All-New Land Rover LR2
Also common to the S80 is the LR2's 3.2-liter in-line six, which Land Rover believes is the first transverse installation of a six in an SUV. The engine makes 230 hp, 234 lb-ft of torque and uses premium technology like cam-profile switching and variable induction to give it a more SUV-like power profile. To ensure smoothness in a transverse application, it also gets twin balance shafts. Why not a conventional V-6? Engineers say a wider, longer "vee" engine would have unbalanced the LR2's look and off-road characteristics because it would have required a longer nose and a higher roofline. The 3.2-liter six promises 30 percent more power and ten percent better fuel economy than the Freelander's 2.7-liter V-6, and is mated solely to a six-speed automatic with CommandShift controls and a sport mode. With this sole powertrain for the U.S. LR2 will push to 60 mph in 8.4 seconds and will reach a top speed of 124 mph, Land Rover claims. The LR2's all-wheel-drive system bears plenty of relation to another Volvo, the XC90. Seven airbags are fitted to the new Land Rover's interior, including a driver-side knee airbag.
With 20-inch wheels and styling that eschews typical SUV tough-guy cues such as faux skidplates, the three-door and five-door are aimed at upscale urban drivers who aspire to but can鈥檛 quite reach the Range Rover Sport. Dimensionally, the Evoque twins are the same except that the five-door is about one inch taller and rear-seat passengers get about two more inches of shoulder room in the more-spacious back seat. As in the three-door, the five鈥檚 powertrain will be a 2.0-liter turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder making about 240 hp paired with full-time all-wheel drive. The engine is from Ford鈥檚 new family of EcoBoost four-cylinders. The powertrain will make the Evoque twins the two most expensive four-cylinder vehicles on the U.S. The Evoque uses the largely steel, front-drive-based car platform under the Land Rover LR2, although only about 30 percent of the parts are carry-over. The Evoque鈥檚 sportier stance and proportions required major changes to the body stampings and suspension, says Land Rover managing director Phil Popham. The three-door Evoque should come in around 220 pounds lighter than the 4250-pound LR2, the five-door about 154 pounds lighter, says Popham. One crucial difference between the three- and five-door: under U.S. 25-percent import duty. The so-called 鈥渃hicken tax鈥?owes its name to a 1963 trade dispute with France and Germany when the U.S.
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