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SPECIAL GUEST–Range Rover Sport Supercharged–Chicago Cars Direct HD
May 18th, 2010 | 
Author: Range Rover Sport Supercharged walkaround and test drive with special guest, Captain Skully! Sport might be something an Australian calls his buddy at the bar. As in: “G’day, sport, can I get you a beer?” But as used in the acronym SUV, the term doesn’t usually apply that well. Most SUVs are just not that sporty, are they? However, in the case of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport, there’s an argument to be made for the accuracy of the addendum. First, just in case you’re as confused as we were, let’s explain that the Range Rover Sport is a shortened and sharpened Land Rover LR3, brought to market to compete with sportier SUVs such as Porsche’s Cayenne and BMW’s X5. In the course of reinventing this Sport model from the LR3 platform, the transformation resulted in a vehicle that’s about two inches shorter than the LR3 and offers much less interior room. Maximum cargo capacity for the Sport is 71 cubic feet compared with 90 for the LR3, and rear-seat space drops from 55 cubic feet to 49. Despite the smaller size, Land Rover managed to add weight. Our tester pounded the road at a porky 5866 pounds, whereas the last LR3 we tested weighed 5686 pounds. That could lead some to believe that this would be a slow and clumsy vehicle, but that’s not the case. With its generous mass balanced very nearly evenly on the two axles, the Range Rover Sport conducts itself with remarkable poise. It doesn’t hurt that the suspension is a combination of adaptive interlinked air springs and active …
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Range Rover Sport Supercharged–Chicago Cars Direct HD
Range Rover Sport Supercharged test drive and walkaround with Chris from Chicago Cars Direct. company owned Land Rover, and he personally spearheaded the development of a new Range Rover planned for a 2002 introduction. He left to join Ford before the job was done–only to reinherit the project when the Blue Oval acquired Land Rover. When the flagship Rangie came to market, it did so carrying a BMW powerplant. Ford, for obvious reasons, wanted to segue to homegrown engines, taking the opportunity to do that, and much more, with a substantial midlife update for 2006. The previous BMW V-8 cranked out 282 horsepower and was backed by a five-speed automatic transmission. That combo has been replaced by two new powertrains: a 4.4-liter naturally aspirated aluminium V-8 good for 305 horses and an Eaton-supercharged 4.2-liter unit packing an impressive 400 ponies. Both are mated to an outstanding ZF six-speed automatic, offering a Sport mode and manual control. New grille and headlight treatments, plus redesigned A-pillar finishers, reduce wind noise. Chassis and subframe revisions make for more quiet as well. Audio/ nav/communications systems have been upgraded, and a rear-seat DVD audio/video system is available, too. The Supercharged model is visually distinguished via a mesh grille and side-gill treatment, badging, and dual exhaust pipes. As you’d expect, it also has sportier damping, stiffer anti-roll bars, larger and more aggressive rolling stock, and Brembo front brake …
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2010 Porsche 911 Turbo and 911 Sport Classic Walk Around
100′s of exotic cars for sale www.duPontREGISTRY.com TWITTER www.twitter.com FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com New 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo driven by Timo Bernhard plus a walk-around presentation of the 911 Sport Classic special edition.