SUV, who fell in love.
Each car manufacturer has its own preferences, their own principles with which the company follows when developing another model. Elegant design, uncomplicable motor power, elegance or desire to take another record plank in acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h.
English company Land Rover. The main direction in production was determined in the middle of the last century.
The world needs cars that can overcome even the most difficult road. SUVs - this is what the consumer is ready.
Maurice Wilks, founder of Range Rover.
So in 1948, the Land Rover trademark was registered and the company began his long and rich way to build a car "crowded future."
History Land Rover.
The mid-40s was a heavy post-war time for all industries. Resources have not been cracked, England's economy was in decline, and the release of ultricular high-speed cars, on which the company specialized Rover Before the beginning of the war, I could not have any speech. The time has come for completely other cars, cars with clear tasks: endurance, readiness for tight operation and permeability.
At that time, Maurice Wils worked as the main designer at Rover, and his brother served as executive director of the same company. In a word, the guys perfectly disassembled in the machines. Among the main Favorites, Wilx was a US SUV Willys..
This car model was used exclusively for military purposes and was joint development. WILLYS-OVERLAND MOTORS and Ford. The passenger intelligence car answered the most stringent standards, and its release controlled the US government directly. In 1945, the production of an SUV suspended, and enterprising brothers had an idea that would very soon turn into one of the most successful car post-war epoch.
The British government made a bet on the automotive industry and the newly-made Land Rover could not pump up.
Metal deficit for production ended in 1947. The military industry had a charge of turnover, and after a year at the exhibition of cars in Amsterdam, the firstborn of the company Land Rover was conquered - the first SUV of the concern.
Transmission and the engine borrowed at Rover's passenger car, the body was made of a light aluminum alloy, resistant to corrosion and inexpensive in production. For the manufacture of chassis chose steel scrap, abandoning the press. So Land Rover received a reliable and durable carrier support. The exterior still sounded with the echoes of the war - green paint, angular shapes.
And although the Wilks brothers positioned a new model as an "intermediate class for farmers", the crazy demand for Land Rover made the company for the release of its first SUV. By 1949, the Land Rover SUV sells better proven sedan Rover.
The 1.5 liter engine for 48 horsepower and a four-wheel drive with a maximum speed of up to 75 km / h is the first Land Rover, which in just a few months went on sale in 68 countries. And most importantly, first of all attracted buyers - four-wheel drive.
The first SUV opened new opportunities before the company. The car could boast excellent sales, and the Land Rover concern could send revenues to new developments. In 1950, a new Land Rover model with a modified drive system is released: now the driver can decide on its own - continue the path in the front, rear or full drive. A number of options appeared with a different wheelbase long, new outlines began to purchase and body.
After seven years, in 1957, Land Rover begins the installation of diesel units and completely refuses the "soft body", replacing the tarpaulin parts for aluminum. It was this year that Land Rover was designed, which became a real classic of the era. Today is a model Land Rover Defender..
Gradually, the "Machine for Farmers" Land Rover turns into a symbiosis of a car with excellent patency and comfort at the sedan level. Inspired to market seven Station Wagon. With the "full minced meat", Land Rover engineers begin experimenting with the interior with equipping.
The vector was chosen correctly. Salon Heater, Soft Door Upholstery, Leather Salon - All these are nuances who distinguished the premium car of the time from just a car "for all". In 1970, the first model comes Range Roverwho will fall on the US market under the project Project Eagle..
Gasoline motor Buick V8, overclocking up to hundreds in 11.9 seconds, the maximum speed of 160 km / h - these characteristics have become a new standard in the world of cars. He became the main exhibit in the Louvre and received the title of "reference sample of industrial design."
With the Range Rover output for Land Rover, a new page in history opens. Ahead of 45 years of amazing experiments, developments and improvements, three global generations of SUVs and dozens of prestigious awards.
In 1989, a family SUV comes to the market Discovery.. A more affordable modification of the Range Rover received simplified body.
Across nine years the SUV will receive a second breath and its reincarnation will be embodied in Range Rover Discovery Series II: 5-cylinder diesel engine with a patented injection system.
