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Motor
04-18-2010, 02:28 PM
New Range Rover lightens up (http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/248675/)
[QUOTE]A new, lightweight Range Rover featuring a roomier, super-luxury interior and 40mpg fuel economy is due in autumn 2012.

The all-alloy Range Rover will also form the basis of a new Range Rover Sport which, for the first time, will also be offered with a seven-seat interior; that variant will become the successor to the current Discovery.

Both of the new Range Rover models are in the final stages of their engineering definition and the styling of the Range Rover (project L405) will be signed off in the middle of this year.

The new Range Rover will have a similar footprint to today

Motor
06-20-2010, 10:44 AM
Update!

Range Rover - old meets new (http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/250501/)
Not everything is great, though. The passing of time shows how poorly finished early Range Rovers were, and how cheaply trimmed. The gearbox, and gear whine, is awful. The engine, deemed torquey in the old days, seems smoothly gutless today. And it's very, very thirsty.

But the brakes are decent and the unassisted steering is surprisingly light and accurate on the move, provided you don't try parking. Plastic mats seem a terrible idea now but were an early sop to those at Rover who believed the new car needed a hose-it-out capability. Yet the essence of the Range Rover, its remarkable charisma, is undimmed.

Most of the time, modern cars that spring from classic roots soon leave their family connections behind. But things are different with the 1970 Range Rover. After 40 remarkable years it's still the boss, and that's how it will stay.
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Range Rover (2011): first pictures, new V8 (http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Range-Rover-2011-first-pictures-and-new-engine-details/)
Facts and figures about the Range Rover’s new 4.4 TDV8 please...
For a start the engine has grown from 3.6 to 4.4-litres, but still retains the twin sequential turbochargers. That means 309bhp (up from 267bhp), while the torque figures climbs from 472lb ft to 516lb ft. But the new engine is cleaner and more economical too, thanks in part to a new ZF-sourced eight-speed auto that replaces the six-cog ‘box; the Rangie’s CO2 output drops from 294g/km to 253g/km, while the fuel consumption improves from 25.4mpg to 30.1. It’s the first time the Range Rover has achieved over 30mpg.

Performance, of course, improves too, with the 0-60mph time dropping 1.1sec to 7.5 seconds, and the top speed is up 5 notches to 130mph. And to match the performance, the new TDV8 gains the same Brembo braking kit as the supercharged 5.0 V8, so there’s 380mm discs up front and 365mm discs at the back.
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