The new Range Rover Sport will be making its debut at the New York International Auto Show at the end of the month, and we have this one teaser pic that doesn’t divulge much – unless you’re The Flash, perhaps.
A day before the wraps are officially cast aside on the stand, however, Land Rover’s “fastest, most responsive and agile vehicle to date” will be driven through the streets of Manhattan.
The drive will be broadcast live to audiences around the world on March 26 at 19.30 EDT (March 27 at 7.30 am Malaysian time), through the www.newrangeroversport.com microsite (prior registration required).
The company says the location is fitting, because apart from being the best-selling Land Rover product in North America, more Range Rover Sports are sold in the Big Apple than in any other metropolitan area in the world.
According to Autocar UK, the new Range Rover Sport shares the Mk4 Rangie‘s all-aluminium Premium Lightweight Architecture platform, and will also be built in Solihull. It should be about 300 kg lighter and even more sporting than the outgoing Sport, which was Land Rover Discovery-based.
The British publication adds that a hybrid drivetrain and a new 2.0 litre diesel engine will be among the line-up, and that a seven-seat option will be available.
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the new rr sport will look alot like the evoque just slightly bigger. With the weight loss i expect it to have a 0-100 time of 4.8 secs (99% sure of this) but unlike its german rivals it has a supercharged engine hence no lag. i personally enjoy the rr supercharged over cayenne turbo due to the absence of initial lag.
In the reliability study done in the UK, Range Rover’s own country, Range Rover came out last and is considered the most unreliable car of hundreds of cars surveyed. Contantly breaking down. Why pay RM1 million for a car that is always in the workshop?
i can tell you that reliability surveys such as JD doesnt tell you everything. here is why:
1. it surveys land rovers from previous era (the dreaded bmw era (94-07). Anyone who knows the british car history can tell you that the bmw era land rovers are the ones with the problems mainly because no r&d was done and parts were jumbled from bmw mixed with land rover. bmw even gave up making land rover their 4×4 brand and made their own vehicle what is known today as the x5. they then sold it to ford which corrected alot of the problems bmw left land rover with and then sold it to tata (a decision which they greatly regret now due to LR’s current success) which then develop land rover along side jaguar and greatly improved their quality.
2. their policy is different from other brands (bmw, merc) because the dealers had to deal with alot of problematic bmw-era land rovers their policy is if something wasnt right they will change it even if the customer didnt complain about it, differing from other brands where if something was minor and the car was running they will try to provide false reassurance up until the car ran out of warranty and the customer have to fork out for the payment or they list it under “wear and tear”. why don’t you check dealer satisfactions survey and see that land rover actually scored 4 stars and the only dealer to score 5 is jaguar.
how do i know all of this? because i own current range rover and have owned previous range rover during the BMW era and i was reluctant to actually buy another one initially, but it is the best decision so far. for the past 2.5 years there hadn’t been any major problems at all even better than my BMW which had a problem with the i drive and expansion tank last year but it was covered under warranty.
but dont take my word for it, after all i have nothing to gain from writing this very long message, i just find it annoying when people write something they know nothing of. from what i noticed most people who complain of land rover’s reliability are not actually LR owners and they just read it from a website or magazine while owners are completely happy with their cars.
on the 2nd point, what i wanted to convey was on reliability surveys like JD they get their data from warranty providers which is irrelevant since the customer does not have to pay anything
SOD you are talking rots. The survey is also done by Warranty Direct UK on the latest cars in the market. So your whole arguement is illogical. they tested 2012/13 Range Rover cars.
That was quick. Until the camera snap in blurry picture.