Land Rover is quite busy giving final touches to the make of the brand new Range Rover, which is expected to go on sale in the year 2012. And, this new model will be all aluminum. Moreover, they have plans to chop off around 600-pounds from the new model (2007 HSE models have a curb weight of 5698 lb and Supercharged models weigh 5842 lb). The technology is already in use in Jaguar’s XJ division. The engineers at the company are planning to reduce the weight of the new Rover by up to 850 pounds while still retaining the spacious, luxurious cabin. If we talk of the innards, the new Range Rover is said to come with a 5.0-litre petrol V8 under its hood in two versions, one with a supercharger and the second without it. You can look for power outputs of 350bhp and 460bhp from the beast. While we don’t have any idea of it will come with a diesel engine but a hybrid powertrain might account for lower CO2 output.
Via: AutoCar
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People have been complaining about the weight of their vehicles for years and its nice to see that they finally agreed and decided to do something about it. New engines can’t hurt either but with 500kg less, fuel economy should improve even with the old engines in there.
Since it’s a British make, shouldn’t it be ”aluminium?”
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People have been complaining about the weight of their vehicles for years and its nice to see that they finally agreed and decided to do something about it. New engines can’t hurt either but with 500kg less, fuel economy should improve even with the old engines in there.
Since it’s a British make, shouldn’t it be ”aluminium?”
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