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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Geneva Rovers

2012 Land Rover Range_E Sport Plug-in Diesel Hybrid

It seems Land Rover's gonna leave it to the Range Rovers to wow the crowd at Geneva this year. They'll be bringing out some very exciting new models including this Plug-in Diesel Hybrid Rover. Land Rover promises that this car will get 700 miles in one tank with just 20 miles on electricity. This is all thanks to a 3.0-liter Turbodiesel V6 engine mated to a new 8-speed automatic ZF gearbox, along with an electric motor.

2012 Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate

Then, there's this rather stunning Range Rover Autobiography for those who think that the Rover couldn't get anymore luxurious. The cost: $170,000. For that, you get luxury yacht-like interior including, expensive leather seats, teak flooring, drinks-globe luxury all around, iPads for entertainment, and 510 horsepower for your driver. So, for those wealthy businessmen or women out there who love the Range Rover and want a taste of the good life, you can now blow off $200k on an SUV that you can actually enjoy some expensive wine in.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Rally Ready Rover

2011 Bowler Nemesis EXR

To date, we've seen the Land Rover Range Rover Sport as a sporty, luxurious SUV. However, it didn't turn out that way when Bowler got through with it. What you are looking at is a hardcore version of a Range Rover Sport Supercharged: the Bowler Nemesis EXR. Designed specifically for Dakar rally racing, this truck is road legal and can survive pretty much any terrain. The 5.0-liter Supercharged V8 engine has been upgraded from 510 horsepower to 600. Since it's lighter thanks to its two-seater arrangement and carbon fiber materials, 0 to 60 is now done in 4.2 seconds instead of 5.6 seconds. The top speed of this thing: 156 MPH. This speed is not only achievable on road. It is achievable anywhere: water, grass, mud, gravel, snow, you name it. This is probably the toughest Range Rover ever built, and Richard Hammond had a go in it in a special episode of Top Gear. Check it out below.

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Friday, December 24, 2010

What would Santa drive?

Santa's Sleigh

Well, Christmas begins in a couple hours and Santa's already packed his sleigh with toys and such and headed our way as we speak. But, what if ol' Saint Nick ditched the old sleigh and went modern with a car? What would Santa drive: a Sedan, a Sports Car, or an SUV?

2011 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG

Well, Mercedes made it easy for us by showing us commercials with the big guy driving one of these delivering silver new Benz's to homes. But, what if he really drove this around delivering toys and gifts to children? It would make him look a lot cooler, wouldn't it? Big kids would respect him more, and little kids will look at him as if he were a hero. But there is a small problem. There are over 3,000,000 kids on this planet, which means over 3,000,000 toys Santa has to deliver. I don't think this peppy SL has room in the boot or the Passenger seat for a big sack of toys. Then again, Santa is a magical being.

2011 BMW 5 Series

What about the new BMW 5 Series? It rides comfortably for Santa's old body, it's powerful and fast so he can get to all of the houses in time, and it has a big boot space to keep all the 3 Million toys for the children. So, all together this sounds like a perfect car, but there's one small problem why it isn't the right one: it doesn't come in RED.

2010 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Lux

The Range Rover Sport, however, does come in RED, rides comfortably, is powerful and fast, and has big boot space. Not to mention it's a very good looking SUV. The Queen of England will definitely respect him if he drove this. So, in my opinion, the RR Sport is the perfect car for Santa if he ever goes modern. But, that's my opinion. What's yours?

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Land Rover 4 President!

2011 Land Rover Discovery 4 Armoured

Now you might have seen the Knight XV, or "Canada's answer to the motoring industry" (Jeremy Clarkson), but you'll want to go into law when I tell you about this car. It may look like a regular Land Rover LR4, but trust me when I say that it isn't. Let me first give you some performance details on this car. It has a 5.0-liter 375 horsepower V8 engine. 0 to 60 is reached in a whopping 10.6 seconds. It's top speed is a 112 MPH. Sounds slow, doesn't it? The original LR4 can get from 0 to 60 in about 7 seconds, so this is definitely slow. The thing is though, it has to be since it will be carrying diplomats. This special Land Rover LR4 has taken on a lot of weight (1,100 added pounds to be exact) and this is all added steel, bulletproof doors, titanium-strong wheels, and bigger brakes. This all adds to the total weight which is now about 4 tons (7,800 lbs.). The output: it can withstand rapid gunfire for about 2 hours. Not only that. It will survive 33 lbs. of explosive dynamite. Its fuel tank is thick enough to survive any grenade explosives. So basically, this isn't an SUV anymore. It's a tank, a British tank. It will only be sold in the UK and only to very wealthy or important people. But, look on the bright side. Now you know what exactly Land Rover is capable of doing.

Monday, December 20, 2010

TDU2's Getting Embarrasing

TDU 2 Boxshot

So, if you're really excited about this racing/life game, don't be. I thought it would be good at first, but as it's turning out now, it might not be the game your looking for. First off, the car list was revealed a couple days ago. Now I don't know if that's the actual official car list, but there was an unbelievable lack of Lamborghini on the list, even though about 9 Lamborghinis were on the list in the last installment. I am excited about my Range Rover Sport, a couple of Bugattis, and some Ferraris making an appearance in the game, but it would've been better to see Lamborghini and Ferrari in the game since they're the main rivals in any racing game. Also, I don't know what they're doing, but nothing new has been happening in the beta. I honestly think that they're thinking the game is hopeless and have stopped it all together. Not fair for you guys cuz now, I can't give you any new information and gameplay videos on this game. So, if you're looking for a game with both Lamborghinis and Ferraris and realistic physics and features, there's only one game now with all of that: Gran Turismo 5!