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Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
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2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

Looks great, agreed though that LR needs to ditch the rotary gear selector but it's probably more to do with the smooth uncluttered interior looks that it has the rotary one - form over function. I had no issues with the rotary ones in Evoque except that rotating a gear lever isn't a natural action. I love the Volvo'esque touch screen heating controls however LR's history of cutting edge electronics is not one that it can be proud of and they are nearly always full of gremlins. Thankfully it looks more smaller but stretched L494 than squashed frog Evoque. I wonder if the rear leg room will be any longer than in RRS?
I can see Satin effect Silver being a popular colour going by those photos. It's 0910 here where I am and 0610 in the UK, I haven't been able to access the main LR website so I wonder if there is a lot of updating going on with it at the moment. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
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Wed Mar 01 2017 6:09am

Tyrefitter

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2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 Autobiography Fuji White

Tim,,apparently it isn't unveiled till 8.15pm tonight.

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Wed Mar 01 2017 6:35am

Tyrefitter

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Taken from Carmagazine.

Launch date Late 2017
Fueling Direct injection, petrol and diesel
Capacity 3.0-litre straight six
Petrol power outputs 300/400/500bhp
Diesel power outputs 275/335/400bhp

400bhp diesel should be interesting.

Andy. Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
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Focus RS Red Edition
2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
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2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

Wed Mar 01 2017 6:47am

flydive

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2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Stornoway Grey

More pictures

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/02/2018-rang...ealed.html '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil

Wed Mar 01 2017 9:01am

d-9

Member Since: 10 Jan 2017
Location: Wiltshire
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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Java Black

Great work by LR, looks exactly the same as all their other products (excluding FFRR). Someone needs to write a spotters guide for the current range, the only models I can reliably identify at a distance are the FFRR and Evoque Convertible.

Wed Mar 01 2017 9:46am

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Tyrefitter wrote:
Tim,,apparently it isn't unveiled till 8.15pm tonight.

Andy.

Yes I'm going to the reveal!

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Wed Mar 01 2017 9:49am

donny dog

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d-9 wrote:
Great work by LR, looks exactly the same as all their other products (excluding FFRR). Someone needs to write a spotters guide for the current range, the only models I can reliably identify at a distance are the FFRR and Evoque Convertible.

.......and the D5 from the back.

Otherwise, I agree with you!

Wed Mar 01 2017 9:54am

ChunkRRS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2016
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 159

Looks really nice but lets face it, it's not a real range rover is it?

Wed Mar 01 2017 9:57am

Tyrefitter

Member Since: 19 Jul 2015
Location: Bridlington East Yorkshire
Posts: 3677

Neither is the sport ChunkRRS,,Their is only one Rangerover the other should have just been call LandRover sport,discovery,evoque,velar.

Andy Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
Gone but not forgotten
Focus RS Red Edition
2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
2014 RRS AB Fuji
2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

Wed Mar 01 2017 10:18am

kmpowell

Member Since: 23 Oct 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 259

ChunkRRS wrote:
Looks really nice but lets face it, it's not a real range rover is it?

It's built on the f-pace chassis, so no it's not a real range rover. SOLD - MY16 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic - Fire Engine Red, Fixed contrast pan roof, TV, Dual Screen, 5+2, Privacy, Noble paddles.

Wed Mar 01 2017 10:26am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
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Very Annoyed wrote:
Tyrefitter wrote:
Tim,,apparently it isn't unveiled till 8.15pm tonight.

Andy.

Yes I'm going to the reveal!

My god who woke you up VA?

Long time no see on here, good to have you back 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Wed Mar 01 2017 10:42am

ChunkRRS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2016
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 159

Tyrefitter wrote:
Neither is the sport ChunkRRS,,Their is only one Rangerover the other should have just been call LandRover sport,discovery,evoque,velar.

Andy

fair point Andy but its more of a range rover than any of the others that bare the name, I feel land rover will be targeting the Porsche macan in particular with the velar, a car I had ordered and cancelled for the sport based on it not being SUV enough (if that makes sense). You cant really compare the evoque and macan due to lack of decent engine options in the evoque. The macan GTS is selling really well so why not take a piece of that market albeit at the risk of diluting the brand a bit.

if the engine options are true then you cant see them fitting a 400bhp diesel without stiffening the whole set up like the macan GTS.

Wed Mar 01 2017 10:50am

ChunkRRS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2016
Location: Scottish Borders
Posts: 159

kmpowell wrote:
ChunkRRS wrote:
Looks really nice but lets face it, it's not a real range rover is it?

It's built on the f-pace chassis, so no it's not a real range rover.

thanks kmpowell that was my thinking

Wed Mar 01 2017 10:51am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 30 May 2005
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From what was written in the motoring press last week Porsche Macan, BMW 4 series and X6 and Mercedes new GLC are the prime targets. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Wed Mar 01 2017 11:00am

DrRob

Member Since: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Hampshire
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Very Annoyed wrote:
Tyrefitter wrote:
Tim,,apparently it isn't unveiled till 8.15pm tonight.

Andy.

Yes I'm going to the reveal!

Raid the booze for us

Don't see you posting much these days

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