All Entries Tagged With: "Land Rover"
Why The DC100 Concepts Will Save Land Rover
by Gunnar Heinrich
WHEN L322 – the current generation Range Rover – bowed to an enthused public in 2002, Range Rover had succeeded in revitalizing an aging nameplate with a forward looking design replete with new technology whilst reincorporating the original Range Rover Classic’s DNA into the car’s style. In short: L322was a home run for Range Rover. Land Rover – with aging Defender, Discovery, and under appreciated LR4 and unfortunate Freelander models – was sidelined and has withered accordingly for the bulk of the past decade.
The DC concepts are set to change that.
Q: Why Do Land Rover Drivers Drive Through Windshield-Deep Waters?
A: Because they can. That said, Defenders will need periodic cabin draining.
eBay: Brilliant Yellow Range Rover 4.6HSE with Towering Asking Price
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: IMG via eBay ::: 1997 Range Rover 4.6 HSE
NINETEEN ninety seven doesn’t seem that long ago – does it? No middle-class BMW X5s or urbane Porsche Cayennes on the market then. Nope. You wanted 4X4 luxury? Range Rover was your sole purveyor. And like Holland & Holland (of which Range Rover did a special cooperative edition 4.6 HSE back in the day), Range Rovers were British aristos that sported woody environs and woolly manners.
Land Rover Week on ADLX
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: IMG Land Rover ::: Land Rover Week
NO, Tata Motors hasn’t bought ad time on Automobiles De Luxe – though we’d be obliging if they did 
And there is no special occasion being pumped by the Land Rover / Range Rover press teams. It’s just that SUVs and crossovers on the whole receive scant attention on this corner of the web.
So, there’s no better way to compensate than to focus for one week on the original and most premium purveyor of all wheel drivers – Land Rover.
To be sure, it hasn’t been all roses for the British icon. And looking forward, Land Rover has their work cut out for them as the world’s automotive market consolidates and constricts.
But succeed, Land Rover just might. Enjoy Land Rover week.
Land Rover DC100 Sport Defender
DC100 might just be the hottest concept car from Land Rover since the original Range Rover.
The Most Interesting Disco In The World
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via eBay ::: 2004 Land Rover Discovery SE7
ALWAYS liked the Land Rover Discovery. The Disco’s like some suave British explorer who regales you with harrowing tales from his most recent safari. You’re riveted by his visits, spellbound by the stories, tickled by his distinct airs, and swear upside and down that he – like the Dos Equis guy – is the most interesting man in the world.
Truth be told, if you lived with this adventurer you’d quickly discover that he grouses constantly about everything, hates women, farts and belches freely, and, because he hydrates with Hendricks, is typically plastered after two in the afternoon.
The Land Rover Discovery remains this very interesting/deeply faulted chap.
Rubbish to drive on road but nearly unsurpassed off it, even as late as 2004, the Discos were plagued by simple quality control issues. Good thing, then, that this Californian truck comes with a factory extended warranty that won’t expire ’til 2012. And with all the mods, you’re as ready you can be for whatever the wilderness throws your way.
Still, $44,500 for an asking price is… a lot to ask for a seven year old Landie. Even for a sharp Disco so well equipped. It will take a very forgiving owner with an insatiable quest for off-road adventure.
eBay Watch! What Price Land Rover Defender 90?
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via eBay ::: Land Rover Defender 90
CLOCKING more than a decade since the Land Rover Defender 90 ceased its official stride across the Pond, the rugged and bolt-on-simple Landie is still very much loved as a blizzard worthy all-terrainer. The Defender’s the mature Wrangler, some might say. This affection would help explain some of the steep Defender prices on eBay.
Jaguar Losing Its Way With Wagon & CUV?
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via IMCDB ::: Jaguar XJ-S
THERE‘S a scene in Clint Eastwood’s 1997 Savannah-based whodonnit Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil where the main characters, Jim William (Kevin Spacey) and John Kelso (John Cusack) take a ride into the night in a Jaguar XJ-S V12 coupe to seek guidance from a black-magic witch doctor named Minerva (Irma P. Hall). Why do they seek out voodoo medicine? At this juncture in the movie, our leading characters feel like they’ve lost their way. Perhaps the same can be said for Jaguar execs…
