Land Rover LRX concept
December 17, 2007 by George Skentzos
Land Rovers have always been an acquired taste – you either love them or hate them, odd then it seems that their latest concept dubbed the Land Rover LRX, appears to be one of the most stunning sports SUVs ever conceived.
The LRX is described as a cross-coupe – smaller than a Freelander 2, it combines the benefits of a 4×4 with the luxury and presence of a much larger vehicle.
Pushing the wheels out to the four corners helps give the car its purposeful stance, and its front-end design makes a powerful and instantly recognisable statement of Land Rover’s identity.
There are new interpretations of Land Rover’s traditional clamshell bonnet, distinctive headlamps, tapering blade indicator clusters front and rear, and subtle side vents. The LRX’s wheel arches are wide but softly integrated, housing 20-inch alloy wheels.
“LRX has a highly desirable identity and the design alludes strongly to its capability, while clearly underlining our forward-looking philosophy – it’s a Land Rover that would be comfortable on Bond Street or Fifth Avenue, but wouldn’t flinch at getting its wheels dirty.”
Land Rover holds no secret that the LRX concept is on-road biased, with its more car-like appearance and dynamics underlined by excellent agility, handling and performance.
However it can also hold its own off-road with full-time four-wheel drive and Hill Descent Control, as well as a special version of Land Rover’s acclaimed Terrain Response system, to optimise traction on difficult surfaces ranging from icy roads to wet grass, gravel and snow. But to reflect LRX’s more on-road bias, Terrain Response also gains a new “Eco” mode for lower emission urban driving.
The interior features a combination of soft leathers in rich tan and dark chocolate, with polished aluminium details. The electronic display uses “floating” LCD graphics to create a three-dimensional look that can be personalised for different drivers, as well as interacting with the LRX’s touch-screen display.
The instrument graphics present data in layers depending on their level of importance, to give maximum relevant information with minimum distraction. The illumination colour also changes between green, red and blue for economy, sports and standard drive modes respectively.
“No one technology delivers all the answers to whole life sustainability, but the LRX concept brings together some of the future ideas that interest us, into a car that we believe represents an exciting way forward for Land Rover.”
Sustainability has also been a major factor in the LRX’s conception, with vegetable-tanned leather (chromium-free, so better for recycling), extensive use of aluminium (both lightweight and readily recyclable), carpeting made of felt from sustainable sources, and the luxurious vanilla-coloured “fine suede” on the door inserts and headliner is a 100 per cent recycled material made from used plastic bottles.
So far there has been no word on what is actually powering this stunning concept, but with sustainable development playing a major role in its design you can almost be guaranteed some variation of petrol-electric hybrid or diesel would be on the cards.
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Bloody thing winked at me I’m sure.
GEE,,hope That is just A concept…..
Looks like the glass roof is coming in?
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JBOT IS THE NEW TOYOTA PAUL!
That looks evil……….very nice indeed!
BM, guess what!!! Toyota Paul is back again!!! …No joke!
LR need to build this and price it for volume. They will need to build more factories just to keep up with demand.
The seats look very similar to that in the Aston Martin Vantage. I’ve got to have one of these!
I agree LR have to put this into production
However; If Ford still own Land Rover then maybe one day the next-gen Territory could look similar to this?
Now that would be a good dream Wheelnut…….Hey are they driving lights? That will keep the anti “fog lighters happy”
Aren’t Land Rover a bit like Jaguar?
Here’s our amazing concept car!
Right, put it away before our loyal customers have a heart attack.
Steve
ME……..Its Christmas have some fun!Have you been naughty or nice? Someone wasn’t too nice to the Cobra on the weekend put a dent in the left rear wheel arch,couldn’t have been on a worse spot! Only small but enough to piss you off! Cause its double skinned there the you cant just knock it out,has now been washed and is under its new colour co-ordinated car cover {yep white with Blue stripes} out of sight for the moment while we decide what can be done .Grrrrr to the person that did it! Goes to show even when your bulk careful parking there is always one in a crowd !
Beautiful!
no matter how careful you are there’s always an idiot who dents your car. the way they just kick or fling thier doors open. just annoying whichever part that has a dent.
That’s a shame BM, some stupid jealous Holden fan did that. Might of been done by “jbot” because he has become the new Toyota Paul today.
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JBOT IS THE NEW TOYOTA PAUL!
Not sure who would have ME……either way its annoying!
Sorry about that, Jbot is a d*ckhead.
That person who damaged your Cobra won’t get anything from santa!!! LOL
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JBOT IS THE NEW TOYOTA PAUL!
When you recover from your fit, let me know Me. Just because I embarrased you earlier doesn’t mean you need to carry on like this. You are definitely showing your age now. And I have no desire to drive a Toyota of any kind.
P.S. did you notice everyone ignores your childish remarks Me?
What fit?? You are the one whos having the fit!! What childish remarks. You the one who has those problems…
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JBOT IS THE NEW TOYOTA PAUL!
Yes you are very embarrased now after you made a fool of your self. There was no reason for the way you carried on today, you must of cried when you saw what I did! :P
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JBOT IS THE NEW TOYOTA PAUL!
Only you seem to have a problem with me Me. I’m sorry if I made you feel inadequate by pointing out your mistakes. Next time I’ll just leave it, and let everyone else make up their own minds about you.
Yes, there was no need for your insults.
What a load of Wankers.
Come on be serious it a car forum not a freekin kinder garden. WANKERS
Love the LR but it will be more expensive then the freelander and too pricey for most. pity
lrx looks great when can i have one.lr better hurry and make it before toyota copies it.
When will this vechile be available to the public.
I need to have one
similar looking with nissan murano & new infinity 4×4, you will see the pefection in new bmw x3 second generation
For Land Rover fans, Tata’s announcement can be seen as encouraging support for the three-door LRX concept, which was previewed at this year’s Detroit auto show. Rumors say the LRX will be built at Land Rover’s Halewood plant and that the company is planning to double that facility’s production capacity by 2012