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All new Range Rover gets a whole lot better [w/updated photos & video]
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It might look similar to its predecessor, but there is more than meets the eye here
Range Rover has always been bullish about whatever it has done so far. Be it the boxy design or the ladder frame chassis. And it’s not without a reason that it has been termed as the best when it comes to off road ability. However, peer pressure seems to have finally caught up with the Rangie. So for 2013, after a 10-year lifecycle, the third-generation Range Rover is finally being put to rest and its replacement will be a careful evolution of the brand’s flagship SUV and an overhauled revolution at the same time.
The latest Range Rover isn’t as drastic a break from traditional Range Rover design language as the smaller Evoque, but it is a smoother, sleeker evolution of the traditional Range Rover form. The same upright and slab-sided greenhouse remains, as do the blacked-out pillars and ruler-straight character line from head- to taillight, but both head- and taillights now flow into the aforementioned character line. An elongated front fascia that recalls the smaller Range Rover Evoque clearly gives it a new, yet familiar, face.
Despite this evolutionary tact for the exterior, Land Rover has completely overhauled virtually every item found beneath the 2013 Range Rover’s skin. Perhaps the most notable example is the 2013 Range Rover’s monocoque body itself. Along with most suspension components, it is crafted entirely from aluminum in an attempt to whittle away heft and improve fuel economy.
Land Rover claims the new unibody is roughly 39-percent lighter than the steel structure used between 2002-2012; depending on the trim level, that translates up to a 420 kg weight reduction over the outgoing Range Rover.
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