Comments on: 2012 Range Rover L405 might go all-aluminium

By: hlayseka

hlayseka — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:53:33 +0000

range rover has gone babanananaas

By: dnm_m7

dnm_m7 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:35:59 +0000

Ugly! most likely won’t be purchasing a Range Rover after 2011 – if this is really what the 2012 model is set to look like.

By: mothersuperior

mothersuperior — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:02:47 +0000

Alu can be light, strong and TOUGH. There’s more to it than pots and pans!
When alloyed by Mg,Ti, etc it can be as strong as “steel”, and that is why it has been used for umpteen years on airplanes, armoured vehicles, sports ind. etc. Alu/alloys are used in the automotive industry for wide ranging parts, power, structural, panels etc. and in order to fulfil new legislation it can make cars even lighter and stronger. Even the GM Hummer uses an armour grade alu. The Range Rover is a superb car. Most popular vehicle with soccer stars in Britain.

By: kei9

kei9 — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:48:21 +0000

nice……sloping rooofline…go for the carbon fibre laa! just like the merc mclaren f1

By: albagmane

albagmane — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:46:17 +0000

wow wow wow… when talking bout this high end luxury 4wd, i only manage to wow only lar… not tat lucky to have a chance to own this masterpiece…

By: BanyakMasukWorkshop

BanyakMasukWorkshop — Wed, 30 May 2007 06:25:07 +0000

acbc, aluminum by itself is soft and weak. but with the proper engineering, it can can create a car chassis thats light, as well as very strong and stiff.
Paul, any idea if Jaguar’s alloy chassis was developed by lotus? i believe the allow chassis in the aston martin is by lotus. so i’m guessing it must be.

but aluminium use is nothing new for land rover. even the old landrover series1 from 40 years ago uses aluminium body panels and continues with the landrover defender today.

By: aesthari

aesthari — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:57:39 +0000

15 years? Won’t that make it 2021?? It’ll be cool if they make the whole body unpainted aluminium, just like how DMC built Deloreans with a stainless steel body!

By: tokmoh

tokmoh — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:54:17 +0000

It’ll be extremely expensive if they use carbon fibre……T.T

By: motherker

motherker — Wed, 30 May 2007 02:33:15 +0000

why not got for carbon fibre then? its lighter and proven to be more stronger than steel

By: McQueen_CARz

McQueen_CARz — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:15:24 +0000

Our old Proton Saga much better, using the “Milo Tin” material… Muahahaha…

By: acbc

acbc — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:11:29 +0000

Aluminum is light and strong but not tough. Quite ok for Range Rover (it has become a luxury brand) because people tend to drive around town and city areas.

By: mystvearn

mystvearn — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:09:35 +0000

will it still be strong?

By: xg9

xg9 — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:27:30 +0000

all aluminium…. just like my LG handphone.. hahaha..

By: mmcwei

mmcwei — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:06:55 +0000

OMG…this is truly a beauty new range rover…land rover is the best off-roaders in the world!!! i love land rover…but still a long way to go before it launched…PAUL, can you provide more pic of the front, interior and others? will this new model using the previous range rover’s engines-4.2 SC, TDV8, TDV6, 4.4 V8?

By: ab

ab — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:41:47 +0000

itell u, even with all the weight savings plan, come 2012 they will still manage to load it up to over 2 tonnes

By: transformer

transformer — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:34:56 +0000

Cool!

this would help it to sprint faster!

By: Capt Shopalot

Capt Shopalot — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:03:37 +0000

Much friendly to environment

By: szw

szw — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:48:31 +0000

light 4×4 ?
hmm…
does it make much difference ?