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The cars : Range Rover development history

Keith Adams — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:05:42 +0000

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the premium SUV is a fixture and fitting of 21st century life in the UK. However, Rover brought the concept to Europe in 1970 – and led the way from there on in… A new star is born IT IS an overused expression these days – “market niche”… but back [...]

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The cars : Range Rover P38 development history

Keith Adams — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:28:30 +0000

It took Rover 24 years to replace the Range Rover – but when it did, it largely got the recipe right… Taking that fine old car into the 21st century was never going to be easy. Replacing the irreplaceable BY the mid-to-late-1980s, the Range Rover’s transformation into luxury express was well underway; one only had [...]

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Concepts and Prototypes : Range Rover L322

Keith Adams — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:34:47 +0000

Development on the new Range Rover started in 1995, and it went through several metamorphoses before management were completely happy with the direction it was going in…. Land Rover and BMW produced competing design proposals, and it was the British iteration of the concept that won through at the end of the day. Former Rover [...]

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News : 2013 Range Rover Sport revealed

Keith Adams — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:41:55 +0000

David Ross, Honest John Land Rover has unveiled the new Range Rover Sport which is set to go on sale this September with prices expected to start at around £55,000. Land Rover is calling it the ‘fastest, most agile and most responsive’ model it’s ever built yet thanks to weight saving it will be more [...]

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News : Range Rover Evoque gets nine-speeds

Keith Adams — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:30:12 +0000

Land Rover is to show the first passenger car to be fitted with a nine-speed gearbox at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The automatic gearbox, developed by ZF, will be fitted initially to the Range Rover Evoque, and should offer improved economy, reduced emissions and a quieter ride. It also has the benefit of offering [...]

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Video : Range Rover L405 TV advert

Keith Adams — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:46:29 +0000

Living the Range Rover dream Who says that off-roaders are all about the school-run and choking up city streets? The latest generation Range Rover, the L405 is in the running to be one of the best all-round cars in the world, combining superb interior ambiance, great on-road dynamics and excellent off-road ability. This advert gives [...]

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News : Range Rover L405 tows Airstream to Morocco

Keith Adams — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:20:46 +0000

In order to demonstrate the class-leading towing ability of the all-new Range Rover, Land Rover teamed up with an American icon to take part in the ultimate road-trip to one of the highest points in Africa. With a newly-launched Airstream 684 Series 2 aluminium travel trailer hitched to its electrically-deployable tow bar, a Range Rover [...]

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Concepts : Land Rover LRX

Keith Adams — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:09:57 +0000

The second ever Land Rover concept was revealed at the 2008 Detroit motor show, after being previewed to the press in December 2007. It was a design masterpiece, and few would have suspected that it would go into production with almost unchanged styling just three years later. In fact, we’re struggling to think of any car [...]

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What the papers say : Range Rover L405

Keith Adams — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:04:13 +0000

Keith Adams The journalists are back from Morocco having sampled the fourth generation Range Rover on some of the world’s most demanding roads for the first time. The question is whether the new car, which has consumed hundreds of millions in development resources is the leap forward over the outgoing L322 – itself hardly shabby [...]

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News : Range Rover built on £370m UK investment

Keith Adams — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:13:11 +0000

Jaguar Land Rover has invested £370 million to upgrade its UK manufacturing facilities and increase productivity as it prepares to launch the fourth generation Range Rover in 170 countries around the world. Sales of the L405 are to begin this month following a three-year engineering project, supporting 1000 jobs in design, product development and manufacturing [...]

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News : Range Rover details revealed

Keith Adams — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:58:05 +0000

Keith Adams So, the darling of the UK motor industry, Land Rover, has finally revealed full details of its flagship, the fourth generation Range Rover. As expected, the latest Rangie majors on luxury, now being thought of in terms as a credible all-round rival to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Audi A8. As well as, of [...]

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Buy parts with AROnline and Rimmer Bros

Keith Adams — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:01:30 +0000

KEITH ADAMS Rimmer Bros sponsored AROnline‘s Polish SD1 restoration… Buying parts for your Jaguar, Rover, Lands Rover, Triumph or MG has never been easier through AROnline… HERE at AROnline, we receive a large numbers of emails from people all over the world looking for parts for their cars MGs, Rovers, Landies and all manner of [...]

