We spend a week with the top of the range Land Rover Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE. Where does it fit in Land Rover’s line-up. Is it just the poor man’s Range Rover? The news this year from the world of Land Rover has been focused on the origins of Land Rover’s first foray in […]
Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Review & Road Test (2010) Part 2
In part 2 of our review and road test of the Range Rover TDV8 Autobiography, we examine why the Range Rover is much greater than the sum of its parts. After 40 years of Range Rover, buyers know that the Range Rover stands alone. There is no other car that can do Grouse Moor and […]
Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Review & Road Test (2010)
We have the Range Rover 3.6 TDV8 Autobiography for a week to review and road test. Is it still the best, or is the Range Rover past its best? The Range Rover – as most of you already know from the celebrations Land Rover had in June – is forty years old this year. Which […]
Range Rover Evoque: ‘Spy’ shots in London
We didn’t think more spy shots of the Range Rover Evoque were newsworthy. But a closer look shows two different back end treatments. QI. I know, why on earth do we need ‘Spy’ shots of the Range Rover Evoque when we saw a completely undisguised Evoque – and eventually an equally undisguised Victoria Beckham – […]
Range Rover Evoque to get EcoBoost? Maybe
Will Land Rover fit the 200bhp EcoBoost engine in to the new Range Rover Evoque? We think not, at least not in Europe. I suppose the need to keep the story alive – the story of the Range Rover Evoque, that is – makes us speculate on what we don’t yet know. Which no doubt […]
Liberal Petrolhead. Oxymoron? Not any more
Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, visited Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin yesterday. And it looks like he had a fine old time. With the Liberal / Conservative coalition now in charge we seem to have got a Government where a big chunk of the ministers are Liberals (is there a Liberal […]
Land Rover Freelander 2 2011: The Video
Land Rover has sent us video showing the changes to the 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2. It’s only a week or two (well, almost three) since Land Rover spilled the beans on the changes for the 2011 Freelander 2. But that’s long enough for them to have got the camcorder out and shot a bit […]
2011 Freelander 2: Made in India (almost)
Tata has confirmed that Land Rover will be assembling the Freelander 2 in India from 2011. Whenever we’ve discussed the rise and rise of JLR in the last year – such as when we waxed lyrical (ish) on the future plans of Jaguar Land Rover – we’ve always been of the opinion that Tata would […]
Range Rover Sport: 3.6 litre TDV8 is no more
Land Rover are dropping the 3.6 litre TDV8 from the Range Rover Sport. Instead of replacing it with the new 4.4 litre diesel the TDV6 gets upgraded. We had a Range Rover Sport recently for a week to see what the latest 3.0 litre TDV6 was like. And much to our astonishment we really liked […]
Land Rover Freelander 2 Facelift (2011) Revealed
Land Rover facelift the Freelander 2 for 2011, with cosmetic tweaks, a 2WD Freelander 2 eD4 and, as we predicted, a more powerful 187bhp Freelander SD4. Back in May we reported that there would be a facelift for the Freelander 2 for 2011, with the required cosmetic tweaks to keep it fresh for another year […]