Armored Range Rover – Interesting finds

So we don’t hear too much about the Armored Range Rover, let along see one.  I’ve got the owner’s manual from one and it’s got some interesting info.

Apparently, not only do you lose the SRS Airbag features, but you also give up your front cup holders for a switch-pack reminiscent of something in the Batmobile.

I’ll post more soon – the Fresh Air System has some cool accessories.

Land Rover Link Clearance – July 2010

Here are a bunch of links I’ve been collecting – it’s probably best to just post them all at once.

Tata Motors to assemble Land Rover Freelander at MB former facility

New Range Rovers, Jaguar XF On Aluminum Crash Diet Program

Jaguar/Land Rover: Premium Lightweight Architecture (PLA)

Q-VR Range Rover

Range Rover – old meets new

Ford teases Explorer in pic of new crossover’s chief engineer

Check out what these guys are doing to a Defender 110 – Warthog

Great PistonHeads article on their drive of a body-less Range Rover

I had only seen these in old pictures, never realized Land Rover still had them stored somewhere.  I wonder what the logistics are like in getting a fleet one of a kind Range Rovers to Portugal.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22210

They also have a review up of the new Range Rover TDV8 for 2011 – they have the first real interior update shots shown that aren’t official Land Rover images.

Range Rover Evoque prototypes go undercover

From the Land Rover UK Flickr account – the worldly camouflaged Evoques:

You can now follow us on Twitter too – @OVALNEWS

Just created a Twitter account @OVALNEWS

It will just mirror the posts here and pull in tweets from other Land Rover Twitterers.

Land Rover “Blank Space”

Just something I noticed – Land Rover has been using obviously blank space/uneven spacing in a few different places.

Here’s the updated Terrain Response controls for the the coming 2011 Range Rover – why didn’t they just center the icons – is the Range Rover getting the Sport’s Dynamic Response mode?  Just seems odd to be so off-center.

Then on the latest iteration of the Land Rover US Website – the home page also has a glaring blank spot.

I realize there isn’t a vehicle available here to fit in there just yet, but why not do a better redesign and spread the items across evenly?  All they did was take the UK layout and remove the Defender.  I don’t think it would really be that difficult/cost that much to do a slight redesign for one of their biggest markets.

2011 Range Rover Autobiography Black Edition

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UPDATE: I’ve gotten a few questions as to where these latest images came from – the international version of the Land Rover site is live with the Autobiography Black Limited Edition, as a full model selection on the Range Rover page.

http://www.landrover.com/gl/en/rr/range-rover/explore/autobiography1/

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Here are some more Black Edition pictures from the Land Rover UK site:

Range Rover Anti-Trap Protection System

Here’s a quick video I made showing the Anti-Trap Protection System in action.  Just another neat feature of the Range Rover.

Range Rover – Options 1974 vs. 2010

2010:

1974:

Range Rover Evoque – Close ups

There aren’t too many pictures out there of the new Range Rover Evoque.  And there aren’t any pictures of the interior.  I zoomed and cropped some of the pictures they’ve given us.

Headlight assembly – those fog lights seem like a lot of bling, but the whole effect looks good.

Here are a couple of the hood vents, I assume they say Range Rover.

And finally a couple shots of the interior, not sure if those seats will see final production.

We can see both the car they revealed and the one used in the official press shot are Left Hand Drive with those red sport seats.