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News : Fourth generation Range Rover breaks cover

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:01:34 +0000

The fourth generation Range Rover is an all-new model that has been developed from the ground up, capturing the innovative spirit and iconic design of the original model which changed the world of motoring when it was launched over 40 years ago. The most significant development over the excellent L322 that it replaces is its [...]

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News : Closer look at the Range Rover L405

Keith Adams — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:39:09 +0000

Words: Keith Adams Photography: Richard Walker More photographs of the this year’s hottest new car, the Range Rover L405, reveal further details about the styling and proportions of Land Rover’s flagship. The camouflage does its best to try and disguise the lower, and sleeker glasshouse, squatter stance and the Evoque-like rising shoulder line. Also not [...]

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First Drive : Range Rover Evoque ED4 Pure Coupe

Keith Adams — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:02:11 +0000

The Evoque has been a massive hit for Land Rover – as soon as it was launched, demand for the stylish mini-SUV-crossover with concept car looks outstripped supply, and a waiting list has built up. But despite that, it seems that we’re seeing Evoques everywhere – and good British design on our roads is back [...]

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Blog : Evoque soothes this fevered brow

Keith Adams — Sun, 06 May 2012 01:10:13 +0000

Keith Adams I must admit, I’ve been looking forward to this for a very long time. Since January 2004, in fact. It was all the way back then that Land Rover unveiled its amazing Range Stormer concept. At the time, the idea of a sporting two-door SUV seemed just a little-bit far-fetched, and yet thanks [...]

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Video : Victoria Beckham on her Evoque

Keith Adams — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:55:59 +0000

The exclusively designed Range Rover Evoque Special Edition is the result of a collaboration between Land Rover Design, led by Gerry McGovern with Victoria Beckham, winner of the coveted Designer Brand of the Year award at the 2011 British Fashion Awards. Victoria was appointed Creative Design Executive in July 2010 and has worked with the [...]

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News : ‘Posh’ Evoque looks set to do the business

Keith Adams — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:16:41 +0000

Keith Adams A new top-line Range Rover Evoque has been launched at the Auto China 2012 motor show. The Victoria Beckham-designed Special Edition will be built to order, with no more than 200 leaving Land Rover’s Halewood factory. The car, which is the next step in a relationship between the model and Land Rover first [...]

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News : Bollinger Evoque at a bar near you…

Keith Adams — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:02:28 +0000

Keith Adams An unlikely partnership, or a synergy of brands? Whatever way you look at, it, the idea of a Range Rover Evoque Bollinger edition is an appealing one. Crafted by Range Rover in collaboration with Italian customisers Aznom, this unique Evoque features a wine-red paintjob with bronze trim and a matt black roof, with [...]

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Geneva 2012 : Range Rover Evoque Convertible

Keith Adams — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:59:31 +0000

Words: Keith Adams Photography: Newspress The Evoque Convertible might well be the answer to a question that no one’s yet asked, but if it goes into production, the chances are it’s going to sell. Currently listed as a concept, it’s clear that Land Rover has put a lot of thought into examining this untapped new [...]

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News : Evoque drops its top at Geneva

Keith Adams — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:41:02 +0000

Keith Adams Land Rover, it seems, is going niche-hunting. The well-received Range Rover Evoque, winner of the AROnline Reader car of the year, has lifted its lid for the Geneva show – and you can guarantee that this ‘concept’ will be leading to a production version very soon. Built very much to test the public’s [...]

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News : Range Rover Westminster

Keith Adams — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:18 +0000

Keith Adams To celebrate the tenth anniverary of the launch of the Range Rover L322, the company has unveiled three anniversary editions… one of which is named named after a certain borough in London. The Westminster, the Autobiography and the Supercharged Autobiography. Given a new Range Rover is due to be launched later this year, [...]

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News : AROnline readers vote with their wellies… (or is it Jimmy Choos?)

Keith Adams — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:41:04 +0000

Keith Adams After eight days and well over 2000 votes, you have voted the Range Rover Evoque as your British Car of The Year for 2012. In eight days of clicking, it was a two horse race between the MG6 and Evoque, with Solihull beating Longbridge by 0.5%! As polls go, this has emerged as [...]

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