Thread: Land Rover confirms first non-4x4 - BusinessCar

NOOOOOOOOO!!!

A 2WD Land Rover from the factory.
SHAME LR SHAME!

It's not like they haven't produced them before. There have been a number of 2wd landies in the past. Who can list them???

(some Journos need to research their stories better...)

FenianEel I completly agree.

Bem:
All the series vehicles ?
But they could be made into 4WD ones with teh flick or pull of a lever !

This is of course the car based on the LRX concept.

They say:

Five names for the new car are currently in the frame according to BusinessCar’s sources, but ‘Compact’ is not one of them. The car’s name will be revealed on 1 July this year.

So - any ideas/ suggestions as to what might be a good name for it.

We have
Range Rover Vogue
Range Rover Sport, and
Range Rover ___?___

Originally Posted by VladTepes

FenianEel I completly agree.

Bem:
All the series vehicles ?
But they could be made into 4WD ones with teh flick or pull of a lever !

No, a standard series is still a 4x4, just part time.

Land Rover special vehicles made a FWD forward control (race car carrier I recall). There were also (military/RAF?) series vehicles which were RWD only (no front diff or front output on t-case).

The range rover was originally planned to be a 2WD. I'm sure there have been a few others...

Bah, Land Rover stopped making real 4WDs when they built the Range Rover and Discovery....

Originally Posted by isuzurover

No, a standard series is still a 4x4, just part time.

Land Rover special vehicles made a FWD forward control (race car carrier I recall). There were also (military/RAF?) series vehicles which were RWD only (no front diff or front output on t-case).

The range rover was originally planned to be a 2WD. I'm sure there have been a few others...

Rover supplied a batch of 655 and a later batch of 275 Series 1 88" Landrovers to the UK Ministry of Supply with only rear wheel drive. I believe some were also supplied to the Dutch army, but these may have been included in the above numbers.

The Rangerover was never planned as a two wheel drive. You are confusing it with the Roadrover, which was a different project, being a basic vehicle built on a passenger car chassis rather than a Landrover chassis.

John

Originally Posted by itsame

Land Rover confirms first non-4x4

How typical the press don't know what they are talking about.

Land Rover have produced 4X2 Land Rovers going back as far as the Series one. The Land Rover "Rover Service School" vehicle was one of them. In fact a lot of you will have the matchbox model of it!

They were usually hardtop variants and the front diff assembly was replaced by a tubular beam connected to the regular swivel housings without halfshafts. On the transfer box the front output housing was replaced by a short blanking plate. The main customers were the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force for use as general duties work on the base and made roads.

I think the LR1 concept will be a great addition to the marque and will compete in segments where the Ford 4X2 Explorer now occupies and be a boon for the school run mums. Anything that keeps the Land Rover marque profitable and in business

Diana

Originally Posted by isuzurover

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Land Rover special vehicles made a FWD forward control (race car carrier I recall). There were also (military/RAF?) series vehicles which were RWD only (no front diff or front output on t-case).
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The race car carrier was for Sir Donald Campbell's Bluebird!



The forward control was front wheel drive and knelt down at the back so that the Bluebird could be driven (rolled) on.