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Land Rover's LRX has finally got the green light - but it will be badged as a Range Rover when it goes on sale next year.
The go-ahead comes after the Government confirmed a grant offer of up to £27m to support production at the Halewood factory.
The car will sit on a Freelander platform and keep the upmarket feel of the concept revealed at Detroit last year - and may add the option of an extra couple of doors before it makes it to market.
The official picture above is a mock up of how they expect the production version to look. As you'll see from our gallery shots, it's not far off the LRX at all - just new door handles, mirrors, a revised bumper and a new slot below the grille.
The big news, though, is the new small Rangey will be the greenest Land Rover yet. We were told to expect the first cars to be under 150g/km, with a later hybrid version offering 60mpg and 120g/km.
And proper Land Rover fans can relax - there are no plans to offer a two-wheel-drive version...
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Afaque commented on this article
at 11:34 am on 12 March 2009
Ooh... this looks pretty nice. I'ld like to own one...
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at 11:34 am on 12 March 2009
Ooh... this looks pretty nice. I'ld like to own one...
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Afaque commented on this article
at 11:34 am on 12 March 2009
Ooh... this looks pretty nice. I'ld like to own one...
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arvind commented on this article
at 11:36 am on 12 March 2009
This looks pretty good! atleast now the ecomentalists cant say anything about suv's being damaging! i hope it handles like a x5 or cayenne on the road (its natural habitiat) and comes with a proper manual gearbox!!!
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Nikfam commented on this article
at 11:55 am on 12 March 2009
LRX is just a concept version, Land Rover usually changes design of concept radically when it goes to production. Weeks earlier we saw tuned 2-door version of Range Rover Sport. I cant remember the name of tuning company. Maybe it would be Land Rover answer to this company.
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