A V 12 Range Rover!?
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A V 12 Range Rover!?
Range Rover Aston Martin V-12!
Land Rover's Range Rover SUV gets a supercharged Jaguar engine implanted into its award-winning body for the 2006 model year, but that's not the end of the powerplant swapping at Ford's most luxurious brands. The long-rumored V-12 version of the Range Rover, powered by an Aston engine, is apparently still in the works. The engine fits although "right now, the battery's in the front seat," says Land Rover Managing Director Matthew Taylor. Aston Martin's head, Dr. Ulrich Bez, "is perfectly happy to let us have the engines," Taylor says. But completing packaging work on the vehicle will mean pulling money away from other projects, Taylor says. -Marty Padgett
2005 SUVs: The Crossover Continues by Bengt Halvorson (3/7/2005)
More and more utes are going soft, but that's a good thing.
Freelander Outranks Defender
Meanwhile Taylor adds that work on a Defender replacement has moved down the priority list since the company has found ways of building the existing model less expensively. At about 25,000 units a year the Defender produces a nice profit, and redesigning it to make it U.S. crash-worthy once more would entail much higher costs than continuing with the existing vehicle, he says. A much higher priority is the replacement for the Freelander, due in Europe, where it's a mainstay for Land Rover dealers, just a little outside a year from now. The U.S. version of the Freelander is at least 18 months away, however. -Marty Padgett
Remmy's note- There was a picture but there wasnt any difference in the styling as to the current ones.
Land Rover's Range Rover SUV gets a supercharged Jaguar engine implanted into its award-winning body for the 2006 model year, but that's not the end of the powerplant swapping at Ford's most luxurious brands. The long-rumored V-12 version of the Range Rover, powered by an Aston engine, is apparently still in the works. The engine fits although "right now, the battery's in the front seat," says Land Rover Managing Director Matthew Taylor. Aston Martin's head, Dr. Ulrich Bez, "is perfectly happy to let us have the engines," Taylor says. But completing packaging work on the vehicle will mean pulling money away from other projects, Taylor says. -Marty Padgett
2005 SUVs: The Crossover Continues by Bengt Halvorson (3/7/2005)
More and more utes are going soft, but that's a good thing.
Freelander Outranks Defender
Meanwhile Taylor adds that work on a Defender replacement has moved down the priority list since the company has found ways of building the existing model less expensively. At about 25,000 units a year the Defender produces a nice profit, and redesigning it to make it U.S. crash-worthy once more would entail much higher costs than continuing with the existing vehicle, he says. A much higher priority is the replacement for the Freelander, due in Europe, where it's a mainstay for Land Rover dealers, just a little outside a year from now. The U.S. version of the Freelander is at least 18 months away, however. -Marty Padgett
Remmy's note- There was a picture but there wasnt any difference in the styling as to the current ones.
