Land Rover Concept: Range Stormer
12-23-2003, 01:46 PM
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12-23-2003, 05:04 PM
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"Range Rover Sport powerplants will likely include Jaguar’s 400-hp supercharged 4.3-liter V8 and Ford’s 250-hp 3.2-liter V6"
Not to bad looking. Everyone is going baby now with these SUV's.
Not to bad looking. Everyone is going baby now with these SUV's.
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12-25-2003, 11:49 PM
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I thought range rovers had BMW engines..... damn guess i need to read more.
I thought range rovers had BMW engines..... damn guess i need to read more.
12-26-2003, 12:45 PM
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They did, but when Ford bought RR from BMW, the first thing they wanted to do was work in new engines. The cost of buying BMW engines is killing them apparently.
They did, but when Ford bought RR from BMW, the first thing they wanted to do was work in new engines. The cost of buying BMW engines is killing them apparently.
From Motor Trend.com:
This plan's master was Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle, at the time BMW's head of product development. Dr. Reitzle left BMW in 1999 to join Ford, where he was instrumental in Ford's purchase of Land Rover in 2000 and got a second chance to finish up the Range Rover. Despite this slight interruption in parental involvement, Reitzle has fathered a superb premium-luxury sport/utility vehicle.
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our eyes haven't deceived you - this really is a sporty, high-performance Range Rover. What's more, something very close to this styling exercise will be launched in the spring of 2005. It's been designed to do battle in what Land Rover calls 'the booming high-performance SUV segment'. Although it will have serious off-road ability, it has also been engineered for high-speed road driving.
Dubbed Range Stormer, the production version will probably wear 'Range Rover Sport' badging and be launched as a five-door. Some of the more futuristic features won't make it either, including the trick doors, aluminium interior and the 22in wheels.
Under the bonnet is Land Rover's own version of Jaguar's 4.2-litre supercharged V8 and the car is built around the company's all-new T5 platform which will first be used for the new Discovery this April. The new chassis is said to combine 'the torsional rigidity of a monocoque with the strength and versatility of a body-on-frame chassis'. Reading between the lines, we expect that the T5 has a spaceframe-like upper body structure.
The car also showcases 'Terrain Response', an electronic integration of the chassis and powertrain systems which has six settings: Dynamic for high-speed tarmac, normal, grass/gravel/snow, sand, deep ruts and rocks. It changes the characteristics of the engine mapping, gearbox, air suspension, traction control and brakes. A six-speed ZF autobox is standard. Expect the real thing - a direct X5 rival - to be priced between £32,000 and £40,000.
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Land Rover Range Stormer concept to debut at the Detroit Auto Show
Jan 2, 2004 – Land Rover will unveil its first ever concept show car, the Range Stormer, at the North American International Auto Show on January 5.
The Range Stormer is a high performance, sports tourer SUV concept car, which showcases a future design direction for Land Rover. It also previews a new production model that will enter a fresh market segment for the company and will be an additional model line in the Land Rover portfolio.
Commenting on the new concept, Land Rover's managing director Matthew Taylor, said: "The supercharged V8 Range Stormer gives a taste of our forthcoming new entrant in the booming high performance SUV segment. The production vehicle that follows will share many of its styling and technical innovations. It is very much conceived to be an on-road, performance machine, as well as class-leading off-road like all Land Rovers."
Geoff Upex, design director at Land Rover, added: "The challenge was to translate fundamental Land Rover design values into a concept for a high performance machine that looks powerful, muscular and edgy. We certainly want to challenge established views of our vehicles, but the Range Stormer is still clearly an authentic Land Rover."
Future technologies previewed with the concept include an all-new platform that will be the basis for future full-size Land Rover models. Another major innovation showcased is Terrain Response, a new Land Rover technology that delivers the best possible on- and off-road composure and control by optimising the entire vehicle set-up, including suspension, powertrain, throttle response and traction control.
The driver simply selects the appropriate Terrain Response setting from the six available and the vehicle does the rest, using technology that offers a choice of settings from 'dynamic' for high speed work to 'deep ruts' for extreme off-roading.
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