Michael, Author at OVALNEWS.com - Always fanatical; Occasionally interesting Land Rover & Range Rover News

Next Range Rover Virtual Gauges better look like this #rangerover

As I’ve complained about many times before, the 12” TFT virtual gauge cluster that appeared with the 2010 Range Rover refresh, had better of been a beta test. I believe it was a test of the technology that provided us a taste of what may come in the future. In reality it provided nothing more then something to impress people with, the first time they see it, they can’t believe it. Then when they hear it actually doesn’t do anything more then that, they all say the same thing – gimmick!

So today I read and watched about the new system Cadillac has coming and it just blew me away.

And here’s my hope, what we are seeing right now in our 2010 – 2012 Range Rovers is just a proof of concept and when generation two appears in the next Range Rover, it had better be a leap beyond what we’re seeing from Cadillac, since they’re just starting with the technology, right?

But don’t worry, I’m not holding my breath.

Michael2011-10-12T22:40:13-04:00October 13, 2011|

2012 Range Rover Sport Wheel Options #rangerover

20in 10-Spoke Alloy Wheel Diamond Turned Finish ‘Style 8’ - Autobiography Sport

20in 10-Spoke Alloy Wheel Diamond Turned Finish ‘Style 8’ – Autobiography Sport

20in 15 Spoke Alloy Wheel (Style 3)

20in 15 Spoke Alloy Wheel Diamond Turned Finish (Style 4)

20in Stormer Alloy Wheel Sparkle Silver Finish

New Standard Autobiography - 20in 5 Spoke Diamond Turned (Style 7)

New Standard Autobiography – 20in 5 Spoke Diamond Turned (Style 7)

New Standard Supercharged - 20in 9 Spoke Sparkle Finish Alloy Wheel (Style 9)

New Standard Supercharged – 20in 9 Spoke Sparkle Finish Alloy Wheel (Style 9)

Optional Supercharged & Autobiography – 20in Polished (Style 10)

Standard HSE – 19in 15 Spoke Alloy (Style 5)

Standard HSE with LUX - 20in 5 Spoke Alloy (Style 6) - Optional Supercharged

Standard HSE with LUX – 20in 5 Spoke Alloy (Style 6) – Optional Supercharged

19in 5 V-Spoke Alloy Wheel (Style 1)

20in 5 Spoke Alloy Wheel - Gloss Black Finish

20in 5 Spoke Alloy Wheel – Gloss Black Finish

And apparently the part number for the new “RANGE ROVER” center cap is: LRO27409

Michael2011-10-03T08:39:00-04:00October 3, 2011|

2012 Range Rover Sport Limited Edition #rangerover

All I have on this are the few pictures Land Rover released last week, enjoy. Also, these appear to be the first official pictures of the Range Rover Sport’s 2012 interior refresh, with the Evoque-like center screen & rotary shifter…

Michael2011-09-30T08:48:00-04:00September 30, 2011|

2012 Range Rover Sport Brochure–we finally see the new rear design… #rangerover

Trying to see the new rear design of the 2012 Range Rover Sport has been like pulling teeth. No official shots that I’ve been able to find and even going through this brochure, there’s not one full shot of the new design which now has some added horizontal trim. We didn’t know how the new powered tailgate would affect the look, and we’re still not completely sure, ha!

Here is the 2012 shot below and below that, I’m including the exact same shot from the 2011 brochure, got to love that Photoshop. I’m not sure where they moved the button to, I’m assuming it’s probably above the license plate like on a real Range Rover, we’ll see. Or was that button only for opening the glass section? Also, the Sport badge has moved to the opposite side.

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I like it!!

Here’s another shot with the new key and interior controls for the new power tailgate. Not sure how much you can believe the picture because again it’s just a manipulated shot from last years brochure.

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Finally, here’s another shot of the 8” RSE screen, just like in the Discovery 4. 2012-rrs-rse

And here’s the brochure:

http://landrover.tagworldwide.com/RRSport/120/RRSport_120_en_US.php

I LOVE THIS, FINALLY SOME NEW NEWS THAT”S NOT ABOUT THE EVOQUE!!!!!!!

Thank you again Patrick!!

Michael2011-09-28T23:20:19-04:00September 29, 2011|

2012 Range Rover Brochure #rangerover

Thanks again Patrick!

While not nearly as interesting as the previous Discovery 4 post, it still has some neat updates. Although it’s so close to the previous years brochure, I think there’s a lot of Photoshop’ing going on. The must not have a huge printing budget for the last year of this model…

So again, being the same brochure, I’m just going to point out a few interesting differences for 2012…

You can also check out this post to see more of the 2012 updates coming for the Range Rover

Here’s the Autobiography inlay on Lined Oak Anthracite:

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