Land Rover - the world's four leading wheels of the competent authority - invited to enter the same partition when our digestive centers, new Liberty light Jeep rock staged by the reader-shopping adventure had barely settled. Lightweight, lightweight SUV segment focuses.
The contrast was striking. All-American Jeep, solid rear / 4 wheel drive low range, and setting and maintaining live rear axle, plus it does not compromise the ability of the land for improvement, and performance and fuel economy is low. However, with strong sales in Europe Land Rover Freelander is supposed to be a lighter approach. Regular travel in the four corners body design with struts too long (live front axle, and transfer case all in one) emptied to separate the chassis (eight in a row in front wheel ride). Traction control, Hill descent control and grip of tires is a combination helps to maintain maintained throughout the progress, but without low range, some paths outside the boundaries of the Freelander.
The result? The length and width of the two trucks (the chip is 1.5 inches longer) a half inch size, however, the Freelander, a comparable V-6 AWD it weighs about 500 pounds less freedom.
Approach to Land Rover's on-road refinement rages on. Impressive structural rigidity and torsional rigidity solid of Liberty even beyond the numbers (up to 13,000 pounds per degree fit, Jeep (R) 8.900%). Isolated front and rear sub frames, suspension and engine from the body of the dominant so that some wind noise at Highway speeds would be assault. Ride quality is quite good. It feels like the steering is a little thick and the wood, but the expected usage than good - body looks like other SUV's, however, silence hangs in the stagnant bends under very high loads.
Readers are smart, they know that the Freelander is not new. In 1997, three-door and five-door, five-speed manual and a four-cylinder with the choice of gas or diesel began to be sold in Europe. The choices presented here, but the athlete made the best-selling Freelander in Europe. Now, the BMW Steptronic shift manometric semi with a five-speed jatco automatic matching with 175 HP, 2.5-liter Rover V-6 engine, the most widely used makes landie ready for prime time. The five-door this fall, the country is coming.
But wait, why all the stuff Rover and BMW, and now Ford took the reins out are you crying? Unfortunately, 18 months on sale, buying a longer line it takes longer to pass than to develop an application driven. A part of the purchase contract made by BMW, current drive lines for at least two years, including agreements on the trade of motors and other parts. After that, I sincerely Ford's 3.0-liter Duratec engine under the hood of Jaguar with the Freelander maybe even some quick tip we hope to establish.
The rover engine is a little rough and shifting to make fast progress often requires that they be minimized. Freelander, a RAV4 with the same power / weight ratio and gives more immediate momentum. To factory specifications, which is the same with the rear to 60 km / h in 10.1 seconds is a beacon. A long-running throttle, the car will feel slower, but off-road driving would be better. Fuel economy of 17 MPG city and 22 highway writhing on the early Freelander - Jeep just beyond.
Well, is reasonably refined, agile, productive, efficient it's a truck, but in today's daktaris what? Probably is enough. Power through the viscous coupling is directed by the stern. The slight difference is the gear ratio for the front and rear wheels in total, this small speed differential and maintains a 50/50 at salon this rapidly. which may vary to a full-time 95/5-percent front-to-rear torque split, which causes it to slip or the front wheel more. Traction control, side-by-side for each axle are willing to ski.
Under it, a 7-inch ground clearance (downloading and installing the extra drive you get to the ship) and a pretty solid aluminum to protect the oil pan skid plate I have. Behind this plastic shield prevents mud and jam the powertrain gangster. Steep approach and departure angles (31 and 34 degrees) protects against jaw and tail drift too much. Careful drivers, rear differential, transmission, engine, or motor through the water slowly almost to avoid contamination of the interior that covers the tires. Hill descent control, vertical climbing down from the hills, or by lowering the gear lever in reverse to maintain the highest rate of 5.6 mph uses the ABS hardware. Land Rover Freelander incredibly steep hills in deep Creek and to develop motor stuck stuck and we didn't get dirty with used by (big surprise!).
Jeep Liberty can manage the same paths? Yes. Larger and more powerful Ford Escape, how? You may be. However, the owner of a Land Rover, four times a year to the local dealers to go to - owner Ford's off-road and may never have one.
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