While celebrating the moment of its forty years, the Ranger Rover can no longer afford look down his young German competitors. To show them that we must still rely on it, it adopts a new V8 diesel.
Forty years.
Forty years since the Range Rover invented the niche luxury 4x4, equally at home in the mud on the Champs Elysees. But this pioneer refuses to rest on its laurels. For the 2011 model year, which will be marketed in the last quarter of 2010, it offered a V8 diesel thoroughly reviewed. Until a little thin to worry the Mercedes ML and GL , BMW X5 and other Audi Q7 , the power increases from 272 to 313 hp. The couple, rises from 640 to 700 Nm Results: 0 to 100 km / h is now performed in 7.8 s instead of 9.2. But that does not reduce consumption. This behemoth is "satisfied" now swallow 9.4 l/100 km, which corresponds to CO2 emissions of 253 g / km.
However, the Range Rover TDV8 not yield to the vogue of "downsizing". Always supercharged by two turbochargers, it is its displacement from 3.6 to 4.4 liters. However, it is now associated with a ZF automatic transmission much more modern, with eight reporting and shared with the BMW 5 Series, 7 Series and other Audi A8 . A transmission controlled by a knob, type Jaguar XK, XF and XJ . Over the whole range, some other improvements are noticeable. The Terrain Response system includes a hill start assistance and control of the acceleration slope, while a Harman Kardon audio system, 1,200 W, with 19 speakers, tinted laminated glass, and rear seatbacks can reinforce Optional comfort. The Range Rover seems ready to embody LE 4x4 luxury for some time.