In 1993, a 1.5 million car Land Rover is coming from the concern conveyor, and the Bavarian automaker BMW AG is taken for the further design of a new generation of the SUV.
In 1997, a compact version of the SUV Land Rover Freelander.. This is the smallest car in the company's lineup, which was often called the "souvenir SUV"
In just five years, the existence of Freelander becomes the best-selling all-wheel drive car in Europe.
The rapid development and impressive demand for Land Rover SUV models creates new and new models.
During the entire evolution of SUVs, Land Rover patents a series of technologies that have turned to ride on problem roads to pleasure:
- system of movement under the inclination HDC;
- independent pneumatic suspension of all wheels with electronically controlled (when installing the carrier body and transverse engine location);
- Range Rover became the first SUV with a fully aluminum body;
- the first electronic anti-test system.
And where there is a high-tech patent, there are also worthy victories. Elements of an SUV - expeditions for difficult places, crazy protracted swells and points in which the classic sedan would have experienced a heart attack. Military experience has come to benefit, and the piggy bank of the achievements of Land Rover has been replenished with new trophies:
- In 1972, Range Rover becomes the first car, which successfully overcame the trans-American mileage, the length of which is 29,000 kilometers.
- In 1974 Range Rover crossed the Sahara desert. The length of the path, to overcoming which took 100 days, amounted to 12,000 km.
- In 1977, an SUV with ease overcame the race by 30,175 kilometers in the London-Sydney race.
- 1979 and 1981 He became the year of records for Range Rover: 27 Range Rover Diesel Records and two victories in one of the most complex Rally Paris-Dakar Rally in 79 and 81 years.
- The renewed and finalized model of Range Rover hybrids successfully overcame the Great Silk Road from the UK to India. The length of this bumpy route is 16,000 kilometers.
The main advantage of all Range Rover SUVs is the ability to combine technological power and reliability with premium finish and high-quality interior.
The range of Land Rover cars is represented by an impressive model line, which covers almost all tastes and preferences of the modern driver, for which reliability is priority quality.
In 2005, the market conquered the flagship Range Rover Sportwho received the title "The best car in the entire history of the company." In 2011, the sales of the crossover began Range Rover Evoque And the concern once again managed to combine incompatible, presenting an urban car with the nature of the SUV.
For the 45-year history of the Range Rover models, the manufacturer managed to turn "just an SUV" in a premium-level car. Go to a long trip through difficulty places and at the same time feel in the cradle of comfort - this is the main task of Land Rover, with which the company successfully copes.
With its appearance, the car is obliged to two engineers of the British company Rover Wilks brothers, the classic military Jeep Willys and a setting that pretended in England after the war. Although, as is well known, the country escaped the immediate invasion of the enemy, perennial airliners, bombardment by projectiles V-1 and ballistic missiles V-2, the work of industry and agriculture for wear turned into a state with a fairly deformed economy. England, notes needed exporting its products. But what could she offer destroyed Europe?
Rover Group, founded in 1884 and created, by the way, a bicycle in its modern form, moved from Bombed Coventry to Solikhal, where he established the release of pre-car models. However, the British themselves, and their neighbors on the continent needed something else that is responsible for the simplicity of design and maintenance, and most importantly, according to the universality, the realities of those harsh times.
Spencer and Maurice Wilkes made a bet on an extremely simple and passable car based on Jeep Willys, but in civil execution. Fortunately, they knew more than anything like that in their native Rover for them do not plunge. What killed two hares. First, changing the steel to the "Flying Metal", achieved a significant relief of the machine. And secondly, they found a worthy substitute for a deficit, then a steel sheet, purchasing a duralum, which was full of sharply slowing after the war after the war. She has taken over the combination of body parts with ripples. As for other aggregates, motor, transmission, they were taken from both the right Jeep Willys and the then Rover models.
Interesting detail. The brothers, apparently, are so confident that foreign customers will also become a car, including from neighboring left-handed Europe, placed the driver's seat of their car is not right, in English, or on the left, in the middle, and in the middle. In order not to mess with the permutation of the chair on special export instances.
