The new Range Rover has been turning heads at the LA Auto Show!

 

2013 Range Rover has all-aluminum body: unveiled at LA Auto Show

The major auto shows are always anticipated since there will be numerous 'unveiling s' and introductions of new, redesigned, and concept vehicles. Land Rover chose the Los Angeles Auto Show to introduce their new Range Rover to North America.

The 2013 Range Rover is the 4th generation of this popular vehicle and was introduced in Europe shortly before the Los Angeles introduction. It is said to be the world's first SUV with an all-aluminum body frame. During a press briefing before the show opened to the public, it was mentioned that this new 2013 Range Rover is about 700 pounds lighter than last year's model.

The all-aluminum Range Rover will use the naturally-aspirated 5 liter V8 engine, but is noticeably different than the previous models. A few things have stayed the same such as the blacked out roof pillars and floating roof look. The roof line has a very distinct taper to it. The raked windshield appears to make a line down towards the center of the front wheels. Overall, it has somewhat more aggressive styling than before. The rear of the vehicle offers an up-swept angle towards the tailgate.

The 2013 Range Rover offers a longer wheelbase and the rear doors have been lengthened. There has been a lot of emphasis on large SUV's offering three rows and 7 passenger seating. It was emphasized that although other luxury SUV's may be moving in that direction, Land Rover will probably not be adding a third row seat.

The centerpiece of the Land Rover exhibit at the LA Auto Show as the new Range Rover, stationed in a gravel bed covered in water, and glistening from all the bright lights shining down on the all-aluminum body.

The 2013 Range Rover will go on sale in December 2012 with pricing beginning at $83,500.

 

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Range Rover continues its commitment to safety and earns another 5-star rating!

Euro NCAP: 2013 Range Rover gets 5-star rating

The 2013 Range Rover has been recently awarded with a 5-star safety rating for safety performance by Euro NCAP, as the British based automaker has recently announced in a press release. Euro NCAP says that the 2013 Range Rover has received 15.2p in the front impact test, 8.0p in the side impact and 7.3p in the side pole impact. 2.1 points have been received in the rear impact and the model scored 12.0p in the 18-month old child protection and 11.1 points in the 3-year old child protection. These points total a 91 percent (33p) overall score in adult occupant and 84 percent (41p) in child occupant protection.

“This is the second vehicle launched in as many years with Range Rover Evoque achieving the same result in 2011. Euro NCAP have significantly increased the Pedestrian Protection target in 2012 and Land Rover has risen to the challenge with the all-new Range Rover achieving one of the highest ever scores for Pedestrian within its vehicle category. It’s an incredible achievement and testament to the dedication of our engineering team”, said the Land Rover global brand director, John Edwards.

As a quick reminder, the 2013 Range Rover has been officially presented to the public a couple of months ago, during the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The model is getting a choice of two gasoline engines, a 5.0L V8 with 375 HP and a 5.0L supercharged V8 with 503 HP, along with a V6 diesel generating 255 HP.

 

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The British outfitter, Kahn, added loads of extra luxury to the ruggedness of the new Defender!

Kahn's Land Rover Defender Harris Tweed Edition

Harris Tweed is a trademarked cloth that in order to carry the name, must be made from pure virgin wool and hand-woven by the islanders on the Isles of Lewis and Harris, Uist and Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Being a fabric, don't look for it on the outside of Afzal Kahn's newest creation based on the classic Land Rover Defender, but in the interior of the rugged 4x4 model. There you will find the traditional cloth on parts of the seats, the headliner, sun visors, dashboard, door trims and other select components of the cabin.

The British tuner color matched the stitching and the instrument panel gauges to the Harris Tweed cloth.

For the exterior of the Defender Harris Tweed Edition, Kahn went with a black color theme that includes matte black bumpers and wheel arch extensions, headlamp surrounds and stainless steel front grille with an embossed Kahn feature.

Other additions include LED B6 headlights, clear rear and side light repeaters, fender air vents, chrome exhaust pipe and Kahn's own alloy wheels finished in a dark shade.

 

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This review recounts an impressive journey through sand and mountains with the new Range Rover

2013 Land Rover Range Rover

When you will be reading these lines, I will have come back from under the rainy skies of Morocco. Luckily, I wasn’t there for a vacation; I had been invited to test one of the most capable SUV on the planet, the brand new 2013 Land Rover Range Rover.

