Range Rover 2010 :

Land Rover has open their new 2010 Range Rover U.S. pricing at $79,275 .Remember Range Rover debut? Alongside the facelifted Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4 (LR4) at the New York motorshow in April.



Powerful new engines, advanced interior technologies and enhanced driving dynamics reinforce the position of the 2010 Land Rover Range Rover as Land Rover's most complete luxury all-terrain vehicle. Land Rover's flagship has been comprehensively updated to deliver more refined and efficient performance, along with the ultimate in interior comfort and craftsmanship.


Clamber inside the new Range Rover and you'll be struck by the quality of materials: there are six classy woods available, fresh colour schemes and twin-needling on the leather stitching. There's a new thin film transistor (TFT) LCD screen that's claimed to be the biggest automotive application yet at a bragging-rights 12 inches. These are the black-screen, more reflection-proof digital screens we've begun to see in luxury cars such as top-end BMWs and Mercs.

"The 2010 Land Rover Range Rover is a considerable step forward for what is already regarded as the one of the world's most complete luxury vehicles. New engines deliver formidable power, efficiency and customary Land Rover Range Rover refinement, and new technologies, such as the 12" TFT instrument cluster. The 2010 Range Rover remains the benchmark and continues to set the pace in its segment," says Phil Popham, Land Rover Managing Director.


Externally, this equates to a new hooter featuring too much bright metal, a grille modelled on the blades of a chop-anything shopping channel kitchen appliance, pointlessly noodled front wing vents and tail lamps that wouldn't look out of place on a chain around a New York rapper's neck.


The new engine :

Two engines are available in the UK market: a new supercharged 503bhp V8 petrol (that Jag XFR unit) or the effective 3.6 TDV8 with which we're already familiar. The V8 petrol hits 60mph in 5.9sec and averages 19mpg/348g/km (both 7% better than before). Key figures on the TDV8 are 8.6sec/25mpg/294g/km.



On board, the elegance of the current model's dashboard architecture just about survives a further surfeit of metal-highlight mayhem.

Switchgear has apparently been simplified, though there still appears to be a button for every day of the year, while all-new electrics imbue both instrument binnacle and centre console with their own party tricks...