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Land Rover is a high-end off-road brand that developed from a single model of the same name originally sold by Rover. The British company based in Solihull, West Midlands was once owned by BMW, then bought by Ford and was finally sold to Tata Motors along with Jaguar in 2008. Land Rover is considered to be the second oldest off-road brand in the world behind Jeep.
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0Official: Land Rover to unveil next Range Rover Sport in New York 1363005840
Well, this makes sense. Considering the fact that New York is the single largest market for the Range Rover Sport, it's only fitting that Land Rover has chosen the upcoming New York Auto Show as the venue to debut the all-new 2014 model. According to Land Rover, the new Range Rover Sport will be unveiled on March 26, the night before the show kicks off. ...
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Geneva: Hamann builds the Range Rover of Barbie's meth-filled dreams 1362610680
Pink, mirror-finish paint. Or as Hamann says, "a color that exhibits nothing more but self-confidence." Basically, tuning company Hamann has created a vehicle that looks like it comes as part of the "Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll" Edition Barbie play set. Its official name is the Mystère, based on the new-for-2013 Range Rover, and it's as ugly as it ...
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Quick Spin: 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 1362157020
Truth be told, I have always considered the Range Rover Sport to be something of a poseur in the Land Rover lineup, but there's one big reason this SUV is so popular in chic cities like New York and Miami – it has the boxy, instantly recognizable looks of a classic Range Rover but with a sportier demeanor. In fact, if sister marque Jaguar ever does ...
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Official: Land Rover reveals electrified Defender research vehicle 1362066300
Somewhere in the Land Rover corral at the Geneva Motor Show next to that nine-speed ZF 9HP automatic transmission will be seven Land Rover Defender electric research vehicles. The Advanced Engineering Team replaced the diesel in the front of its 110-Series Defender with an electric motor producing 94 horsepower and 243 pound-feet of torque running through ...
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Official: Land Rover bringing world's first nine-speed automatic transmission to Geneva 1361982600
Among the future shocks to be shown at the rapidly approaching Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover will be displaying a nine-speed transmission it has been working with ZF to develop. Engineered for transverse – read: usually front-wheel drive – applications, the ZF 9HP will replace the six-speed transmission in the Evoque come 2014. The three ...
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Opinion: Going high-tech, the 4x4 way 1361915880
Is It An Off-Road Adventure Or Just A Walk In The Park? I remember having to get out and lock hubs and shift into neutral to engage low range. Coming off press previews of the 2013 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee that involved some heavy-duty off-road rock climbing, I'm simply amazed at the capabilities that these vehicles ...
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Spy Shots: Next-gen Land Rover LR2 spotted... unless it's the LWB Evoque 1361568540
The spy photographers we work with are fairly adept at figuring out what it is, exactly, they happen to be taking a picture of that day. So, when the shooters send notes along with their images, we don't often quibble too much with the conclusions that they've drawn. Case in point is this new set of spied photographs, depicting what would appear to be a ...
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Official: Range Rover's new base V6 engine official 1361393940
Following a report from last week, Land Rover has officially announced that the 2014 Range Rover will be offered with a new supercharged 3.0-liter V6 as its base engine, replacing the naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8. And not to worry, the charming 510-horsepower supercharged V8 will still be available. The new V6 is the same unit recently stuffed under ...
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Report: Range Rover dropping V8 base engine in favor of supercharged V6 1360869300
The 2013 Range Rover is on waiting lists so long that Land Rover isn't even importing the base model for lack of sufficient uptake in view of limited resources. When that backlog is all cleared up, there's a 15-page booklet worth of changes coming for the 2014 model year, the biggest of which is the disappearance of the naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8 ...
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Podcast: Autoblog Podcast #320 1360707300
Chicago Auto Show, Holden VF Commodore, Top Gear USA Interview, Driving To The Arctic Circle Episode #319 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and this week, Dan Roth, Chris Paukert and Jeff Ross talk about the Chicago Auto Show, the new Holden VF Commodore and Paukert's trip to the Arctic Circle with The List. Dan and Zach took time to have a chat with Adam ...
