Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 Review

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New Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4_e is Land Rover's best fuel-efficient agent to date. Featuring a new able Stop/Start system, it is the aboriginal assembly agent to absorb technologies from the company's programme of acceptable engineering initiatives, collectively called 'e_TERRAIN TECHNOLOGIES'. On the accepted EU4 cycle, the CO2 emissions of the Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4_e are bargain by 8 per cent, compared with the approachable chiral agent Land Rover Freelander 2. Moreover, in added tests, Land Rover engineers accept abstinent ammunition accumulation abutting 20 per cent in abundant burghal traffic.

The 8 per cent advance equates to a CO2 emissions abridgement of 15 g/km compared with the accepted Freelander 2 TD4 chiral (from 194 g/km to 179 g/km). In agreement of ammunition efficiency, burning is bargain from 7.5 l/100 km to 6.8 l/100 km, a extenuative of 0.7 litres of ammunition every 100 km (62 miles).These gains, accompanying with the added allowances of the gearshift indicator light, software developments and efficiencies from low-rolling-resistance tyres, accomplish the Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 the best fuel-efficient assembly Land Rover anytime built.

Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 Review

Phil Popham, Land Rover's managing director, said: "The Stop/Start Freelander 2 is the aboriginal assembly agent to account from the massive £700 actor advance in acceptable technologies by Jaguar and Land Rover. From mid-2009, the Stop/Start affection will be included as accepted on all Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 chiral models, with no associated access in account prices."

2010 New Land Rover

Two days ago we told you that Land Rover will launch a new seven-seat model based on the Freelander platform. Today we bring you the name of this future model: "Ventura" and will be launched in 2012.Built on the Freelander’s platform the Ventura will have its own unique design. The car is Land Rover’s response to makers like Audi, Volvo, Saab and Mercedes, respectively with Q5, XC60, 9-4X and the GLK.Until the Ventura will be launched we will see the production version of the LRX Concept coming in 2010.

2010 New Land Rover

The three-door LRX is a sub-Freelander model, mooted to go on sale in 2010 and claimed to be the greenest-ever Land Rover. It is also the first all-new Land Rover revealed since Gerry McGovern became the company's design director.

The SUV uses weight and fuel-saving technologies shown on the Land-e concept last year, including a headlining made of recycled plastic bottles and a new eco mode for the electronic Terrain Response system to reduce urban emissions. Land Rover mysteriously promises that full details of its intelligent power management systems and other technologies will be released at the Detroit Show, where, in its 60th anniversary year, the company will start to gauge public reaction to this new design.