Range Rover
The cars : Range Rover development history
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 [...]
July 22, 2011
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Keith Adams · 
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The cars : Range Rover P38 development history
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 [...]
August 5, 2011
· Keith Adams · 6 Comments
Concepts and Prototypes : Range Rover L322
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 [...]
August 5, 2011
· Keith Adams · One Comment
News : EuroNCAP latest – 4 and 5-stars for the Brits
Euro NCAP’s fifth and last launch of 2011 presents the results for 14 new cars, with the MG6, Jaguar XF scoring four stars. But the Range Rover Evoque stole the show brilliantly for the Brits by scoring a full five stars straight out of the box. The MG6′s four star rating is a creditable result [...]
November 23, 2011
· Keith Adams · 59 Comments
News : Car of the Year 2012 list revealed
Keith Adams Thirty five cars have been nominated for the first stage of the European Car of The Year 2012 award – proof positive that the car industry continues to attempt to build itself out of the current economic crisis. The British contingent is represented by just one car this year, the Range Rover Evoque, [...]
October 5, 2011
· Keith Adams · 25 Comments
Polish Restoration : Saving an SD1, part 1
IT started out as an idle thought, and soon became a mad-cap plan… Back in 2005, we bought a £200 Rover SD1 as a project, in order to save it from a fate involving kit-car owners and the scrapyard… in the subsequent months, nothing happened, and the home restoration never happened. However an unusual plan [...]
August 5, 2011
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
Range Rover press advertisements
Some Range Rover advertisements for your enjoyment… Please note, all images will open in a new browser window at high-res. Palatial – USA Stop – USA Rhino – USA Off-side – USA
August 5, 2011
· Keith Adams · 3 Comments
Range Rover In Vogue special edition
Is the In Vogue edition the progenitor of all posh Range Rovers? Of course not, but this was the first factory effort – and the beginning of a long road towards the super-expensive Range Rovers of today. Thanks to Andrew Elphick, Declan Berridge and Kev Mills of Land Rover Owner magazine Pretty posh… DESPITE being [...]
August 5, 2011
· Keith Adams · One Comment
What the papers say : Range Rover Evoque
Keith Adams The Range Rover Evoque has gone down a storm if the first tranche of drives at the International launch are anything to go by. It’s a genre-busting car, which Land Rover is hoping, will encourage style conscious user-choosers out of their Audi TTs and into something a whole lot more practical. We’ve yet [...]
July 26, 2011
· Keith Adams · 35 Comments
Land Rover : Evoque production starts at Halewood
The new Range Rover Evoque passed an important milestone yesterday when the first production vehicle was driven off the line at Land Rover’s Halewood manufacturing plant in Liverpool. Jaguar Land Rover’s CEO, Ralf Speth together with JLR executive officers, union representatives and employees, gathered to celebrate the start of new Range Rover Evoque production. The [...]
July 5, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · 28 Comments
Engines : Rover V8
An heroic engine During the late 1950s, the US car industry turned to aluminium as a material to build their engines from. The reasons for this have been well documented, but primarily it was the quest for lighter weight and greater efficiency that led the producers to choose this route. One such manufacturer who embraced [...]
June 20, 2011
· Keith Adams · 12 Comments
Auto Shanghai 2011 : Range Rover Evoque makes Chinese debut
The Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition was unveiled in Shanghai. Only 500 units will be commissioned globally, with each car crafted to customer order only. Already, more than 150 orders for the Ultimate have been taken in China and more than 50 in the United States. The Ultimate Edition features two stand-alone powered rear seats, [...]
April 19, 2011
· Keith Adams · 6 Comments
Press Report : Land Rover reveals UK price for the Evoque
David Jolley, Automotive News Europe, 5 April 2011 The Range Rover Evoque’s starting price will be £27,955 (about 32,000 euros) in the UK, Land Rover said. The SUV will be offered in both five-door and coupe body styles and will go on sale in September. Customers will have a choice of two 2.2-litre turbodiesels, one [...]
April 5, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · 17 Comments
Daytrip to Geneva
Words and Photographs: Andrew Elphick Back on a grumpy night shift between Christmas and New Year, I was updating my 2011 diary, sipping coffee and grumbling to myself – not unsurprisingly there were other places I’d rather have been at that moment. However, trudging through March’s shift patterns, I found a perfect opening for a [...]
March 12, 2011
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
Video : Land Rover at Geneva
Keith Adams The stylish new Range Rover Evoque looks good in this video and it certainly deserves success in the showrooms.
March 1, 2011
· Keith Adams · One Comment
Range Rover : Autobiography Ultimate Edition to debut in Geneva
Clive Goldthorp Range Rover will unveil a new flagship model, the Autobiography Ultimate Edition, at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. The production run will be restricted to 500 units which be sold on a customer order only basis in more than 20 markets globally and be offered with either a 4.4 litre V8 diesel or [...]
February 10, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · 25 Comments
Land Rover : Evoque 5-Door to debut at Los Angeles Auto Show
Clive Goldthorp Land Rover has now released the first official images of the Range Rover Evoque 5-Door which will appear in public for the first time at next week’s Los Angeles Auto Show. Most of the Evoque 5-Doors’ dimensions are identical to those of the 3-Door version. However, the depth of the windscreen has been [...]
November 11, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · 9 Comments
Range Rover : Evoque 5-Door breaks cover
Keith Adams Jaguar Land Rover’s blitz of the Paris Motor Show continues with the arrival of the Range Rover Evoque 5-Door. The 3-Door ‘soft roader’ has already attracted considerable interest and this expansion of the range – which has yet to go on sale – will undoubtedly cement the new car’s success. The car will [...]
September 30, 2010
· Keith Adams · 28 Comments
Jaguar Land Rover : Recruitment campaign for over 1,000 Halewood jobs
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the leading manufacturer of luxury vehicles, is seeking more than 1,000 talented Engineers, Supervisors and Production Operators to help launch the all new Range Rover Evoque which will be built at Halewood Operations, Liverpool in 2011. Ralf Speth, CEO, Jaguar Land Rover, commented, “The Range Rover Evoque is a significant step in [...]
September 23, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · 11 Comments
Range Rover : Evoque prototypes start “undercover” testing
The all-new Range Rover Evoque has entered its final phase of testing, with hundreds of prototype models dispatched around the globe for trial in the toughest climates and conditions. Land Rover is making no secret of the operation – its Design Team has fitted ten prototypes with funky camouflage wraps to introduce the new car [...]
July 14, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · 15 Comments