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Report: 2013 Range Rover already on huge wait list 1360692000
Had your eye on Land Rover's new all-singing, all-dancing 2013 Range Rover? You're not alone – and hopefully you were smart enough to already put down a deposit. The capability- and lux-laden sport utility vehicle began trickling into dealers in December, but is already "sold out for six months to a year," says Chris Marchand, executive vice ...
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Spy Shots: Range Rover Sport spotted cold-weather testing 1360178940
With the massively redesigned Range Rover out of the way, Land Rover is now working on getting its next-generation Range Rover Sport ready for the public eye. Wearing far less camouflage than the last time we saw this SUV, we're starting to get a better idea of what the Range Rover's brasher relative will look like. Up front, it looks like the Sport will ...
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First Drive: 2013 Land Rover Range Rover 1359997020
The Imperial Super Star Destroyer of SUVs Andrew Polsinelli, Land Rover North America's head of product planning, told us this is what owners requested of the new, fourth-generation Range Rover: "Don't change it, just make it better." Superficially, the request appears to represent that species of conflicted, mashed-potato yearning that births other such ...
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Official: Limited Edition Range Rover Evoque blisters eyeballs 1357921980
As if the Range Rover Evoque didn't already stand out enough, Land Rover is adding a Sicilian Yellow Limited Edition model to make the stylish CUV even harder to miss. Debuting this week at the Brussels Motor Show, this new Evoque model will go on sale in May, and while we don't know which exact market it will be sold in, we know for sure it won't be ...
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Official: Land Rover uses new Range Rover to tow Airstream roundtrip from England to Morocco 1357488180
We see all sorts of publicity stunt road trips, but few seem as cool as spending 11 days driving almost 4,000 miles in a 2013 Range Rover Autobiography and sleeping each night in an equally plush Airstream trailer. This is exactly what Ben Samuelson, formerly of TVR, and his PR team did to show off the new Range Rover while driving it from England to ...
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First Drive: 2013 Land Rover LR2 1357145820
Evoque's Older Brother Gets Some Love Brands like Jeep, Land Rover and General Motors' now-defunct Hummer all come from rich military backgrounds, with their forebearers having proven their ability to tackle just about any terrain, from desert to jungle. Each has faced the difficult challenge of evolving from battle-tested off-road vehicles to ...
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Recalls: Land Rover recalls 2012 Evoque, LR2 for brake issue 1355835780
Jaguar Land Rover has issued a recall of two models, the 2012 Range Rover Evoque and the 2012 Land Rover LR2 over a brake issue. Up to 70 vehicles could be affected, all built on a single day, June 11, 2012. The retaining bolts on the rear calipers of those vehicles could have been torqued incorrectly, with the potential consequence that the brake caliper ...
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Official: Jaguar Land Rover opens winter testing facility in Minnesota 1355352180
As it begins the rollout of the all-wheel-drive Jaguar XJ and XF models, Jaguar Land Rover has just announced that it has opened a new facility in northern Minnesota for winter testing. Located in International Falls, MN (on the US and Canadian border), the British automaker says it is one of the coldest locations in the Continental US. Jaguar's new ...
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Report: Jaguar Land Rover may build factory in Saudi Arabia 1355258700
The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing markets for Land Rover, so it makes sense that the automaker is looking to set up shop in the region. According to Automotive News, Jaguar Land Rover is in talks with the people of Saudi Arabia to build a factory in the country at an expected initial cost of $1.2 billion. Still in the early stage of talks, the ...
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Report: Mazda CX-5 named Japan's Car of The Year, Subaru BR-Z wins "Special Award" 1354548780
The Mazda CX-5 stamped its Kodo design and SkyActiv technology authority all over the Japan Car of the Year awards, taking the top prize ahead of the Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT 86. It is Mazda's second victory in the last ten years, the 2005 MX-5 claiming the same trophy, and the fourth time the Hiroshima company has won. The award is decided by 60 local ...