The prototype, while Unnamed, was ready in six months. And got the name during the full test of the car. Maurice came up with him, connecting the name of the firm in which he served, and the appointment of new items, it turned out Land Rover, something like a "rural rover".
At the end of April 1948, the car was presented at the salon in Amsterdam. Stunning success. Until the end of the year, the brothers build a trial batch of forty-eight cars with engines, gearboxes and upgraded axes from the passenger Rover and sell them for 450 pounds each. Just three months after the start of serial production, the SUV was divided into 68 countries of the world. You can imagine this: out of 48 pre-production cars released at the end of 1947 - early 1948, lively live safely to this day!
The machine with 48-strong, and a little later, and a 50-strong engine, weighing 1.2 tons, with aerodynamics of bricks developed the maximum speed of 75 kilometers per hour. With almost the absence of what is called comfort. Open, in the best case with a soft horse-awning, without doors, jumping on Ughab and extremely noisy. But in demand by farmers, artisans, hunters and just people who had the opportunity to live in a terrain with bad roads.
The name of the Land Rover has long been and firmly associated with all-wheel drive cars. Despite continuous improvement and development, the whole story standing behind unique cars Land Rover unequivocally testifies to the constancy of the main idea, which consists in combining the constant goals and values \u200b\u200band a strictly-oriented approach to developing.
Already at the end of the 50s. From the line of the plant in Solikhall, the 250,000th Land Rover is coming.
In the 1960s, the demand for all-wheel drive cars increased significantly, and Land Rover was in the forefront of a new developing market segment. In an attempt to find the best solution to the problem of the Rover engineers set up for the development of a vehicle, which would combine comfort and running quality of a family car with off-road capabilities of Land Rover.
The result of their work was the Range Rover, launched into production in 1970. And instantly called universal violent admiration. The famous design of this model has reached a unique level of confession, being exposed in the Paris Louvre. In addition to unique comfort, the car had outstanding off-road qualities.
During the 1970s and 80s, the Evolution of Land Rover and Range Rover continued, and the recognition of Land Rover cars grew due to such events as Rally Paris-Dakar, which demonstrated the outstanding stamp resistance. Starting from 1990. The car, which millions of people learned at first glance as a classic Land Rover SUV, was renamed Defender. The famous Defender, the long-tie model of Land Rover, conceived as a universal reliable car of the post-war period, for 50 years already produced almost unchanged and his appearance resembles the same post-war sample. The model is still considered the best all-wheel drive SUV.
In the late 80s, Land Rover strikes the world another premiere. Discovery was first shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1989, marking the creation of a new niche - a comfortable family-owned car 4? 4 with beautiful off-road qualities. Defined by the Spartan utility of his predecessor, he fell into the soul of various categories of consumers. In Europe, the fiscal version is available on sale - with a 2-liter gasoline engine.
By the mid-90s, the famous Range Rover is still out of competition, and is a generally accepted reference to the Luxury all-terrain vehicle. In 1994, the new owner of the company Concern BMW holds its cardinal update. The car was offered with three types of engine - V-shaped 8-cylinder working volume 4.0 or 4.6 liters, as well as turbocharged diesel BMW volume of 2.5 liters. By the end of the 90s Range Rover receives an improved injection from Bosch, an improved interior and new optics.
In 1997 Freelander is presented - a more compact car focusing on the use of sports and recreation and seized leadership in Europe in terms of sales in class 4? 4. Freelander becomes the height of the Popular Parket Patch Platforms now from BMW. This is the first Land Rover model with a bearing body, independent suspension of all wheels and the transverse engine. Completed with 4-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines with a working volume of 1.8-2.0 liters. In 2003, the model has undergone significant changes in appearance, and received new optics, bumper and interior decoration. Such a joke went: Land Rover, except for SUVs, produces souvenir products - badges, t-shirts, baseball caps and freelander. Although the very small Landy was having fun and were complained for the lack of downward transmission, in 1998 sales rose to 70 thousand per year. And five years in a row - until 2002 - Friel remained the most popular all-wheel drive in Europe. The car lasted on the conveyor for almost 10 years. The car lasted on the conveyor for almost 10 years. Large Freelander 2 on a common with Volvo XC60 EUCD platform has shown in 2006 in London.
