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Showing posts with label land rover lrx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label land rover lrx. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Land Rover LRX Concept







A very sharp looking ride and certainly must be considered one of the hits of Detroit '08. I would estimate that a production version would run in the $40s somewhere. I have to admit that I was a little depressed as I stood in the Jaguar cafe and surveyed the Ford product family spread: next year Land Rover and Jaguar will more than likely be located elsewhere in the exposition hall.

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Land Rover LRX Concept








Whenever I hear the name Gerry McGovern I can't help but think back to his days at Lincoln and that crazy hair he had. Heh, heh...

...Oh, yeah, back to the Land Rover. This is the first new Land Rover since McGovern replaced Geoff Upex as design director. "LRX is a design born out of passion for the brand, but it is different, relevant, engaging and exciting," said McGovern. Funny, McGovern said similar things about his hair years ago. Well, actually he didn't. I made that bit up.

I'll admit that I was worried when Upex retired from Land Rover. However, this LRX has me in a very hopeful mood. If a production model ends up looking anything like this concept, then whoever buys Land Rover will have a hit on their hands.

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