For 2007 there are four sport-utility vehicles in the fleet for Britain's Land Rover. Fancy flagship Range Rover tops the line with a supercharged edition that's the most powerful Land Rover ever. Range Rover Sport, a sport tourer model gears for long-distance driving with supercharged and naturally-aspirated engine choices, as the LR3 mid-size SUV stocks sophisticated mechanical hardware for heavy-duty four-wheel-drive (4WD) performance. And a new compact-class SUV comes ashore wearing the badge of LR2.
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Land Rover Range Rover |
Marked by a high stance and boxy profile with roof floating above tall windows, the elegant Range Rover contains mechanical hardware for serious off-pavement roaming and a five-seat passenger compartment laced with every conceivable accessory for luxurious comfort. Range Rover HSE stocks an aluminum 4.4-liter V8 with 305 hp through a six-speed automatic with H-gate for the CommandShift manual mode, which operates even in lowest range of 4WD. Range Rover Supercharged packs a 4.2-liter V8 supercharger pumping 400 hp. Upgrades for 2007 include the terrain response system (TRS) which matches vehicle dynamic systems to the terrain.
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Land Rover Range Rover Sport |
This SUV resembles a streamlined Range Rover but rides on LR3's platform with six-inch wheelbase snip. It's designed for sporty road work as well as sure-footed off-road duty with 4WD equipment aboard. The plush cabin makes room for five with twin sport buckets on the first row and a folding bench for three on Row 2. Like Range Rover, the Sport shows two V8 engine choices with naturally-aspirated and supercharged modes. The 4.4-liter natural plant nets 300 hp while the 4.2-liter supercharged unit romps to 390 hp. Each gets the six-speed automatic gearbox with CommandShift mapping. |
Land Rover LR3 |
Land Rover's mid-size LR3 projects a stepped roofline and blunt face with distinctive double-bar grille. The cabin contains bucket seats up front, a second-row bench for three and the optional two-seat third tier that's standard on deluxe HSE model. Engine choices are a 4.0-liter V6 developing 216 hp or the optional 4.4-liter V8 worth 300 hp, and both engines use the six-speed automatic transmission with CommandShift manual mode. LR3's 4WD mechanism has a two-speed electronically-shifted transfer case and it's always working, either in high range for normal driving or low range for off-road crawling. |
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LR2 |
The latest SUV from Land Rover fits in the compact class and amounts to a larger and more powerful successor to Freelander. Its body styling draws cues from Range Rover Sport. The five-seat passenger compartment is a luxurious space fitted with safety gear, including seven air bags, plus vehicle controls like dynamic stability control (DSC) and roll stability control (RSC). LR2's powertrain is a transverse-mounted 3.2-liter in-line-six netting 230 hp through a six-speed automatic with CommandShift controls. The all-wheel-drive (AWD) system from Haldex of Sweden comes with TRS and hill descent control (HDC) plus gradient release control (GDC).
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