Since 1998, the updated Discovery Series II was performed. The car has received an improved running, unique 5-cylinder diesel, with a revolutionary (at that time) by the system of direct injection pump-nozzles. The problem of corrosion resistance of the body was also solved. In 2003, Discovery II passes Face-Lift and acquires modern "branded" features that relate to his new Range Rover family.
And since the end of 2002, Land Rover begins the release of the new flagship of the New Range Rover, which bears the stylistic heritage of its predecessors, but is technically revolutionary from them differing. Refusal of the frame, dependent suspension and already archaic lower V8 sample of the 50s makes the New Range Rover leaders in the range of modern luxury SUVs.
In the spring of 2004, Land Rover presented a completely new Discovery 3 model. If New Range Rover also had common features with its predecessors, then in the case of Discovery 3, the current owner of the brand "Ford" decided to create a car with a clean sheet. Fully new third generation disco with Range style design has received an independent suspension. Integrated in the body of the frame made it possible to lower the center of mass. On the off-road driver assisters the Terrain Responce electronic assistant, sharpened under various types of coating.
Then, in 2005, a new favorite appeared among the Land Rover SUVs - Range Rover Sport, with flawless dynamics and driving characteristics. The company took the car more easy and fast than Range, capable of chasing taways, Cayenas and BMW X5. It is 8.5 cm below and at 17.5 cm shorter than the usual Range, but the five-liter compressor engine V8 accelerates the car until hundreds of less than six seconds. According to motorists, which is the most successful decision of the developers of Land Rover in its entire history. At least, before the appearance of the latest model - Range Rover Evoque, the innovations of 2010, combining the excellent running quality of a sports car with a truly magnificent design.
Since the 60s of the last century, Land Rover has a lot and often switched from hand to hand: British Leyland (1968-1998), British Aerospace (1988-1994), BMW (1994-2000), Ford (2000-2008). Finally, Indian TATA, who bought the British manufacturer of SUVs complete with Jaguar. Indians paid $ 2.3 billion, but minus $ 600 million on the pension programs Jaguar and Land Rover "Blue Oval" received $ 1.7 billion. In addition, the Ford Concern promised to help engines, platforms, other components and technologies - for the time of the transition period, the Fordovsky pledged to finance the Jaguar and Land Rover dealers around the world.
It is safe to say that Land Rover has passed the way from a simple and utilitarian product of the 1948 sample to the automotive legend. Very few competitors can boast of the same level of recognition and respect, which causes Land Rover cars. However, the main confirmation of the values \u200b\u200bof the Land Rover values \u200b\u200bare the cars: it sounds completely incredible, but two-thirds of all ever released Land Rover cars are still in operation!
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tata Sons and Tata Motors Mr. Ratan Tata promised that both companies retain their unique distinctive features. However, SUVs will consume less fuel due to the widespread use of aluminum and the introduction of hybrid technologies. In addition, Landrovers work on the replacement of the legendary defineer with a more modern SUV under the code name Project Icon. Which of all this will come out, time will show. Although Land Rover did not lose face and with bad owners.
Today, Land Rover is the only company manufacturing exclusively cars with a constant drive 4? 4. This pure loyalty is the idea is probably the main reason why the values \u200b\u200bof Land Rover are freedom, adventure, the power of the Spirit and, most importantly, the ability to be faithful to themselves - so brightly manifest themselves in all the companies of the company.
The British Automotive Company Land Rover received worldwide fame due to the release of compact and reliable SUVs. Especially these cars love our compatriots. Most popular in the Russian Federation, the Land Rover Freilender 2 is highly popular with the second generation for the first time from the conveyor in 2006, and four years later the car survived restyling. Our compatriots are interested where they collect Land Rover Freilender 2 for the domestic market. It is known that the homeland brand Land Rover is the United Kingdom. The main office of the company is located in the city of Solikhall (England). The company produces SUVs with high luxury luxury permeability. Enterprises for the release of this model of cars are also located in China and India (city Pune). On the Russian market, the car is supplied from here. To date, the company is the property of the Indian concern Tata Motors. And so, the SUV Land Rover Freilender 2 is collected today in three countries of the world:
- United Kingdom (Halwood)
- India (Pune)
- China.
