Wednesday 13 May 2009

Range Rover / Discovery 4 - Fitness for big arms

The design center of Gaydon, near Birmingham, has just three models restyle its flagship Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery, which becomes Discovery 4. All three are expected for the month of September in Switzerland.

In addition to style changes, these 4 × 4 moving mechanically. They inherit especially new Jaguar engines, the V6 biturbo 3l diesel and V8 petrol 5 l. V8 turbo still in the program.

Compared with the old 2.7-l, 3 l turbo sees its power increase to 240 hp for a maximum torque of 600 Nm The consumer ought to decline by 9% to 9.3 to l 100 km under the hood of Discovery 4. Reserved for the Range and Range Sport V8 receives gasoline direct injection and delivers 385 hp and 515 Nm or 510 hp and 625 Nm when the compressor is topped Vortex sixth generation.

The V8 also show a better performance than their predecessors. Land Rover announced 7% savings at the pump, an average consumption of 14.9 l/100 km for the Range Rover of 385 hp.

The Range remains of one of the heaviest vehicles in production. Less popular in our country as the Range Rover, the Discovery is attractive mainly for offroad enthusiasts. It can also accommodate seven people.

The many improvements to the three models should result in a rate increase, but prices are still unknown.

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