More Press Release postings:
A new engine version, new Limited Edition and fresh features enhance the Range Rover Sport for 2011
And here’s the North American version, slight differences when compared to the UK, but the misspelling of “perforrmance” is unique to us, you’ll see it highlighted below. Funny thing about the misspell, no one appears to have caught it. All the various sites posted copies of the Land Rover NA supplied text that contained the error. If you actually do a Google search for “Evoque perforrmance” and force it to use the misspell in the results, you can see everyone just posted what they got. Which is fine, I just find it funny that Land Rover still hasn’t turned on spell check, especially for the document that describes their “groundbreaking all-new Range Rover Evoque “
Update: I contacted them in October and told them about the error, they’ve since fixed it, but they never thank me for finding all their mistakes. And my standard disclaimer with this type of rant, I’m sure I’ve misspelled words on this site and made glaring mistakes but I’m not a multi-billion, multi-national company, I just have Microsoft Word.
EMBARGO: 00:01 (GMT) on 22 September 2010
THE ALL-NEW RANGE ROVER EVOQUE
THE SMALLEST, LIGHTEST, MOST FUEL EFFICIENT RANGE ROVER EVER PRODUCED
· Luxurious coupe design with a compact and more efficient footprint than other Range Rover models
· Targeting a new group of customers for the Range Rover brand
· Bold exterior is an evolution of Range Rover design language
· Strong, clean interior architecture with a contemporary and sporting feel
· Premium cabin with the high quality materials expected from a Range Rover.
· Available with full sized glass panoramic roof flooding the interior with natural light
· Use of efficient powertrain and advanced lightweight materials
· Smaller – at a 171 inches (434cm) it is 17 inches (432mm) shorter and 7 inches (178mm) lower than Range Rover Sport models
· Permanent all-wheel drive combined with turbocharged four-cylinder engine and an updated six-speed auto transmission deliver excellent perforrmance and fuel economy
· All-new 240 bhp 2.0-litre Si4 turbocharged engine combining six-cylinder refinement and performance with four-cylinder fuel economy
· All-new chassis specification delivers dynamic and agile handling across varied terrain, with optional Adaptive Dynamics featuring MagneRide™
· All-weather, all-surface capability with Land Rover Terrain Response®
· An extensive suite of Range Rover technologies including Bluetooth® audio streaming and optional Surround camera system
· To be sold in 160 countries worldwide, with deliveries from Fall 2011
I’m going to try and get the text of all the various official press releases up and on the site, some may be older, some similar but from different markets. It will be a lot of retroactive posting, but it should make it easier to find this type of original Land Rover text in one place. And I’m going to use the WordPress More tag, so I don’t clog up the main pages with these really long documents.
Here we start with the latest big press release, ladies & gentlemen, the Range Rover Evoque
EMBARGO: 00:01 (GMT) on 22 September 2010
THE ALL-NEW RANGE ROVER EVOQUE
– THE SMALLEST, LIGHTEST, MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT RANGE ROVER EVER PRODUCED
EMBARGO: 20:30 hrs, July 1st , 2010
All-new Range Rover EVOQUE makes guest appearance at 40 year celebration of the Brand
EMBARGO: 00:01 June 17th, 2010
Introducing the 2011 Range Rover: the most capable and luxurious SUV in the world
· New 4.4-litre LR-TDV8
o Power 313PS (an increase of 15.1 percent)
o Torque increased by 9.4 percent to 700Nm
o 14 percent reduction in CO2 (down to 253g/km)
o Fuel consumption improved by 18.5 percent to 30.1mpg (EU combined)
o 0-60mph in 7.5 seconds
o 50-75mph drops from 6.3 seconds to 5.1 seconds
o Top speed 130mph
o Meets EU5 emissions regulations
· New ZF 8HP70 automatic transmission
o First 8-speed gearbox ever fitted to a Range Rover
(LR-TDV8 only)
o Closer ratios improve comfort
o Wider ratio spread improves efficiency
o Transmission Idle Control reduces fuel consumption
· Terrain Response® enhancements
o Gradient Acceleration Control
o Hill Start Assist
· Improved interior equipment levels with optional reclining rear seats and laminated privacy glass
· Revised exterior design features enhance Range Rover’s classic looks
· Optional Exterior Design Pack in a choice of eight colours
· Optional Harman Kardon Logic 7 1200 watt 19 speaker audio system
· Choice of five new alloy wheels
· 5.0-litre Supercharged LR-V8
o 510PS, 625Nm torque, EU5