Comments on: Land Rover to introduce engine start/stop technology

By: angelo

angelo — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:52:33 +0000

automatic engine-shutoff on the old Freelander would’ve multiplied 10-fold the number of roadside assistance calls.

By: Got Handling?

Got Handling? — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:47:25 +0000

Post deleting is necessary, to preserve this site as a listening post for the leaders of the automotive industry, who come here to hear the opinions of great, great minds such as Blakarr and Mr Kempton.
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Without our tireless censor, this would be little more than a site where large numbers of light-hearted car enthusiasts came to keep up with the latest news and fill in quiet moments in the office with some adult verbal jousting – wouldn’t that just be the end of the world…

By: A4

A4 — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:27:16 +0000

hahaha
and wait, so when your halfway up a steep muddy incline in your Range Rover and the engine shuts off… oh wait nobody takes their range rover in the mud. my bad.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +0000

a4 thats funny but why copy a bunch of rumors and half truths, hahaha. ok delete my post now.

By: British_Rover

British_Rover — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:04:41 +0000

There is no gas guzzler or Luxury tax on Land Rovers as they are considered trucks in the US.

Trucks are exempt from both taxes. The fuel mileage savings should be around 10 percent or so. I doubt 20 percent savings will be seen let alone 25 percent.

By: BLISS

BLISS — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:08:52 +0000

GOOD NEWS

By: lolrax

lolrax — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:12:01 +0000

Just another thing to get repaired on a Land Rover hahahaha

By: A4

A4 — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:20:27 +0000

someone make rightlanenews.com and we’ll just copy all lln’s stories

By: A4

A4 — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:20:06 +0000

i ****ing hate post deleters, pussies

By: maximus

maximus — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:05:54 +0000

it’s an easy way to increase engine failure.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:58:41 +0000

hmmmm the post deleters are back, time to go elswhere now.

By: autonut

autonut — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:48:33 +0000

There are somewhat similar standards now on fuel consumption: gas gazzler tax. It does not affect middle class and if somebody can afford to shell 90K for a car another 3-5K are irrelevant as well as price of gas. Porsche & Land Rover owners are paying this tax now, it just will be a higher tax which will mean as much as current.

By: Tummy

Tummy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:39:00 +0000

Typically around 20-25% fuel savings.

By: LP640

LP640 — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:02:53 +0000

how susbstantial will the fuel consumption decrease be?

By: Commodore

Commodore — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:41:08 +0000

I like the fact that these new law–or proposals–are forcing automakers to innovate.

I still think that many of these rules are unfair though, especially to companies such as Land Rover that specialize in SUVs and Porsche which specializes in high-power sportscars. You can’t force Porsche to use more fuel efficient engines or whatever else is necesary to achieve the propsed fuel standards because it ruins the car.

By: Jaguar XJ-S

Jaguar XJ-S — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:37:21 +0000

I would be concerned about excess engine wear. Startup causes much more wear than just running as the oil isn’t being pumped until the engine is running. That is with the exception of vehicles with a pre-oiler but those take weight and eat up the battery. It might not have time to recharge properly in stop and go traffic. I would rather my engine stayed running. Also, too bad more companies don’t take a stand like Porsche. The environmental wackos are starting to go way past ridiculous.

By: motorheader

motorheader — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:23:02 +0000

Cheep and easy way to improve city consumption.

By: Piablo

Piablo — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:15:31 +0000

Haha, being a Land Rover, it might not come back on!