Newswheel staff :: 18 July 2006 :: Filed under SUV, Land Rover, Land Rover Freelander / LR2, Europe & UK, Trade shows,
Rejoice ye poor, neglected Brits. For you now have a motor show that’s none too shabby. The British Motor Show kicked off at the ExCel centre in London’s Docklands today and Newswheel was there to snag a few snaps and generally take in the sights and sounds…
Newswheel staff :: 23 June 2006 :: Filed under SUV, Land Rover, Land Rover Freelander / LR2, Europe & UK, US
And so it came to pass that on this 23rd day of June, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Six, Land Rover did verily dish out full details of the new Freelander 2 SUV. And there was a modicum of rejoicing. But not much by way of surprises (thanks to a litany of pre-launch leaking). Technical details are largely as per our previous stories, with the range-topping Freelander i6 packing a 230bhp 3.2-litre straight-six and a derv-drinking option offering 158bhp and 295lb/ft from a 2.2-litre four-pot unit. Still, LR’s press release bumpf does fill out a few of the finer details…
Newswheel staff :: 21 June 2006 :: Filed under SUV, Land Rover, Land Rover Freelander / LR2, Europe & UK, US
More PR snaps of the upcoming second-gen Freelander are floating around the wibbly wobbly web. Following a private preview session for customers in the UK, detailed specifications also appear to have leaked from the Land Rover mothership…
Newswheel staff :: 25 May 2006 :: Filed under SUV, Land Rover, Land Rover Freelander / LR2, Land Rover Range Rover, Europe & UK, US
With just 174bhp on tap and a colossal kerb weight of 2,570kg, the best you can say about the Range Rover TD6’s performance is that it accumulates speed in graceful manner. A typically effortless turbodiesel performer it most certainly ain’t. A warm welcome, therefore, to the TDV8, brand new V8 oil burning lump for the good old Rangie. Power is up by a fulsome 54 per cent, while torque leaps by an even more staggering 64 per cent over the outgoing six-cylinder TD6 engine. Meanwhile, images of the new Freelander are circulating on the internet, courtesy of a leaked brochure…
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