In Russia to this car model, the attitude is different. Some owners like the car, others raise on the unreliability of the SUV.
Exterior and interior
This car model is sold worldwide. The first SUV was released in the distant 1997 year. The very first cars had five doors, and after some time began to release the three-door version. British SUV Land Rover Flealender of the second generation saw the world in 2006. In 2010, he survived the restyling, thanks to which the machine changed a little.
Where Land Rover Freelander 2 is produced, tested the wishes of buyers and made the car even better. Dimensions "British" 2014-2015 make up: 4500 mm × 2195 mm × 1740 mm. The size of the wheelbase is 2660 mm, and the road clearance of the vehicle is 210 millimeters. This five-door SUV is designed to transport five passengers. The volume of the trunk is 755 liters, and if you fold the seat from behind - 1670 liters.
Externally, the car has changed not much, where the engine of the SUV ended the engine. After restyling, the car looks stylish and volumetric. The SUV installed a new radiator grille with chrome elements, and the bumper in front turned out to be more solid and modern. Car headlights have LED rings. Also, the manufacturer has changed the front wings of the machine, which are fastening for wheeled arches. Depending on the configuration, the SUV can be equipped with 16-inch or 17-inch wheels. And as an additional option, Russian buyers can buy a Land Rover Freilender 2 with 18- or 19-inch wheels. The rear of the car was practically not affected by engineers, but inside the trunk installed LEDs. Where the Land Rover Freilender 2 has prepared a car operating in a wide variety of climatic conditions.
In the cabin updates much more than outside. Engineers installed a new instrument panel and a five-lifted touchscreen display in the middle. The location of the tachometer and speedometer has changed, also, the central console has become better. To finish the salon, the manufacturer picked up high-quality materials, besides, the buyer will be able to pick up any color option. A 7-inch sensor is installed on the torpedo, thanks to which the driver can control the multifunctional system, an audio system, navigator, survey cameras. The most expensive equipment of the British SUV includes a subwoofer. The basic version is available a more modest 6-column system. Instead of manual brakes there is an electrical drive. The updated "Briton" now has invincible access. All car chairs have high-quality upholstery and all the necessary functions (adjustment, heating). There is enough space inside an SUV, it is very spacious here.
Specifications
Now about the main thing, the inner "filling" of the car. Let's start with the fact that the suspension on the car remained the same. But Freilender 2 received several new systems:
- Hill Descent Control.
The fact that the Land Rover Freilender 2 has played an important role in creating a model. The manufacturer corrected the predecessor flaws and introduced the world an improved SUV, more reliable and safe. The Russian market supply "British" with two gasoline and two diesel power plants:
- two-liter diesel (240 hp, work for a couple with a six-speed automatic KP);
- petrol 3.2-liter (233 hp worries with a six-speed automatic transmission, maximum speed - 200 km, fuel consumption - 15.5 liters);
- diesel 2.2-liter (190 hp. Fuel consumption - 9.6 liters in mixed mode, and in the city - 13.5 l.);
- 2.2-liter (150 hp. Consumes in a mixed cycle of only 6.5 to 7 liters of fuel, works with a pair with a six-speed box "Automatic").
The configuration of this SUV is as follows:
- SE (1 842 000 rubles)
- XS (1,574,000 rubles)
- HSE (2,080,000 rubles)
- S (1,363,000 rubles).
The most expensive "British" is a Land Hercelander 2 NSE. Salon of this car is finished with high-quality leather or Alcantara. The machine "stuck" is the most modern features and options. For 2,080,000 rubles, the buyer will receive a vehicle with:
- air conditioning
- electric drive
- the function of heating the front seats
- parktronic
- fiction
- powerful audio system with 8 speakers
- CD changer.
