Launched earlier this year the second generation baby Range Rover – the Evoque now starts its 2020 model year sales with prices ranging from £31,295 to £50,425 plus options. The original compact SUV Evoque launched in 2011 was seen by us motoring folk to be the replacement for the Land Rover Freelander practical family sized and potentially affordable SUV. But the Evoque gained an … [Read more...]
Newslines 25 February
The latest Mazda3 coming to the UK from May will begin at £20,595. The 18-strong range of petrol and diesel hatchbacks has five trims running up to £27,735. Ford will conduct an investigation after concerns raised by its own employees over the 'analytical modelling' standards that it employs as part of its US fuel economy and emissions compliance process, says Just-Auto.com . In the wake … [Read more...]
Swansea Transport Heritage Centre honours “Landies”
The new Swansea Bus Museum and Transport Heritage Centre at Viking Way in Winch Wen Industrial Estate has another special display this Sunday 19 August. It will mark the seventieth anniversary of that legendary vehicle, the Land Rover. Entries already received for the show include early Series 1 Land Rovers of various types, an equally diverse number of the Series 2 models, and a wide cross … [Read more...]
Britain’s Korea link is strong & growing
Britain is now the biggest EU market for Korean cars. The growing strength of the automotive relationship between the UK and South Korea was highlighted by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders during its trade mission to the country this week. Latest figures from the UK trade body show that Britain is now the largest new car market in the EU for Korean car brands. 190,215 British … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Range Rover Evoque 2.0 Si4 Petrol
The Range Rover Evoque is one of the most successful models in the company’s long history and it looks like maintaining that position for many years to come with its latest engines, writes Robin Roberts. Land Rover has played a very careful game of balancing global diesel demand with cleaner petrol technology and the new Si4 series achieves the best of both worlds in the … [Read more...]
Newslines 1 December
The Range Rover SVAutobiography has been unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show. The £167,850 range-topper has a new interior, powered rear doors with a 404hp hybrid electric petrol powertrain. Only 13% of experienced drivers passed a quiz based on the new theory test, found Aviva insurance. Drivers in Wales did slightly better at 15% but the most clued up were Scottish … [Read more...]
Newslines 6 October
A plug-in hybrid electric version of the Range Rover Sport will be added to the new range early next year. It can be driven on battery power alone or coupled to the 300hp 2.0 petrol engine and an 85kw electric motor giving a combined 404hp with order books opening now and costing from £61,315. Honda’s closing a Japanese plant making the Accord and CR-V because of poor home demand. But … [Read more...]
Velar is in the open at last, for a privileged few
Already on sale with the first deliveries in the hands of eager UK celebrity status early-adopters, the opportunity for the mainstream motoring media to test drive the new Velar has been minimal. Thankfully, I got to grips, but very briefly, with the newcomer at this week’s annual Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Media Test Day South event. It appears Press and PR … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Land Rover Evoque Convertible
Just when many thought that big 4x4 sales had reached the end of the road, the arrival of the Evoque Convertible has taken them down a new track, writes Robin Roberts. It has been an unqualified success since it was announced in November 2015 and the world’s drivers just couldn’t wait to get their hands on them a year later when they hit the roads. As the … [Read more...]
Land Rover Discovery breaks cover at last
We’ve seen the pictures, read the Marketing and PR blurb and now I’ve seen one in the flesh, enthuses David Miles. But it was only last week just as the all-new Land Rover Discovery models were arriving with first customers in the UK that I got behind the wheel of the new heavyweight seven seater models. Jaguar Land Rover’s UK Managing Director Jeremy Hicks told me at the media launch last … [Read more...]