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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 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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0Study: America, these are your top 10 most expensive cars to own 1337965200
Picking up a used luxury car is a great way to save some coin. Letting the previous owner take the fall on depreciation is a smart move, but it's worth remembering that high-end autos carry with them high-end maintenance and repair costs. Using Edmunds.com data, 24/7 Wall Street has compiled what it says are the 10 most expensive vehicles to own, and the ...
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Report: Chinese-market Land Rover Freelander and Range Rover Evoque to use Chery engines? 1337689680
A couple of developments on the recent Jaguar/Land Rover joint venture are being reported in Chinese media based on a report in China's Economic Daily News. The 130,000-capacity factory planned for Jiangsu is epected to mint its first vehicle in 2014, with numbers given for the breakdown so far as: 43,000 Land Rover Freelander 2s, 34,000 Range Rover ...
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Spy Shots: Next Land Rover Range Rover reveals more of its lighter body 1337614080
This isn't the first (or second, or third) time we've caught the next-generation Big Daddy Range Rover out testing, but this latest set of spy photos gives us our best look yet at some of the SUV's new exterior details. (Sidenote: We have to commend Jaguar Land Rover for having some of the coolest camouflage patterns in the world.) As you might expect, ...
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Lego Land Rover Defender 110 is plasticized perfection [w/video] 1337357580
It's official. You really can build anything from Lego blocks. Behold a fully-functional 1:8.5 scale version of a Land Rover Defender 110. This radio-controlled machine features a five-speed transmission with reverse, a two-speed transfer case that offers both four-wheel and two-wheel drive modes and functional disc brakes on all four corners. It's cool. ...
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Report: Chery requests Chinese approval of $1.9B joint venture with Jaguar Land Rover 1337180400
A month ago, Jaguar Land Rover signed a joint-venture agreement with China's Chery Automobile Company. JLR's 12.1 billion yuan ($1.9 billion U.S.) investment, if approved, will pay for a plant in Changsu to build Jaguars, Land Rovers, engines and joint-venture models. The facility will also house a research and development center. Chery has submitted the ...
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Rumormill: Sportier Range Rover Evoque planned? 1335994140
We can't tell you how many times we've asked an automotive executive about future product plans only to be given the default, "We're investigating new options," or, "Anything is possible," write-offs. So, to that end, here's another bit of grease for the ever-spinning rumormill. Auto Express reports that Land Rover could possibly launch a sportier ...
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Official: Land Rover completes 8,000-mile Journey of Discovery from Birmingham to Beijing 1335961740
Not long ago, Land Rover embarked on an epic trans-continental road trip that sought to retrace the route taken by a similar expedition in 1956 and raise £1m for the Red Cross. And after 8,000 miles traveled through thirteen countries – starting in Birmigham, England and ending in Beijing, China – they finally made it. The departure was ...
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Video: Watch a manhole cover send a Land Rover airborne in Russia 1335708060
We love action movies as much as the next guy, but sometimes the car stunts just look too ridiculous. Like when a cop car goes airborne during a chase scene after rear-ending a parked car. Or how about when a vehicle flips end over end upon impact. That never happens, right? Well it apparently does in Russia, where, thanks to seemingly everyone in the ...
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Official: Victoria Beckham edition Range Rover Evoque looks suitably Posh 1335142920
It's been the better part of a year since we first brought you reports that Victoria Beckham – who had then just signed on as a celebrity "creative director" for the Range Rover brand – was set to get her own special edition of the chic new Evoque. We didn't know quite what to make of the news then – much less when the British purveyor ...
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Official: Vilner adds wood paneling to Land Rover Defender 1335132180
Bulgarian tuner Vilner has some kind of Luxo-Ray that fires munitions packed with at least two tons of quilted leather and Alcantara, then aims it at just about everything as soon as it can be reloaded. The latest target is the Land Rover Defender Wood, making this the second time in a year that the Defender has come into Vilner's sights. Last time they ...
