Wednesday 13th March 2013

Range Rover Sport leaked undisguised

New Range Rover Sport revealed undisguised by US window tint firm

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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...

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...

[Frimley111R]

Ooops.

[SpeckledJim]

Deeply foolish to let that car out of their sight/site...

[matc]

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]

Oh dear. Hopefully they'll redesign it overnight therefore killing two birds with one stone.

[Muncher]

Not a huge fan of the looks I have to say...

[ikarl]

Looks too much like the evoque

[mercfunder]

What a Muppet!

Looks like a giant Evoque.

[Angry Sheep]

I think it looks great...

[blindswelledrat]

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]

Is he a very 'large' gentleman or is the new Sport not much bigger than a Freelander??

[Denver09]

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]

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

Regards,

MyCC.

[Jaged]

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]

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]

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]

Yuk! pretty plain but bloated if that were possible, wheres the identity gone?

[Dogtown]

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]

NGK210 said:

Is he a very 'large' gentleman or is the new Sport not much bigger than a Freelander??

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]

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

[NotoriousREV]

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.