rover Evoque will be on display next week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show and will hopefully arrive in showrooms before the year is out. The new transmission, code-named the ZF 9HP, is one of the most advanced transmissions ever used on a production car, and it’s likely to be one of the most fuel efficient too. Land Rover...
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2014 Range Rover Swaps V-8 For Supercharged V-6 On Base Model
Despite only going on sale in December as a 2013 model, Land Rover’s new Range Rover SUV is already available for order as a 2014 model. The latest model year brings one significant update, with the base model now featuring a supercharged V-6 engine instead of a naturally aspirated V-8. Yes...
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A. Kahn Design’s 2013 Range Rover Is Bespoke Tuning At Its Best
Land Rover specialist A. Kahn Design finally gets its hands on the 2013 Range Rover.
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2014 Range Rover Sport Spy Shots
The all-new 2013 Range Rover from Land Rover just went on sale and has proven a raging success, with waiting lists for the big luxury SUV already stretching six to twelve months. Soon there will be more Range Rover models to help quell that demand, including a new generation of the Range Rover...
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2013 Range Rover Waiting List Already Stretches 6-12 Months
Strong global demand for the new Range Rover means you may need to wait up to a year for delivery.
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Land Rover Armored Patrol Car Awaits The Zombie Apocalypse
Call us paranoid (you wouldn’t be the first), but sooner or later the zombie apocalypse will be more than just the theme of a popular weekly television show. We’re not suggesting that the dead will actually rise from the grave to eat the flesh of the living; instead, we’re using...
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If you have a need for a compact luxury SUV and you have a passion for contrast, Land Rover may have just what you’re looking for. A new special edition of its Range Rover Evoque has just been announced, and it comes wearing a bold exterior hue known as Sicilian Yellow, with a contrasting gloss black roof and mirror caps. Available in both coupe and five-door Evoque body styles, the limited-edition model is based on the Dynamic (mid-range) trim level and includes the new Black Design Pack as well. This adds a rear spoiler, darkened front headlights and fog lights, black Range Rover...
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Race2Recovery Team Ready For Start Of Dakar Rally
Eighteen months ago, a fledgling Dakar Rally team calling itself Race2Recovery consisted of a handful of team members, mostly combat-wounded British soldiers, and a single Land Rover Freelander (our LR2) race vehicle. At tomorrow’s Dakar Rally start, a much more dynamic Race2Recovery Team...
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Land Rover Recalls LR2 And Range Rover Evoque For Faulty Brakes
The 2012 Range Rover Evoque, along with the LR2, are being recalled for faulty brake calipers.
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Jaguar Land Rover Paves Way For Possible Production In Saudi Arabia
Jaguar Land Rover is to conduct a detailed feasibility study for possible production in Saudi Arabia, signing a letter of intent today with the country’s National Industrial Clusters Development Program (NICDP), an industry group tasked with establishing major business opportunities...
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Jaguar Land Rover Deal With Chery Includes More Than Just A Production Site
China is currently the single biggest market for Jaguar Land Rover, so it should come as little surprise that the British firm already has an alliance deal with one of China’s biggest automakers, Chery, and will soon be establishing its first design center outside the UK in China. This week...
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Faster Range Rover Sport In The Works: Report
Range Rover’s best selling models in the U.S. market are its Sport variants, and it’s no secret that a new Range Rover Sport is under development. Like the all-new Range Rover, the Sport will benefit from the extensive use of aluminum in its construction, shaving serious weight from all...
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Forty years ago, the plan was beautiful: take the first Range Rover to Morocco to show off its dune-stalking, terrain-conquering prowess and bedazzle the world's press. A popular uprising has a way of changing history and itineraries--like so (sweeps arm across desk)--so the launch was scrubbed. Fast-forward to 2013 and there's a new Range Rover, and this time we were among the bedazzled-to-be that charted a path for Morocco, to hook up with the global first drive. After a year of seeing Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Algeria break out in unrest and outright revolution, the omens were dark. Only...
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The RaBe Desert Warrior, Britain's Dakar Rally Hope
In January of 2013, Britain’s first professional Dakar Rally team will contest for an T1 Class win driving an all-new desert racer. Loosely based on the Range Rover Evoque, the RaBe Desert Warrior is a purpose-built, all-terrain terror that should be capable of enduring all the storied race...
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Land Rover Lineup To Expand To 16 Models: Report
With the financial backing of its Indian parent, plus a string of recent successes, Land Rover is about to embark on an ambitious plan to expand its lineup to 16 models (up from six) and potentially double its sales by 2020. While Land Rover has no plans to move away from SUVs and crossovers, to...
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Jaguar And Land Rover To Share More Platforms
Currently, Jaguar Land Rover’s range of models roughly comprise seven largely unrelated platforms, but going into the future the company hopes to prune these down to just two or three. The goal is to get around 70 to 80 percent of Jaguar Land Rover’s core model range on common...
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Jaguar Land Rover To Establish New Design Centers In the U.S. And China
As Europe’s automakers continue to see their sales increase in key markets like the U.S. and China, while back home sales either remain flat or are on the decline, it’s natural that going into future car design will better reflect the desires of consumers where a bulk of sales are made...
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Jaguar Land Rover Pushing Dealers To Dual Brand Model
Jaguar builds luxury sedans, coupes and convertibles, but no SUVs or crossovers. Land Rover builds luxury SUVs and crossovers, but has no sedans, coupes or convertibles in its current range (and yes, we’re not counting the two-door Evoque and Evoque Convertible concept). That’s becoming...
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At the Frankfurt Auto Show last year Land Rover unveiled its vision of a modern-day Defender SUV. Dubbed the DC100 concept, the new vehicle was claimed to be just as capable off-road as its iconic predecessor, yet at the same time it offered many modern niceties such as fuel-efficient engines, the latest in in-car electronics, as well as Land Rover’s brilliant Terrain Response system. At the DC100's unveiling, Land Rover said a production version would be launched around 2015, though the U.S. would miss out. Speaking with Automotive News (subscription required), the CEO of Jaguar Land...
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2012 Range Rover Recalled For Windshield Mounting Defect
Jaguar Land Rover has announced the recall of certain 2012 Range Rover models, which may have had their windshields improperly installed during the assembly process. As a result, the windshields can come loose in a crash, increasing the chance of occupant injury. Though the NHTSA announcement does...
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2013 Land Rover LR4 Priced
If you’re shopping for a luxury SUV with legitimate go-just-about-anywhere capabilities, chances are that the Land Rover LR4 is on your short list. Land Rover has just released pricing on its 2013 LR4 models, which see a modest rise in the window sticker in both base and HSE trims. The base...
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2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Pure: New Entry-Level Model
So you've been looking at a 2013 Range Rover Evoque five-door, but you're also trying to keep your budget as trim as possible? Enter the Evoque Pure, a new entry-level model for the Evoque range this year, starting at $41,995. If you're after the Evoque Coupe, you're still working with the $44,995...
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2013 Land Rover Range Rover Live Photos: 2012 Paris Auto Show
The fourth generation of Land Rover’s iconic Range Rover has finally made its world debut, and here are our first live shots of the vehicle direct from its appearance at the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The new luxury SUV has already made a sneak U.S. debut, where it was announced that sales will...
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Land Rover Could Go Smaller Than Evoque, Says Design Boss
Land Rover could build a crossover model smaller than its already compact Range Rover Evoque, according to the brand’s design director Gerry McGovern. The new vehicle would compete against the likes of the MINI Countryman and new Buick Encore in one of the fastest growing segments of the new...
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