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Landrover HSE Sport
The Range Rover is the
top luxury SUV (4 Wheel Drive in British English)
model of Land Rover. The Range Rover was built
on a box section ladder type chassis, much
like the contemporary Series Land Rover, but
utilised coil springs as opposed to leaf springs,
permanent four wheel drive, disc brakes all
round and powered by the lightweight Rover
V8 of 3528cc (3953cc in later variants). The
vehicle proved popular in the UK and elsewhere
in the world. However, prior to 1987, Land
Rover vehicles were not sold in America. In
the summer of that year, the Land Rover company
began selling the Range Rover in the USA.
From that time until 1993, the US marketing
was all in the name of Range Rover--they were
a one-product company. In 1993, with the arrival
of the Defender 110 and the imminent arrival
of the Discovery, the company changed its
name to Land Rover USA.
The Range Rover's
exterior will be updated for 2006 along
with the expected replacement of the BMW
V8 with a Ford unit. The new engine choices
will be based on Jaguar's AJ-V8, and include
a 4.4 L 390 hp (227 kW) or 4.2 L 430 hp
(298 kW) supercharged option. This new Range
Rover will be shown for the first time at
the 2005 North American International Auto
Show and will be released for sale in the
summer.
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