2008
LAND ROVER LINE UP
 In
the 2008 fleet of Britain's Land Rover,
there are four different sport utility
vehicles. The fancy flagship Range Rover
tops the line with a supercharged edition
that's the most powerful Land Rover ever.
Range Rover Sport, a sport tourer model,
gears for long-distance driving with supercharged
and naturally-aspirated engine choices,
while the LR3 mid-size SUV stocks sophisticated
mechanical hardware for heavy-duty, four-wheel-drive
(4WD), off-road performance. A new compact-class
SUV comes ashore wearing the badge of
LR2 and serves as a larger and more powerful
successor to Freelander, Land Rover's
previous small-class SUV.
 Range
Rover
For 2008, more luxury gear goes into the
flagship Land Rover SUV such as a four-zone
air conditioning system and optional climate-control
windshield and side windows. The Range
Rover contains mechanical hardware for
serious off-pavement roaming plus a five-seat
cabin laced with every conceivable accessory
for luxurious comfort. The Range Rover
HSE stocks an aluminum, 4.4-liter V8 with
305 horsepower through a six-speed automatic
with H-gate for CommandShift manual mode,
which operates even in lthe owest range
4WD. Range Rover Supercharged packs a
4.2-liter V8 supercharger pumping 400
horsepower. Optional high-polished 20-inch
alloy wheels are another new option for
2008 models.
 LR3
Land Rover's mid-size LR3 projects a stepped
roofline and blunt face with distinctive,
double-bar grille. The cabin contains
bucket seats up front, a second-row bench
for three and the optional two-seat, third
tier that's standard on deluxe HSE models.
Engine choices for the LR3 are a 4.0-liter
V6 developing 216 horsepower or the 4.4-liter
V8 worth 300 horsepower. Both engines
use a six-speed automatic transmission
with CommandShift manual mode. LR3's 4WD
mechanism has a two-speed, electronically-shifted
transfer case that always working in either
high range for normal driving or low range
for off-road crawling.
 Range
Rover Sport
This SUV resembles the streamlined Range
Rover, but rides on the LR3's platform
with a six-inch wheelbase snip. It's designed
for road running as well as off-road duty
with 4WD equipment aboard. The plush cabin
creates room for five with twin sport
buckets on the first row and a folding
bench for three. Like the Range Rover,
the Sport shows two V8 engine choices
with naturally-aspirated and supercharged
modes. The 4.4-liter natural plant nets
300 horsepower, while the 4.2-liter supercharged
unit speeds to 390 horsepower. Each engine
gets the six-speed automatic gearbox with
CommandShift mapping.
 LR2
Marked by a boxy profile, new the LR2
borrows some styling cues from the fancy
Range Rover flagship. It packs a forceful
3.2-liter, six-in-line engine designed
by Volvo of Sweden, channelling all of
its 230-horsepower output through an always-engaged,
all-wheel-drive (AWD) system to deliver
sure-footed traction on rain-slick pavement
and off-road trails. LR2's five-seat passenger
compartment is a luxurious space laced
with a panoramic sunroof, seven air bags
and sophisticated vehicle controls like
four-wheel electronic traction control
(4ETC), all-terrain dynamic stability
control (DSC), roll stability control
(RSC) and hill descent control (HDC).
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