Land Rover could build aluminum Range Rover

Future Land Rovers could be considerably lighter than today's offerings if a plan to share some Jaguar technology goes forward. Jaguar succeeded in cutting hundreds of pounds from the new XJ and XK models by using rivet-bonded aluminum monocoques instead of traditional steel unibodies.

According to an inside source cited by WhatCar? magazine, an all-aluminum Land Rover could arrive for the 2010 model year. The Range Rover would be the first model to be constructed of the lightweight material, but the Discovery could follow. An aluminum Range Rover would weight about 1,100 pounds less than the existing model, the report said.