RE: Range Rover Sport leaked undisguised

RE: Range Rover Sport leaked undisguised

Wednesday 13th March 2013

Range Rover Sport leaked undisguised

New Range Rover Sport revealed undisguised by US window tint firm



So, you run a window tinting company, and a big-name car manufacturer apparently gives you a top-secret, pre-production prototype to tint for a top-secret, pre-production TV commercial. What’s the first thing you do when you’ve done the job? Take some pictures and post them in a public forum, of course!

Things to regret...
Things to regret...
That’s been the logic of this happy chappy. Going by the username of ‘the art of tint’, he posted these shots of what would seem to be the new Range Rover Sport on window tinting forum, adding that he’d just tinted it on Land Rover’s behalf for a TV commercial. Given that Land Rover has only just released its first teasers of the new car and is planning on a reasonable bit of build up to the car’s official unveiling in just over a week’s time, it’s reasonable to assume that this was not officially sanctioned. Oops.

Still, the new pictures do at least give us a chance to have a good gawp at the new car. Ignore the tints, of course, and as we suspected, it looks to be a reasonably attractive blend of new Range Rover and Evoque cues. Engine-wise, we can expect a line-up similar to the Range Rover’s, with the possible additions of a hybrid drivetrain and a 2.0-litre diesel mooted too.

Yup... it's definitely a Sport...
Yup... it's definitely a Sport...

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Frimley111R

Original Poster:

15,537 posts

233 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Ooops.

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Deeply foolish to let that car out of their sight/site...

matc

4,714 posts

206 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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What a tool - will have definitely lost himself some repeat business there!

The car looks too soft now, nothing special at all from the rear.

Lax Power

204 posts

254 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Oh dear. Hopefully they'll redesign it overnight therefore killing two birds with one stone.

Muncher

12,219 posts

248 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Not a huge fan of the looks I have to say...

ikarl

3,730 posts

198 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Looks too much like the evoque

mercfunder

8,535 posts

172 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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What a Muppet!

Looks like a giant Evoque.frown

Angry Sheep

1,120 posts

209 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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I think it looks great...

blindswelledrat

25,257 posts

231 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Exactly, someone at Land ROver is in for a bking.
Oddly, I like teh Evoque's looks, I liked those of the new RR - and even though that looks like bother of them I really dont like it.

NGK210

2,867 posts

144 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Is he a very 'large' gentleman or is the new Sport not much bigger than a Freelander?? confused


Denver09

134 posts

186 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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I think it looks great. Surely they would have made him sign an NDA of some sort. "leaked' is PR speak for lets test the publics reaction

MyCC

337 posts

156 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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So much better to look at than the tank like design of the current one! It will sell very well!

Regards,

MyCC.

Jaged

3,598 posts

193 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Very American in looks, they will love it and we get some jobs out of it.

But forget that!!

What is that behind with what looks like wooden panels??

Dazed & Confused

202 posts

203 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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matc said:
What a tool - will have definitely lost himself some repeat business there!
Yeah - I'm sure his business relies exclusively on the pre-production prototype Range-Rover one-off top secret video shoot market....

Garlick

40,601 posts

239 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Denver09 said:
I think it looks great. Surely they would have made him sign an NDA of some sort. "leaked' is PR speak for lets test the publics reaction
It's very, very unofficial.

Oddball RS

1,757 posts

217 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Yuk! pretty plain but bloated if that were possible, wheres the identity gone?

Dogtown

357 posts

179 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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I think it looks great, a nice mix of the Evoque and new Range Rover. It adds to a coherent design strategy. However I think the tailpipes look a little apologetic.
Why they allowed this to happen is a mystery when you consider the thousands of man hours involved in designing and building this vehicle. Whoever let it out of their sight or failed to warn this guy must be feeling rather foolish right now.

Edited by Dogtown on Wednesday 13th March 16:33

Disco You

3,681 posts

179 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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NGK210 said:
Is he a very 'large' gentleman or is the new Sport not much bigger than a Freelander?? confused

It's a RR chassis isn't it? Or is it just based on one?

I'd imagine that it fits between an Evoque and a RR size wise...

Scrof

197 posts

153 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Jaged said:
Very American in looks, they will love it and we get some jobs out of it.

But forget that!!

What is that behind with what looks like wooden panels??
That, I believe, is a Jeep Wagoneer. HTH smile

NotoriousREV

65 posts

196 months

Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Jaged said:
Very American in looks, they will love it and we get some jobs out of it.

But forget that!!

What is that behind with what looks like wooden panels??
Looks like a Jeep Wagoneer.