Since the release of the first Range Rover in 1970, this car was continuously improved. The most luxurious SUV is distinguished by perfection, unsurpassed characteristics and impressive design, which, in combination with technological features, allow it to stand out against the background of competitors. We want to refresh the history of luxurious SUVs, known as the Range Rover family.
1969 - Prototype Range Rover Velar
To save the first prototype of the first in the history of Range Rover, designers and designers, who worked on this revolutionary car, called it 'velar', from Italian 'Velare' - "envelop" or "veil". The first 26 prototypes even had a badge with the same logo to hide the brand belonging.
1970 - First Serial 3-Door Range Rover
After successful tests of the concept of Velar, the first Range Rover appeared before the world. Thanks to the rare combination of unsurpassed characteristics and elegant design, it was warmly accepted by the public. This first permanent-wheel drive car was also highlighted by a bivalve luggage compartment door, a relief hood and a continuous middle line of the body.
1981 - 4-door Range Rover
After 11 years, the Range Rover Classic package was released on the market, the four-door version, which allowed the brand fans even more fully estimate the advantages of the car.
1994 - Second Generation Range Rover
Second-generation cars were still luxurious their predecessors. Unique design features, such as characteristic silhouette and rectangular headlights instead of round, have been checking time and until today remain inherent features of our cars.
2001 - Third Generation Range Rover
Even more perfect, this Range Rover first received a body carrying body in history. Exterior designers were inspired by the appearance of the elongated high-speed Italian boat Riva, and the metal elements of the interior finish are inspired by the luxury yacht pulleys.
2004 - Concept Range Stormer
The Stormer concept is known for identified a new direction for the development of the design of Range Rover, as well as an approach to the introduction of innovative technologies in the car.
2005 - Production of Range Rover Sport
The release of the first sports SUV in the Range Rover family reflected the desire of Land Rover to improve the characteristics of cars. Among the available engines was presented with a 4.2-liter gasoline unit with a supercharger, distinguished by high productivity. Range Rover Sport was also equipped with a pneumatic suspension with a transverse connection of elements that allowed the height and guaranteed optimally comfortable movement on a full drive both on roads and off-road. Height adjustment is one of the many functions reflecting the dynamic characteristics in the appearance of the car.
2008 - LRX Concept
This concept of the cross-coupe was an ambitious and progressive solution of the Land Rover designer team. Aimed at drivers, rarely chosen on the road, this concept still retained the legendary possibilities of Land Rover cars, and his interior journalists immediately called "futuristic".
2011 - Production of Range Rover Evoque
"Car of the Year" in the opinion of numerous retailers, Range Rover Evoque faded the public, appearing in 2010 at the Paris Motor Show. Many features presented in the LRX concept have completed a luxurious cross-coupe. So, for example, he inherited a fresh interpretation of the classic design of Range Rover.
2012 - Fourth Generation Range Rover
The fourth-generation range rover for the first time received a completely aluminum body and stand out for an elongated wheelbase and downward roof. The car was also equipped with an improved adaptation system for Terrain Response ® Road Conditions from Land Rover. This integrated driving assistance technology automatically adjusts the settings in accordance with the road conditions.
2013 - Range Rover Hybrid
The first "hybrid" in the Range Rover line not only ensured the increase in fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, but also did not inferrect its precursors according to the characteristics. To prove it, the car went on a long journey from Solikhalla to Mumbai, overcoming 16,000 km, merciless off-road and Himalayas.
On the left, the first "hybrid" Range Rover has reduced emission levels without performance loss on the right, luxurious features characteristic of all Range Rover cars were saved and in the Hybrid configuration
2013 - second generation Range Rover Sport
For the presentation of the updated Range Rover Sport, equipped with an effective 3.0-liter V6 engine, several streets of New York were blocked, and honoring the novelty dropped Daniel Craig, the famous role of the agent 007.
2015 - Release Range Rover Sport SVR
Range Rover Sport SVR, high-performance SUV demonstrating optimum power - the first car created by the Special Vehicle Operations command. The fastest Land Rover will give you an unforgettable impression of driving. Power is reflected in the appearance, in such elements as dual exhaust pipes and a unique rear spoiler.