It’s in Morocco, in the sand hills, under a torrential rain and on Mount Atlas that the Range Rover got to show off its new talents and at the same time, impress the amateur drivers like me. Because let’s face it, even though I’ve always been a fan of the luxury utilitary, this time it surpassed my expectations…and my courage.

A well-known look

You won’t feel lost when looking at the new Range Rover. Though it has been completely reworked, its silhouette remains  almost identical to the previous generation’s. You have to take a closer look to notice that the line of the roof is more inclined towards the rear, that the ensemble does not quite have the same dimensions. It is easier to notice the changes to the front grille, which has been made more refined and the headlamps that leave more space to the LEDs.

Changes are also radical in the cabin. A few good words about the Meridian multimedia system which transforms the cabin into a concert hall. But it also presents a very surprising ergonomic feature: the central screen allows for the passenger to watch a movie…all the while the driver is following the indications on the GPS. It took my passenger an I a few seconds to understand each other: he was telling me about the movie he was watching and I was desperately trying to understand how it related to the map I was viewing. Finally, moving our heads to the side, we finally understood what was going on.

Of sand, rain and rocks

On the roads of Morocco, like everywhere else, the huge V8 purred at every acceleration. But as we also wished to enjoy the off roading capacities, we got to travel a few kilometers of sans hill and impressive rocks. All of it under 50 mm of rain in less then 3 hours. Thanks to its now automatic All Terrain system, the Range Rover can go anywhere. On the sand hills, we had to struggle with the uncooperative soft sand, but the power of the all-wheel drive system (and my quality as a driver, obviously) got the best of the obstacles.

On the rocks, the Range Rover showed off its bigger clearing: it successfully  crossed what looked like a wall without showing any sing of weakness. And I managed to make it to the top of the mountain without any great difficulty, except for the chills it gave me. The huge SUV made it where I wouldn’t have, by myself. We also had to cross wide ponds left by the rain: not a problem, the Rover can deal with up to 90cm of water.

 

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It looks like when the new Range Rover Sport is released, we can expect for it to be even speedier!

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 production versions.

While a new Range Rover Sport is a given, Land Rover’s chief of chassis systems, David Waide, seemed to hint at an even more aggressive version of the Range Rover Sport, using family brand Jaguar as an example.

Car Advice quotes Waide as saying, “It’s one of the areas which the business can expand. You’ve seen this with Jaguar and its XKR-S edition. They’ve done very well with the R-S model … so there’s the ability to do those sorts of things with Land Rover product.”

Expect a high-end Range Rover Sport variant to deliver much the same experience. Assuming a hotter version of the Range Rover Sport really is in the works, it would round out the product line nicely. A rumored sport version of the Evoque would provide a gateway performance SUV, with the hotter Range Rover Sport topping the range.

 

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Everyone is getting excited about the new Range Rover Sport, including us!

Speculations that the New Range Rover Sport will debut in 2013

Land Rover is giving the final touch ups to the all new Range Rover Sport which will most likely be making its debut at the Geneva Motor Show or New York Motor Show. The model is based on the same aluminium monocoque as the new Range Rover and is expected to follow it closely in terms of specification.

The new Sport, is expected to weigh the same as its sister model, which directly hints us that the entry level V6 variant would tip the scale at 2160kg, 300kg less than the present entry level model, which would make the Range Rover More Dynamic in Nature! Outside the car , it seems that the car uses the same underbody structure. At the front, the headlights will be more aggressive than on the Range Rover and the bumpers will be blockier. The rear overhang is shorter than that of the new Range Rover and its tailgate glass is raked more steeply.

Under the hood the SUV will be featuring the new generation 255bhp, 442 lb ft turbocharged V6 diesel engine. It is also expected that the Sport Model may get an option of 335 bhp twin-turbo V8 diesel engine. With 516lb ft of torque at just 1750 rpm. Also new to the Sport model would be a V6 diesel-electric hybrid  model, which has a claimed combined 333 bhp, a 0-62mph time of 7.4sec and CO2 emissions of just 169g/km.

 

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