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Range Rover
The Range Rover Sport
made the Premier Automotive Group the target
of a protest by Greenpeace in 2005. The protestors
infiltrated an assembly facility and temporarily
delayed production of the vehicle. Greenpeace
quoted issue with contributions to greenhouse
gas emissions, and by extension, global warming,
that would result from the vehicle's (relatively
inefficient) combustion of hydrocarbons. A
test performed in late 2005 using a Range
Rover Sport with only 1 gallon of fuel in
the tank resulted in the car covering barely
8 miles (roughly 30L/100km) before running
out of gas and spluttering to a halt.
The Range Rover Sport
made its first appearance late in 2004, badged
as the Range Stormer. This was a bright orange,
low-slung, 3-door concept car, that hinted
very heavily at the styling of the new model.
When the production model was released, it
had morphed into a five-door, was not much
shorter than the standard Range Rover, and
its styling was much less radical, although
still identifiable with the concept model.
This disappointed many people, though it is
still selling well. It is questionned, however,
whether this model will actually add sales,
or simply cannibalise the Range Rover's sales.
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