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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Unusual Details About Jaguar Land Rover

FOR SALE: 1965 Jaguar E Type Roadster Bought new in 1965 by BMC mechanic, and sold from his estate in 1985 with 18,000 miles to present owner.鈥?Leyland – including Rover and Triumph – join the British Motor Corporation (BMC). Following a three-year development period, the ‘Truck Utility 陆 Ton’ – better known as the ‘Lightweight’ – enters service with the British Army. The wheelbase is extended to 88 and 109 inches to make room for a new diesel engine under development. A six-cylinder 2.6-litre engine is made available as an option on 109-inch wheelbase models. The I-Pace comes with plenty of safety equipment and all other current Jaguar models scored five stars in Euro NCAP crash tests. The Range Rover is upgraded with a five speed manual gearbox and other improvements. The Rover-designed two-speed transfer box shares a common case with the four-speed manual gearbox and has a vacuum-operated centre differential.

Land Rover introduces a Borg-Warner chain-driven transfer box with a viscous-coupled centre differential into the Range Rover鈥檚 driveline. The four-door version of the Range Rover is launched. Range Rover production reaches 100 000, and following the introduction of the four-door a year earlier, the company introduces an automatic gearbox option to the Range Rover, using the three-speed Chrysler 鈥楾orqueflite鈥? The refinement of Range Rover鈥檚 automatic option is improved with the introduction of a ZF four-speed gearbox. The benefits of the new engine are underlined when a diesel Range Rover breaks 27 speed and endurance records. The start of a whole new family of engines – a 2.0-litre diesel engine is introduced, and features overhead valves. Start to finish, every point of contact with you guys has been fantastic. Jaguar North Haven has what you鈥檙e looking for, with features like contrast-stitched leather seats, remote start engines, adaptive cruise control technology, 360-degree surround view cameras, navigation systems, and more! That means demand for solar should skyrocket, for an interesting view of solar and Tesla Energy鈥檚 future see Sivram鈥檚 intriguing book; Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy.

Industrialist Michael Edwardes is brought in by the Government to manage British Leyland. Loney Jr. and Jason M. Russell of Hogan Lovells have stepped in to defend Jaguar Land Rover in a pending trademark lawsuit brought by U.K.-based Ineos Automotive. Shopping for a new Mercedes-Benz at Urbandale car dealerships doesn鈥檛 have to be a complicated process. Earlier this year, a car driven by Paul Walker in the first two “Fast and Furious” movies was auctioned for $550,000, and a car given to Princess Diana by Prince Charles sold for more than $72,000. Land Rover vehicles are now being sold in 120 countries with plans for even more expansion. The Range Rover is awarded a gold medal for its coachwork, while its safety features are recognised by being awarded of the Don safety trophy. In a bumper year for Land Rover, the 750 000th Land Rover is produced, the Range Rover receives the RAC Dewar award for outstanding technical achievement, a great car-journey begins in Alaska, and the Land Rover Series III is launched.

The Land Rover range is now known as the Series IIA, and the capacity of the diesel engine is increased to allow for greater power output. A diesel powered version of the Range Rover is launched with a 2.4-litre turbocharged VM engine. A new version of the Land Rover 109-inch, powered by the V8 petrol engine, is launched. It also debuts with a new 2.25-litre petrol engine, and is very positively received. Negotiations with General Motors are completed – and Land Rover acquires the rights to an all-alloy lightweight 3.5-litre V8 petrol engine. The Land Rover also gets the option of a turbocharged diesel engine based on its earlier naturally aspirated unit. The production of an 88-inch Station Wagon at Solihull marks the one millionth Land Rover built. Audyssey MultEQ庐 is a registered trademark of Audyssey Laboratories, Inc and any use of such marks by Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is under license. The Land Rover Ninety debuts, featuring new doors with wind-up windows. Following a successful limited edition, the 鈥楻ange Rover Vogue鈥?is introduced at the top of the model鈥檚 line-up. The interior is updated with a revised instrument pack placed in front of the driver, and a new top roll to the facia.

