RE: In depth: new Range Rover
Discussion
Max_Torque said:
Seriously? Does anyone at JLR just think we will swallow this frankly b*lls**t?
So lets get this clear, it has a higher Vmax because it has less mass? Probably also explains why JLR products consistently fail to meet the standards set by their german counterparts.
Makes quite a difference at Nardo. Because it's a banked circle, the cornering force is significant - around 1 lateral G. As Newton said, f=ma, so any m taken off results in a lot less f. That means more lateral grip available, which means higher speed if you are going around a corner. So lets get this clear, it has a higher Vmax because it has less mass? Probably also explains why JLR products consistently fail to meet the standards set by their german counterparts.
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USP: only SUV that does not make you look like a total idiot by default, IMO. LR sort of invented the concept, for decades they produced that thing for a niche market. Now that the nouvelle richesse and assorted poseurs from all over the globe think they need this type of car (independet of transport requirements) LR are cashing in. Good.
I personlly can't see the attraction though. I don't live on a remote farm, I can drive in the snow with a normal car, I don't have to tow things and people I could impress by owning a RR are people I don't want to meet.
I personlly can't see the attraction though. I don't live on a remote farm, I can drive in the snow with a normal car, I don't have to tow things and people I could impress by owning a RR are people I don't want to meet.
R2FU said:
PH said:
Why so fast? Because it is so much lighter...
Really? What exactly does weight have to do with top speed?ETA: Watch this http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-video/new-2013-range-...
Edited by MSTRBKR on Thursday 6th September 23:24
Waugh-terfall said:
Just flicked back through the pictures again, they appear to have made a return to your common or garden dials over the TFT display the later L322s got. Didn't particularly like that idea, but fit in well with the adventure camera systems. Wonder why it's seemingly been dropped.
It's still TFT, new system.A very impressive colour pallet too. You can have the TVR style flip paints too as well. Who said proper colours are dead.
http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/all-new-range-ro...
http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/lr/all-new-range-ro...
Not my cuppa, however some very interesting engineering solutions.. "Ingesting intake air via the gap between bonnet and wing.." and suspending the battery as a mass damper? Very lateral thinking, but I wonder why the latter was needed, structural resonance?
Mind you, if the FIA had let the R25 run longer than a race or two back in '05 (hockenheim?) perhaps we'd have seen more mass damper technology in mainstream vehicles...
Bloody good effort too if the stats are to be believed.
In a masochistic way, I admire the thought and engineering gone into this RR!
Mind you, if the FIA had let the R25 run longer than a race or two back in '05 (hockenheim?) perhaps we'd have seen more mass damper technology in mainstream vehicles...
Bloody good effort too if the stats are to be believed.
In a masochistic way, I admire the thought and engineering gone into this RR!
dazzalse said:
3.0 TDV6
Vogue – £71,295.00. Not confirmed
Vogue SE – £77,895.00 Not confirmed
Autobiography – £87,895.00 Not confirmed
4.4 TDV8
Vogue – £78,095.00. ---£152,000
Vogue SE – £84,695.00 --£178,000
Autobiography – £94,695.00. --£204,000
5.0 V8 Supercharged
Autobiography – £98,395.00 --£239,000
Just spoke to dealer here in Australia. See pricing model at today's exchange rate in 'the lucky country' !!!!Vogue – £71,295.00. Not confirmed
Vogue SE – £77,895.00 Not confirmed
Autobiography – £87,895.00 Not confirmed
4.4 TDV8
Vogue – £78,095.00. ---£152,000
Vogue SE – £84,695.00 --£178,000
Autobiography – £94,695.00. --£204,000
5.0 V8 Supercharged
Autobiography – £98,395.00 --£239,000
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