All-new Range Rover Revealed at the Royal Ballet School, Richmond Park

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LONDON, Sept. 7/PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    - All-new Range Rover revealed to an international audience of celebrities,

      business leaders, sports stars and royalty

    - World's most capable and luxurious SUV

    - Step change improvements in sustainability with a 420kg weight saving and

      plans for hybrid model announced

    - Surprise performance by Dire Straits founder Mark Knopfler

    - Guests included Zara Phillips, Victoria Pendleton, Yasmin Le Bon, Jessica

      Schwarz, David Gandy, Julian McDonald, Alex James, Jimmy Carr

    Last night, in the quintessentially British setting of the Royal Ballet

School in Richmond Park, Land Rover revealed the All-New Range Rover, the

fourth generation of the world's most capable and luxurious SUV.

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    The international audience, including leaders from business, film,

television and sport gathered to witness a dramatic dynamic reveal and

celebrate one of the world's most iconic vehicles. Many of the guests, from

Olympic medallists to royalty, were long-standing Range Rover owners and

enthusiasts keen to get the first view of the All-New Range Rover in the metal.

    In front of a packed house, the All-New Range Rover was unveiled in

spectacular style and demonstrated its world-class capabilities by wading

through a water pool that was almost a metre deep and gracefully climbing a

rocky causeway before coming to a stop in front of White Lodge - a formal royal

residence and home to the Royal Ballet School.

    The dramatic reveal culminated in a surprise seven-song performance by

long-term Range Rover driver and former Dire Straits founder, Mark Knopfler.

Classics including, 'Sultans of Swing' and 'Money for Nothing' rocked the

grounds of Richmond Park and guests including Mike Tindall, Martin Johnson,

Holly Vallance, Nick Candy, Karen Brady, Theo Paphitis, Nick Love, Kenny Logan

partied the night away.

    The all-new Range Rover has been developed from the ground up to provide

the ultimate luxury SUV. It is the world's first SUV to have a lightweight

all-aluminium body and is 20% lighter than the outgoing model with a weight

saving of 420kg.

    The lighter body structure has driven a dramatic 22 per cent reduction in

fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, achieving figures of 37.7mpg and 196g/km

respectively.

    Land Rover also used the event to announce plans for a hybrid Range Rover -

the world's first fully capable SUV. The state-of-the-art high-efficiency

diesel hybrid model, which is planned for production late in 2013, will see

step changes in Range Rover's environmental credentials and will target Co2

emissions of less than 169g/km.

    John Edwards, Land Rover Global Brand Director, said during the evening:

"The Range Rover is a British icon and the all-new model revealed this evening

has set the benchmark for luxury in SUVs. It is quieter, smoother and lighter

than any vehicle in its class."

    Edwards continued: "Like the Royal Ballet School, Land Rover is

quintessentially British and has been setting world standards in performance

and capability for many years. We wanted to launch the All-New Range Rover in

the UK and White Lodge was the perfect venue."

    Order books for the All-New Range Rover are now officially open with prices

in the UK starting at GBP71,295 for a Vogue TdV6, rising to GBP98,395 for a the

Supercharged Autobiography model.

    The All-New Range Rover is designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK

and will be exported to over 170 global markets. Over GBP370million has been

invested in the Solihull manufacturing plant to create a state-of-the art,

aerospace inspired, aluminium body shop - the largest of its kind in the world.

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http://www.media.landrover.com or contact:

    Laura Hind

    The Brooklyn Brothers

    +44-207292-6200 / +44-797108187

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    SOURCE: Land Rover