Range Rover 2012 (L405) Range Rover spy pics

[Deckhook]

Yeah not many retain the essence of the concept, this the SLR and original TT are ones which quickly spring to mind.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Some more renders:

 

[K-A]

Lousily meek front. It doesn't have to be goofily imposing or overstated at all, but this looks too much like what I'd expect from an LR2 or something. Otherwise I dig.

 

[Makini]

JLR ought to pay greater attention to resolving its reliability issues rather than showroom appeal.

I recall seeing a RR Sport TDV8 on a hoist with the body completely separated from the chassis. My curiosity got the better of me & I naturally had to enquire from the techies around it as to what failure would require such extreme repair procedures. The answer floored me; both turbos had failed and this was the documented repair procedure. Separate body from chassis. There is simply no other way to access the turbos. It looked like a person severed in half. I'd be livid if that was my car.

But it gets better. Apparently, due to the positioning of the turbos tightly wedged inbetween the rear bulkhead and the engine, turbo failure is pretty common on the RR Sport TDV8 but not in the larger RR. The failures were primarily due to reduced cooling due to the retricted air flow. If Toyota, or any other manufacturer for that matter, decided to shoehorn an engine from say the larger Landcruiser into the Prado but realised the only way to access the turbos was via body separation, the project would have been promptly scrapped and that engine/body combo would never have seen production. But it did at JLR.

Luckily, that particular RR Sport was still under warranty and the owner dodged a bullet. I shudder to imagine paying for that repair. Absolutely crazy the engineering nonchalance at JLR. But with regards to design? The new RR will be an absolute stunner when its finally launched. Just like the Evoque which could not be better designed for its target market. Pity about the rest of the package.

 

[Merc1]

Good post. Yeah just imagine if they RR was at the top of the reliability chart. I think I would have a hard time buying one as my everyday vehicle. Though people I know with them love, I mean LOVE them, flaws and all.


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[Beemer B773ER]

Related much ?

 

[Centurion]

Gosh. Someone took us for fools. Those drawings are near carbon copies of that generic US spec Ford SUV.

 

[KiwiRob]

JLR ought to pay greater attention to resolving its reliability issues rather than showroom appeal.

I recall seeing a RR Sport TDV8 on a hoist with the body completely separated from the chassis. My curiosity got the better of me & I naturally had to enquire from the techies around it as to what failure would require such extreme repair procedures. The answer floored me; both turbos had failed and this was the documented repair procedure. Separate body from chassis. There is simply no other way to access the turbos. It looked like a person severed in half. I'd be livid if that was my car.

But it gets better. Apparently, due to the positioning of the turbos tightly wedged inbetween the rear bulkhead and the engine, turbo failure is pretty common on the RR Sport TDV8 but not in the larger RR. The failures were primarily due to reduced cooling due to the retricted air flow. If Toyota, or any other manufacturer for that matter, decided to shoehorn an engine from say the larger Landcruiser into the Prado but realised the only way to access the turbos was via body separation, the project would have been promptly scrapped and that engine/body combo would never have seen production. But it did at JLR.

This would probably be one of the reasons why the TDV8 was dropped from the 2010 updated RR Sport, much to the owners annoyance, it was a pretty popular model.

 

[Centurion]

JLR ought to pay greater attention to resolving its reliability issues rather than showroom appeal.

I recall seeing a RR Sport TDV8 on a hoist with the body completely separated from the chassis. My curiosity got the better of me & I naturally had to enquire from the techies around it as to what failure would require such extreme repair procedures. The answer floored me; both turbos had failed and this was the documented repair procedure. Separate body from chassis. There is simply no other way to access the turbos. It looked like a person severed in half. I'd be livid if that was my car.

But it gets better. Apparently, due to the positioning of the turbos tightly wedged inbetween the rear bulkhead and the engine, turbo failure is pretty common on the RR Sport TDV8 but not in the larger RR. The failures were primarily due to reduced cooling due to the retricted air flow. If Toyota, or any other manufacturer for that matter, decided to shoehorn an engine from say the larger Landcruiser into the Prado but realised the only way to access the turbos was via body separation, the project would have been promptly scrapped and that engine/body combo would never have seen production. But it did at JLR.

