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The British undermine the foundations of capitalism, improving Land Rover Freelander without any marketing need ... The main news about the 2011 Land Rover Freelander of the 2011 model year is not under our department. Nevertheless, it is impossible to be silent about this: now the legendary off-road brand has a front-wheel drive car. The main news about the 2011 Land Rover Freelander of the 2011 model year is not under our department. Nevertheless, it is impossible to be silent about this: now the legendary off-road brand has a front-wheel drive car. No, no, we do not condemn anyone. The market is ruled by the consumer. It is useless to educate it, you can only adapt to it. And yet it seemed to me that Kate Ford, the LR engineering development manager, clearly made efforts at a press conference so as not to look justified ... However, you and I should know about the front-wheel drive Freelander only three things: he is 75 kilograms easier a full analogue, it is equipped only by the manual transmission and, finally, it will not be delivered to Russia. And now, when it is over, let's go through the updates of 2011 Y Models with a 4x4 wheel formula.
Wow will not be
Outwardly added a little bit. The headlights and rear lights, a bumper and a radiator grill have changed. The side mirrors became 10% more, and the Land Rover logo is more contrasting ... Of course, it is unlikely that the parking neighbors will tell you all this!. But new wheeled wheels with playfully curved knitting needles are precisely capable of envy. Elegant accessory.
In the interior, refinements are insignificant. They say that something has changed in the design of the seats and on the instrument shield: I'm afraid to notice what exactly, you need to be the owner of the previous Freelander solid experience. Yes, and there are more adjustments to the chairs. And the tinking plastic above the instrument shield is soft. Or was he like that?
They say the wheels are 50% responsible for the beauty of the car. The statement is controversial, but in our case it is difficult to disagree with it. And the updated bumper against the background of the disks fades
Two of one
But power units and transmission were seriously finalized. There used to be a diesel engine with a working volume of 2.2 liters, which developed 400 nm and 160 liters. with., And now two new ones have been made of it: 150-horsepower TD4 and 190-horsepower SD4, and the torque has the same 420 Nm.
In the most powerful version, component exclusively by automatic transmission6, I traveled. Impressive. True, we and many others wrote the same thing about the old motor. If everything was cool, why did he add 20 Nm and 30 horses, modernizing the intake and release systems, putting a turbine with liquid cooling and a new control module? Why did the automatic transmission be reduced by reducing parasitic losses? Why reduced the noise of the motor by already 2 decibels and was wise with its supports to minimize vibration? Yes, the renewed Freelander even charging the battery is due to the recovery of kinetic energy when the car is slowing down, to save fuel and reduce harmful emissions. It seems to me, you should not look for any commercial meaning in such large -scale improvements. This car would have collected its target audience. It’s just that the British feel freely under the financial canopy of the new owner and calmly, systematically make the product better and better. And to raise interest in the new model year, there would be enough new wheeled discs and a changed emblem. Moreover, the main advantage of the model is the best in the class of cross -country ability remains unchanged.
Author: Savva Safonov, photo Land Rover
Source: Magazine 4x4 [March 2011]
