RE: Range Rover Sport teased

[DoctorX]

louiebaby said:

Ahem...

[RacerMike]

MonkeySpanker said:

Using the same platform as the L405 saves considerable weight. This is bare shell weight not whole vehicle weight before our friend starts spewing bile about JLR 'lies, lies, lies'

It's actually the compared weight between the old V8D and the new V6D which has broadly the same performance (0-60) as the old V8. The current V8D definitely isn't 300kg lighter than the old V8D, but it has considerably better performance.

[tomoleeds]

Hopefully all Range Rovers will be better made, too many problems with suspension and gearbox once they get over 100,000 miles

[dandarez]

WillBrumBrum said:

Using photoshop I have managed to de-blur the image.

Wrong model, you should have shop'd a Paceman in there!

[zcacogp]

gdelargy said:

zcacogp said:

Am I the only one who finds this particular (ab)use of the English language mightily annoying? The car is unveiled (verb), it does not have an unveil (noun). I don't know whether the abuse here is grammatically correct or not, but it's certainly not the accepted and conventional structure.

PH, you should be doing better.

The correct word would be "unveiling", which can serve as a noun.

Also, for extra Grammar Nazi points, the headline's a bit ghastly. It's the article readers who're being teased, not the Range Rover Sport.

Regards,
Obersturmbannführer gdelargy

Thank you, and I quite agree. Good spot.

Standartenführer Oli.

[toppstuff]

zcacogp said:

gdelargy said:

zcacogp said:

Am I the only one who finds this particular (ab)use of the English language mightily annoying? The car is unveiled (verb), it does not have an unveil (noun). I don't know whether the abuse here is grammatically correct or not, but it's certainly not the accepted and conventional structure.

PH, you should be doing better.

The correct word would be "unveiling", which can serve as a noun.

Also, for extra Grammar Nazi points, the headline's a bit ghastly. It's the article readers who're being teased, not the Range Rover Sport.

Regards,
Obersturmbannführer gdelargy

Thank you, and I quite agree. Good spot.

Standartenführer Oli.

Bad form that the forum regulars have to correct the work of the editorial staff.

Good work chaps.

Carry on.

[JREwing]

Regarding the use of 'unveil', presumably these are the same people who send an invite rather than an invitation.

[Twincam16]

Hang on, I've just found another teaser picture:

[toppstuff]

Twincam16 said:

Hang on, I've just found another teaser picture:

X5?

[mybrainhurts]

zcacogp said:

article said:

Land Rover has released a rather blurry image which tells us very little about its new Range Rover Sport, two weeks in advance of the car’s official unveil in New York.

Am I the only one who finds this particular (ab)use of the English language mightily annoying? The car is unveiled (verb), it does not have an unveil (noun). I don't know whether the abuse here is grammatically correct or not, but it's certainly not the accepted and conventional structure.

PH, you should be doing better.


Oli.

No, you're not. It really gets on my tits.

Why do some writers think it's clever to ape incoherent and ignorant Americans?

What's next, trunk, fender, muffler, rotor, dude, cool..?

If this doesn't stop forthwith, I shall give Mr Heseltine a damn' good talking to...

The standard of journalism is nosediving, not just here, also in Autocar.

[Escort Si-130]

PMSL

Itsallicanafford said:

...if you look very carefully at the blurred image you can just make out a yummy mummy on her mobile...

[Escort Si-130]

How on earth would you know if you have never even driven it. Talk about keyboard driver.

Trusty Steed said:

Will sell by the '000s. Not for me though! They are no where near as comfortable as the full phat L402

[mybrainhurts]

Escort Si-130 said:

How on earth would you know if you have never even driven it. Talk about keyboard driver.

Trusty Steed said:

Will sell by the '000s. Not for me though! They are no where near as comfortable as the full phat L402

What the merry hell does "full phat" mean...?

[the_hood]

"......a possible 2.0-litre diesel entry-level model"

I don't care how little it weighs, there isn't anything sporty about that!

[HarryW]

mybrainhurts said:

Escort Si-130 said:

How on earth would you know if you have never even driven it. Talk about keyboard driver.

Trusty Steed said:

Will sell by the '000s. Not for me though! They are no where near as comfortable as the full phat L402

What the merry hell does "full phat" mean...?

Maybe he's phishing for a bite.....

[LHD]

I've seen it with the covers off.

It's superb.

[radio man]

Is the Vesuvius edition so called because it's body kit is a 'lava' minute

[DonkeyApple]

mybrainhurts said:

zcacogp said:

article said:

Land Rover has released a rather blurry image which tells us very little about its new Range Rover Sport, two weeks in advance of the car’s official unveil in New York.

Am I the only one who finds this particular (ab)use of the English language mightily annoying? The car is unveiled (verb), it does not have an unveil (noun). I don't know whether the abuse here is grammatically correct or not, but it's certainly not the accepted and conventional structure.

PH, you should be doing better.


Oli.

No, you're not. It really gets on my tits.

Why do some writers think it's clever to ape incoherent and ignorant Americans?

Because it's cool. STAT.

[bigfatnick]

the_hood said:

"......a possible 2.0-litre diesel entry-level model"

I don't care how little it weighs, there isn't anything sporty about that!

Similar power to the old 2.7 v6 diesel in a lighter vehicle with a million speed gearbox?

[Dogtown]

toppstuff said:

zcacogp said:

gdelargy said:

zcacogp said:

Am I the only one who finds this particular (ab)use of the English language mightily annoying? The car is unveiled (verb), it does not have an unveil (noun). I don't know whether the abuse here is grammatically correct or not, but it's certainly not the accepted and conventional structure.

PH, you should be doing better.

The correct word would be "unveiling", which can serve as a noun.

Also, for extra Grammar Nazi points, the headline's a bit ghastly. It's the article readers who're being teased, not the Range Rover Sport.

Regards,
Obersturmbannführer gdelargy

Thank you, and I quite agree. Good spot.

Standartenführer Oli.

Bad form that the forum regulars have to correct the work of the editorial staff.

Good work chaps.

Carry on.

I like this policing of grammar. It's right proper.