2015 - Range Rover Svautobiography
Sample of perfection and luxury - Range Rover Svautobiography - helps a new look at Range Rover cars. Attention to detail, underlined by the elements of Brushed Aluminum, and exclusive seats cannot be noticed. The unique selection of the exterior color solutions ensures that each client will get expected to be unique and luxurious Range Rover. Soon the svautobiography Dynamic was presented. Elegant design, powerful V8 engine and attractive to become reflected its power and maneuverability.
In the mid-1960s, the British company Rover began to create a universal SUV with a all-metal body - a more comfortable alternative to Land Rome, which could be offered in the American market. The serial car, presented at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show, was called Range Rover. He had a three-door body with aluminum panels, a spring suspension (instead of the springtitarian "), disc brakes and a permanent four-wheel drive. Under the hood stood a gasoline engine V8 with a volume of 3.5 liters and with a capacity of 135 liters. from.
All subsequent years, Range Rover was constantly upgraded. In 1981, they began to produce a five-door modification of an SUV, and over time, versions with a better and expensive interior trim appeared. In 1984, the engine was upgraded and received a fuel injection system, and his return rose to 155 forces. In 1986, the Italian 2,4-liter Turbodiesel Vm (112 liters) was launched at Ranj Rover, and later its volume was increased to 2.5 liters (power increased to 119 liters.) In 1992 This unit was replaced by a 2.5-liter turbodiesel engine, developing 111-122 liters. from. Gasoline versions were also improved: In 1990, the SUV received a new Motor V8 3.9, and in 1992 - 4.2-liter "eight".
For a long time, all "Ranj Rovers" were completed with four-stage mechanical transmissions. In 1982, the three-stage "Chryslerovsky" "Avtomat" began as an option to buyers, and since 1985, a four-stage. The former "mechanics" in 1983 was replaced by a new, five-speed.
In 1992, a version with an elongated 203 mm wheelbase appeared. In recent years, after the debut of the second generation machine, the SUV was sold under the name Range Rover Classic and could be equipped with a pneumatic suspension from the new model. In total until 1996, 317 thousand cars of the first generation took place from the conveyor of the plant in Solikhalla.
2nd generation, 1994
The second generation "Range Rover" began produced in 1994. The SUV, which was only suited with a five-door body, became more comfortable, luxurious, more powerful and more expensive. It was installed on "Rover" gasoline engines V8 4.0 and V8 4.6 with a capacity of 190 and 225 liters. from. respectively. Turbodizel Range Rover received a 2.5 liter BMW six-cylinder Motor. Gearboxes - five-speed "mechanics" or a four-stage "automatic". All versions had a constant four-wheel drive and pneumatic suspension. The second Range Rover left the market at the end of 2001, only 167 thousand cars were issued.
3 generation, 2002
The third generation of an SUV, who stacked the conveyor in 2002, was created with the participation of the company BMW, which then belonged to the British brand. Range Rover had a steel body carrying with aluminum hinged elements, fully independent pneumatic suspension, only automatic gearboxes and a mass of electronic systems.
Under the hood of the car stood Bavarian motors: a row six-cylinder turbodiesel volume of 2.9 liters (177 liters s.) Or a gasoline V-shaped "eight" with a volume of 4.4 liters with a capacity of 286 liters. from. Both were combined with the five-speed "automatic". In 2005, after Land Rover was sold "Ford", BMW power units were replaced by V8 gasoline engines: 4,4-liter 306 liters. p., and a 4.2-liter with a compressor - 390 forces. The automatic transmission has become a six-speed. At the same time, Range Rover received an updated design, and a new diesel - V8 3.6 with a capacity of 272 liters began to put on the SUV. from.
In 2009, another restyling model was held. Fully updated gamma motors. The five-liter gasoline "eight" in the atmospheric version developed 375 liters. p., and in compressor - 510 forces. The new Turbodiesel TDV8 with a volume of 4.4 liters (313 l.) Unlike other engines was completed with an eight-speed automatic transmission.
