Range Rover LRX - Spied
Range Rover is going green! These shots show the British firm's first step towards a small and light eco-vehicle.
Based on the popular LRX concept first shown at the 2008 Detroit Motor Show, the new model is tipped to debut 'green' technology which will later make it onto all Range Rover models.
Land Rover’s Managing Director, Phil Popham said, "It would be the smallest, lightest and most efficient Range Rover that we've ever built."
The prototype pictured here sports a Freelander body but the wheelbase is clearly shorter and the camouflaged front suggests that the mule has an updated grille.
Though the car’s technical specification is still being determined, it’s thought the newcomer is likely to share some parts with the current Freelander, and offer an engine range capable of delivering on the firm’s emissions promise of 150g co2/km
A hybrid version is also thought to be under development, capable of returning less than 120g co2/km.
Sources have suggested that the LRX will be unveiled on the 17th June next year; a date that will mark exactly 40 years since the original Range Rover was introduced.
Based on the popular LRX concept first shown at the 2008 Detroit Motor Show, the new model is tipped to debut 'green' technology which will later make it onto all Range Rover models.
Land Rover’s Managing Director, Phil Popham said, "It would be the smallest, lightest and most efficient Range Rover that we've ever built."
The prototype pictured here sports a Freelander body but the wheelbase is clearly shorter and the camouflaged front suggests that the mule has an updated grille.
Though the car’s technical specification is still being determined, it’s thought the newcomer is likely to share some parts with the current Freelander, and offer an engine range capable of delivering on the firm’s emissions promise of 150g co2/km
A hybrid version is also thought to be under development, capable of returning less than 120g co2/km.
Sources have suggested that the LRX will be unveiled on the 17th June next year; a date that will mark exactly 40 years since the original Range Rover was introduced.
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