Monday, December 9, 2019

Ford Mustang Mach-E Web Landing Page Leaks With Specs, Prices, Details

Ford Mustang Mach-E Web Landing Page Leaks With Specs, Prices, Details





Someone in web development at Ford goofed. Our experience was that the link returns a 404 error in some browsers, but not in others, and our browser worked. And no, we can't confirm that this is a genuine Ford web page with genuine facts and figures 鈥?it certainly appears to be, but do take all we're about to relate from it with a grain of salt. All of the links on the landing page are dead, but a video of the new electric crossover and details on its five trim levels are there. That link will certainly die momentarily, so let's dig in. As to the looks, the Mustang Mach-E 鈥?which we'll call "Mach-E" from now on 鈥?is what we expected based the thinly camouflaged prototype recently spotted, right down to the lack of door handles. A looping vid on the landing page reveals the First Edition AWD model. There are sequential LED turn signals in front, above headlights partitioned by three vertical LED DRLs akin to the pattern on the Audi TT.





Other than the Mustang badges on the front and the tailgate, the only other identifiers appear to be on the lower leading edge of the front doors. There's no Ford badge anywhere. Even the wheel center caps display Mustang graphics. A tinted panoramic roof fills the space overhead, over an interior playing up the minimalist possibilities. A traditional steering wheel gets controls on the spokes, and behind it, a 10.2-inch digital cluster. To the right of the steering wheel, what we'll guess is the start/stop button rests on the instrument panel. In the center of the dash resides a 15.5-inch, vertically-oriented rectangular touchscreen with some kind of dial-looking appendage at the bottom. For cargo, there's 29 cubic feet behind the second row, 59.6 cu-ft behind the first row 鈥?and a front trunk with 4.8 cubic feet. There are two batteries: SR, for standard range, and ER, for, naturally, extended range.





鈥?The Select trim comes in either RWD or AWD, paired only with the Standard Range (SR) battery. Ford intends the trim to have around 255 horsepower in RWD and AWD guises. Torque figures will be around 306 pound-feet for the RWD, 429 lb-ft for the AWD. Sitting on 18-inch, painted aluminum wheels, Acceleration to 60 mph is around mid-6 seconds with RWD, mid-5 seconds for AWD. Range for the rear-driver is around an EPA-rated 230 miles, dropping to 210 miles with all-wheel drive. 鈥?The California Route 1 comes in RWD only and only with the ER battery. The targets are 282 hp and 306 lb-ft, giving it 27 hp more than the Select RWD. Estimated range is 300 miles. Sitting on a "magnetic-painted with sparkle silver" 18-inch wheel with a black aero cover, the 0-60 time should be about mid-6-seconds. 鈥?The Premium trim presents the most choice, offering both powertrains and both batteries.





The standard battery in RWD puts out 255 hp and doesn't list a torque figure, but we'll posit that it's the same 306 lb-ft of torque as on the Select. The SR battery with AWD returns 255 hp and 429 lb-ft. The ER battery in RWD makes 282 hp and 306 lb-ft, in AWD gets 333 hp and 429 lb-ft. Wheels on the Premium are 19-inch machined-face aluminum with high gloss black-painted pockets. 鈥?The First Edition comes only in AWD and with the extended battery, gunning for 333 hp and 429 lb-ft and a 270-mile range. It gets the same wheels as the Premium trim, and a mid-5-second 0-60 target time. 鈥?The GT trim's spec table doesn't list battery options, only that AWD is the sole drive option. With the GT on 20-inch cast aluminum wheels with an aero cover, Ford wants a 250-mile range and a 0-60 time under 4 seconds. Don't take our word for this, though 鈥?have a look at the spec tables in the gallery above, and let the parsing begin. Add to the comments below.