At the Frankfurt auto biennial Land Rover will introduce hybrid versions of its latest Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. And Land Rover shows that he also knows how to do in the hybridization and he tries to find ways to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of its vehicles.
The main novelty of these two SUV comes from the hybrid engine that is used by the British manufacturer. The latter is a combination of a 3.0 L TDV6 block associated with a power of 35 kW (47 hp) and 170 Nm electric motor This is combined with the traditional automatic transmission ZF 8-speed found on Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. Lithium-ion batteries are located under the floor and the entire hybrid system adds 120 pounds on the scale to two vehicles with a total weight of 2394 kg to 2372 kg Range Rover and Range Rover Sport.
The two large SUV develop a combined output of 340 horsepower at 4,000 rev / min and a torque of 700 Nm between 1500 and 3000 trs. Land Rover says that this hybrid powertrain provides performance and pleasure same that offers Range equipped SDV8 engine.
And the Range Rover Hybrid makes the exercise of 0 to 100 km / h in 6.9 seconds (6.7 seconds for the Range Rover Sport Hybrid) and advanced to the Vmax of 218 km / h (225 km / h for the Range Rover Sport Hybrid). In both cases, the combined fuel consumption is 6.4 L/100 announced and emissions amounted to only 169 grams of CO2/km. Compared to a Range Rover with the V8 diesel engine, combined fuel consumption of 2.3 L/100 km fall and lose CO2 60 g / km for similar performance.
Mode while the electric hybrid Range Rover can reach Vmax 48 km / h and a maximum range display (and a fair bit!) 1.6 km.
Small video back on the Range Rover Hybrid :
No official pricing but Land Rover has announced the opening orders at the same time that the German show and deliveries scheduled to begin in January 2014. A more detailed review and testing in a few weeks.
Source : Land Rover and Youtube.