Luckily, that particular RR Sport was still under warranty and the owner dodged a bullet. I shudder to imagine paying for that repair. Absolutely crazy the engineering nonchalance at JLR. But with regards to design? The new RR will be an absolute stunner when its finally launched. Just like the Evoque which could not be better designed for its target market. Pity about the rest of the package.

My inner car fan just died a little reading that. What a horrible technical oversight that must cost a wealth of money to repair when out of warranty. That's the type of defect that send good cars to the scrapheap.

 

[Carmaker1]

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2013 Land Rover Range Rover spy shots

 

[Centurion]

Nice. The car remains rear-heavy in appearence but wit a more raked profile and sleeker roof.

 

[Human]

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+1

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Looks like those renders aren't much off after all. This looks like a big Ford Explorer.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Carmagazine's new spyshots:

The countdown is on to the unveiling of the new 2012 Range Rover, due in just a few months' time over this Olympic summer. And you can tell its debut is nearing as the camouflage continues to drop off the new Rangie.
This new set of spyshots is our best look yet at the new Range Rover - a once-a-decade launch for Land Rover, and consequently rather important.
Once-a-decade you say? So the new Range Rover is a big deal?
You bet. CAR Magazine's new spyshots reveal similar proportions to today's Range Rover, but the detailing will be very new and bang up to date in this post-Evoque world.
Despite the black tape, you can see that the front end is upright and bluff, conforming to design chief Jerry McGovern's dictat that the top-of-the-range model must be regal and proud. But don't take these photos too much at face value; the devil is in the detail.
It's an all-new model, sired from a new aluminium-intensive matrix to save weight. This car will be substantially lighter than the outgoing Range Rover which weighed in at a chunky 2810kg. Never mind pinch an inch - you're grabbing yards with the biggest Land Rovers from the outgoing generation.
Note also the panoramic glass roof and split tailgate visible in these new Range Rover spy photos.
So what else is new on the 2012/2013 Range Rover?
A quick glimpse at the top of the windscreen reveals the usual camera-based observation systems, so we'd expect radar- and lens-assisted devices to help you cruise, keep a safe distance from the car in front and deploy lights and wipers automatically.
We've previously reported how Land Rover is focusing on improving the rear passenger access and you can now see that the rear door has a larger opening area (the shutline today is vertical, here it is angled sharply back) - promising easier access to what is pledged to be a roomier rear seat.
We expect the Jaguar Land Rover group's new V6 engine to be made available in the new Range Rover. While most Europeans will surely spec a diesel, the just-announced 3.0-litre bent six in supercharged guise should do wonders to trim the thirst of a 5.0-litre V8. In the new F-type, it'll offer 335bhp or 375bhp - plenty enough to keep a two-tonne luxury SUV on boost.

 

[Deckhook]

You need to remember this is the RangeRover and not the RangeRoverSport.

 

[Monster]

Gosh. Someone took us for fools. Those drawings are near carbon copies of that generic US spec Ford SUV.

Humm after looking at these latest spy photos the car does look like the one shown in the sketches.

 

[Merc1]

Can't wait to see this one. The interior should be the real selling point as always.

Uh...people Ford got the look from Land Rover, not the other way around. The Rangie is just an evolution of the current look, the Explorer is the all-new design intended to look like a RR.


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[K-A]

The front looks so meek, but the car looks like it's gonna be a winner and flagship SUV once again. I like that it looks "like a Range Rover" so closely, and will obviously be carefully evolved without drastic changes (except for where it counts, hopefully). RR have a "911 of SUV's" type of crown in terms of kinship of design, and they need to keep it that way.

 

[Centurion]

Humm after looking at these latest spy photos the car does look like the one shown in the sketches.

I don't think the car will have the drag queen-esque headlights that extend to the flanks like that.

 

[Monster]

I don't think the car will have the drag queen-esque headlights that extend to the flanks like that.

Maybe not as much as it does in the sketches but if you look at the latest batch of photos really closely you can see the outline of the headlights and tail lights extending into the flanks.