Range Rover (L405) 2012

josemanuel said:
Este masdonte ficou mais leve e mais refinado.

Contudo estão a subir muito na fasquia dos detalhes e precos e já começam a ficar muito altos.

Só o Lexus chega a este nível de detalhe.

Brutal, muito elegante.
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E curiosamente ao fazê-lo estão a afastar-se um pouco daquilo que era a premissa do original.
 
Ao vivo: Paris
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Exioste uma revista portuguesa com excelente artigo de 20 paginas sobre ele! Gostei da qualidade.
 
First drive review: 2013 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Review | Autocar


What is it?

This is the fourth and easily the best all-new Range Rover to see the light of day since the iconic original appeared in 1970 and changed off-road vehicles forever.

That first Range Rover’s aspirations were modest by today’s standards - to make traditional work-based Land Rovers more versatile - and in that it succeeded brilliantly.

That original model looked so great, drove so well and was so quickly recognised as a fine machine simply to spend time in that over the years successive models came to be viewed as viable rivals to traditional luxury saloons like the Mercedes S-class.

The new 2013 Range Rover extends the rivalry. To the expected more imposing looks and sumptuous interior it adds a new, weight-saving aluminium chassis, a more efficient engine line-up that for the first time includes a high efficiency diesel V6 (still with 442lb ft of torque) that emits less than 200g/km of CO2, a very frugal figure in SUV and especially Range Rover terms.

And for the first time a Range Rover offers a truly spacious and luxurious rear package, increasingly important in fast-expanding export markets like China and South-East Asia. In short, this new edition is just like a Range Rover, only better.


What is it like?

Our test car was a premium-level Autobiography powered by the new twin-turbo 4.4 litre diesel SDV8 (expanded from the previous 3.6 V8) now packing a generous 334bhp at 3500rpm plus 516lb ft of torque delivered between 1750rpm and 3000rpm, which turns out to be the rev band in which the engine spends most of its time, given that it’s attached to a standard eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox, with paddle-shifts.

Prices for this model start at £94,695, but there’s an extensive options list that will offer owners the opportunity to specify cars in Bentley territory, costing up to £120,000.

Performance is effortless: The car has a 130 mph top speed and zero to 60 mph acceleration in a decidedly brisk 7.5 seconds yet the engine rarely gets close to its theoretical 4500rpm redline. You only really hear the engine as it starts: even the idle is subdued.

There’s a faint V8 “woofle” if you use the engine hard, but mostly the car just glides as if propelled by a giant elastic band attached to the horizon. Gearchanges are rarely felt, though if necessary you can shift to a Sport regime (which holds indirect gears longer) operate it manually via shift paddles for extra zing or engine braking.

None of the Terrain Response facilities will surprise a modern Range Rover driver, but a new generation system arrives with the latest Range Rover that offers an automatic setting that gauges driving conditions and configures throttle, clearance, transmission and chassis electronics to suit changing conditions.

How is it different from the outgoing car? Not much, in overall size. But its tracks are wider, it has 20mm more ground clearance, the self-levelling (and height adjustable) air suspension has more travel and it can wade through 900mm water pools, 20mm than before.

On-roads it feels tall but more stable that the previous model, with an even smoother ride, less sensitivity to crosswinds and even more relaxed, accurate steering especially near the straight-ahead. If the previous Rangie was easy to drive, this is even more so, and the margins are easily detectable.


Should I buy one?

If you’re in the bracket, don’t miss the opportunity.

The new Range Rover SDV8 is no bargain — the cheapest in the range is £70,000-plus — but this new model is better in every respect, and its margins of improvement are instantly obvious, even over a machine as good as the outgoing L322 Range Rover.

Our settled opinion must await a direct comparison, but we reckon it’s overwhelmingly likely this 2013 Range Rover sets a new SUV standard for the world.

JLR certainly thinks so: brand boss John Edwards expects annual sales to eclipse the previous best (32,000 units in 2007) by posting “a figure with a four in front” in the first full year, and it might even do better than that.


Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8

Price £84,320 0-60mph 7.5sec; Top speed 130mph; Economy 30.1mpg; CO2 253g/km; Engine V8 diesel twin-turbo, 4367cc; Power 313bhp at 4000rpm; Torque 516lb ft, 1500-3000rpm; Gearbox eight-speed automatic
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Testes e antevisão do RR Sport.
First drive review: 2013 Range Rover 5.0 V8 Supercharged Autobiography Review | Autocar

The new 5.0-litre V8 is thirsty, fast and excessive. An option open only for those with a suitably huge budget
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First drive review: 2013 Range Rover 3.0 TDV6 Autobiography Review | Autocar

The TDV6 does almost everything you could ask of it, does it for longer, and does it for less
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All-new Range Rover Sport for 2013 | Autocar

Dynamic look for all-new Sport, due next year; Lightweight aluminium platform sheds 300kg; Hot V8s, diesel V6 and diesel-electric hybrid models; Prices set to rise 10 per cent

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Land Rover is putting the final touches to the new Range Rover Sport ahead of a showroom debut a year from now. It is thought that the Range Rover Sport will make its public debut in the spring at the Geneva or New York show.

The new model is based on the same riveted and bonded aluminium monocoque as the new Range Rover and is expected to follow it closely in terms of specification.
Today’s car is priced from just under £50,000, but with the switch to a much more sophisticated aluminium platform, all-new suspension and improved features, insiders expect a price hike of at least 10 per cent for the new model.

The new Sport is expected to weigh the same as its sister model, which means that the entry-level V6 diesel variant should hit 2160kg — 300kg lighter than the current entry-level model. This in turn will ensure that the new Range Rover Sport is a markedly more dynamic proposition than the current model.
The range will kick off with the new-generation 255bhp, 442lb ft turbocharged V6 diesel engine. The familiar V8 supercharged motor is good for 504bhp and 461lb ft in its standard application, but with Porsche having just unveiled the 542bhp Cayenne Turbo S, Land Rover bosses may see fit to launch a new extreme-performance version.
The new Sport is also expected to get the option of the 335bhp twin-turbo V8 diesel engine. With 516lb ft on tap from just 1750rpm, this engine could outrun the petrol V8 for through-the-gears acceleration.

Also new to the Range Rover Sport range will be a V6 diesel-electric hybrid model, which has a claimed combined 333bhp, a 0-62mph time of 7.4sec and CO2 emissions of just 169g/km. It’s thought that the Sport hybrid will be on sale from launch.
Judging by the spy shots on which our artist’s impression is based, the Sport uses the same under-structure and even the same doors as the new Range Rover. Although the windscreen and windscreen angle are also common to the two cars, Land Rover designers have used a number of visual tricks and relatively inexpensive changes to give the Sport a much more dynamic appearance.
The bonnet tapers more sharply to its leading edge and the roofline slopes more aggressively towards the tailgate. The rear overhang is shorter than that of the new Range Rover and its tailgate glass is raked more steeply.

Another trick to give the Sport a more dramatic appearance is the use of deeper door skins, which make the side windows shallower and, along with the big sill extensions, give the car deeper body sides. At the front, the headlights will be more aggressive than on the Range Rover and the bumpers will be blockier.
The interior has more of a slope to its dashboard and centre console than in the Range Rover, but almost all of the switchgear is shared. The Sport also gets an upright automatic shift lever, something that will be shared with the Jaguar F-type.
The interior will be aiming for Range Rover levels of luxury but will feature a more sporting treatment. One source said that Bentley-style quilted leather upholstery will be offered as a trim option.
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Custou um pouco a entranhar-se em mim o desenho deste novo Range, mas agora quanto mais o vejo mais desejo ter um, que grande maquinão...[kiss]
 
O interior está magnífico.
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Tive a pesquisar por este tópico só para vir aqui expressar o imenso desagrado pelo novo look do RR. Qué que são aqueles estilos do evoque nas ópticas??? O Range sempre foi buscar o estilo agressivo às linhas vincadas, muito angulares e com muitas rectas para dar aquele ar robusto. Agora metem nas ópticas aquelas partes saídas parece que o gajo que tava a desenhar não arranjou régua e deixou o lápis fugir.
Já tão como os gajos da VW, fazem um carros com um bom design, pensam que serve nos outros carros todos.

Comparem:
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É que se repararem até perde a proporcionalidade do capo para o tejadilho. Com as novas curvas o capô parece mais pequeno mais o tejadilho à frente continua comas mesmas dimensões.

E na traseira é o contrario. Deram curvas ao tejadilho mas a mala continua igual. Ficou uma porcaria na minha opinião. :sh)
 

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