SUV Review: 2014 Land Rover LR2 - Driving
Land Rover and horses have gone hand-in-hand since the very first Royal loaded up the corgis and placed a manure-caked wellie on the gas pedal before setting off to the Sunday hunt meet. Ever since, the Land Rover has been the chosen mode of transportation for the horsey set – as common as velvet caps and stirrup cups. , for an international horse competition, it was rather fitting that we did so in a brand-new Land Rover LR2. It was a rather appropriate send-off as well, a sort of swan-song road trip for the LR2 – which will be replaced next year by the... The entry-level, compact utility vehicle of this legendary off-road brand, the LR2 was first introduced back in 1997 as the Freelander, entering a rapidly growing segment of luxurious utility vehicles more suited to climbing High Street curbs than... Built on a unibody, crossover platform, rather than a truck-based, body-on-frame, the LR2 also lacks the locking differentials of Land Rover’s dedicated off-roaders. But with standard all-wheel-drive and a driver-selectable Terrain Response system, the LR2 is still a quite capable sport-ute. An extensive makeover for 2013 replaced the LR2’s 3. 2-litre inline six-cylinder engine with a smaller, more efficient and yet more powerful 2. 0L four-cylinder, turbocharged engine. It was the ideal vehicle for a 500 km road trip ending in a beautiful. Source: driving.ca
