Not sure how I missed this one for so long – Land Rover launched a new site at:
http://www.interactivelandrover.com
Along with three other social media accounts:
Twitter – Land Rover (interactivelr)
Facebook – Interactive Land Rover
Not too much stuff that isn’t already available, but it puts it all in once place and I guess it’s more accessible to the consumer vs. the traditional media site.
There are some great pictures, that they host with Amazon S3, but looking through them, there are quite a few that just don’t work, not sure if it’s a broken link or just that no one actually uploaded the graphic.
Here we can see one of the new features for the 2010 refresh, the cameras help the driver to line up with their trailer, saving a lot of back and forth – and in addition, it will help to predict where the trailer will go when reversing, helping the driving maneuver.
Last month, the LRX mule was caught on the Nurburgring and you can see they are hiding something in with that different rear of the vehicle.
I’m hoping they keep a lot of the specifics they showed on the picture dated September 24th, with the Range Rover branding. And I wonder how much will makes it way up the ladder for future updates across the line.
It has the clamshell hood and the floating roof, but look at the door handle used, that looks like something from the new Jaguar’s and not in the current LR models. The headlamps also have a different design from the current models, obviously a lot more sweeping, but will they be as recognizable as the current ones – you can usually see a Land Rover coming in the dark just from noticing the round headlight pattern, which is even more obvious with the LEDs in the 2010 refresh. And the side vent has a more horizontal stretch(Also Jaguar XJ like). All of these cues have me wondering if we’re looking at the first clues to what the next real Range Rover may look like.
Here are a few articles with some interesting insight into Gerry McGovern, the current Head of Design for Land Rover.
2010 Land Rover designer Gerry McGovern
2010 Land Rover: subtle changes for a more refined look
Gerry McGovern, designer, Land Rover/Range Rover – this one includes a video
Here’s a link to some very recent Land Rover Technical Service Bulletins from AllData:
All the official shots from Overfinch of their new special edition are up on the ROVERHAUL galleries – some parts are great, but I’d prefer it to have some actual Range Rover badging and I’ll actually say it – less wood trim on the front center console – the rear center console it great!
On the exterior, the exhaust tips & trim have a great look, everything else seems like more subtle tweaks and again I wish they’d stick a “Range Rover” somewhere on there.
Production will be limited to 100 units annually with prices starting from around £120,000 – which includes the wood trim matching shotgun & they’ll replenish the alcohol for a year.
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