Some Land Rover spy pics

[Deadpool]

2005 LR Discovery

Here are latest photos showing a prototype of the all-new Land Rover Discovery during tests in Great Britain. The car is almost undisguised, just the black tape is trying to conceal the new model's styling.
The current Land Rover Discovery has been on the market since 1998 and will be replaced by an all-new model, to be introduced in April this year at the New York Auto Show. The new seven-seater is clearly showing Range Rover's undeniable influence. The new Discovery will no longer have the spare wheel mounted at the tailgate but has it under the boot floor. It will no longer have the characteristic "step" in the roofline, which turns out to be straight now, as can be seen on the photos.

Sitting on an all-new platform code-named T5, the newcomer will measure a bit more in overall length and wheelbase than today's model but less in width and height. In exchange it will have a more luxurious MPV-style interior and is promising better balanced and sportier handling. It will adopt a Range Rover-derived front and rear suspension.

The new Land Rover Discovery has permanent four-wheel drive, and power will come from a choice of three engines: a 4.0-liter V-6 with 250 hp, a 4.2-liter V-8 with 270 hp, and a 2.7-liter common-rail diesel V-6.


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Range Rover Sport. FX45 fighter.


These photos are showing for the first time from close by and in full daylight a prototype of the new Range Rover Sport, which is expected to go on sale in 2005. It is a shorter and sportier version of the current Range Rover with more dynamic handling, and is set to rival the likes of BMW X5 and Lexus RX300.

At first a four-door model will be available only, but an additional two-door is expected. It will be powered by a 2.7-liter diesel V-6 with 200 hp, which will also be used in the Jaguar S-Type from this summer on. Several other Jaguar-derived V-6 and V-8 engines are expected.


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['87 Sentra]

I don't know why they would try to hide the "new" styling of the Land Rover. They all look squared, so there really isn't anything new in the sytling department.

[M_TYPE_X]

I couldn't tell, but some Land Rover entered I-696 westbound in Farmington Hills last Saturday night and took off like a rocket. It was obviously a Land Rover of some sort, maybe a new Range Rover, but it was dark out and the SUV in question was black, so maybe it had camouflage on it. I really couldn't tell. But it's not like I care so much about Land Rover that it would matter to me if I saw a prototype on a road test.

[NewsReporter]

I'd rather have a Navigator than a Land Rover. I never liked these things. To me there is nothing luxury about it other than it being British.

[Misfit]

I'd rather have a Navigator than a Land Rover. I never liked these things. To me there is nothing luxury about it other than it being British.



Traditionally - they were nver luxury - they were the pre-hummer umm,,,, hummmer ...

We had a 53 & actually winched it up a tree -

On two occasions we winched stuck tractors out of mud.

Not to mention straight up 12 foot ditches etc ...