SPIED: Could THIS Be The Coolest Range Rover Yet?

For years Land Rover Range Rover has consistently produced some of the best off-roading vehicles on the planet. Known to ascend steep inclines, ford rivers and conquer the world's trickiest motoring conditions, these are some of the toughest cars known to man.

That makes them cool in their own right but their styling has been relatively stuffy and unchanged for decades. Sure they have been modernized but is it really all that different?

But, if you do not recall, a couple of years ago Land Rover featured a new two-door concept dubbed the LRX. After taking a look at the small sport-utility vehicle, I remember thinking "Damn, that may be the very first sexy Range Rover."

Banking on the success of the Range Rover Sport, which has become the "IT" car for young professional women in London and New York City, it looks like the brand will continue channeling its sportier side.

CAR reports:

"We'll finally see the finished Range Rover LRX for real this year – the production LRX is likely to be shown later in 2010. But for now we'll have to make do with ever-more-frequent spyshots of the LRX testing in mule guise.

That means the car you see here winter testing in the snows of Scandinavia is far from the finished product. It's based on a chopped-about Land Rover Freelander bodyshell, as the engineers continue to test the hardware underneath.

The LRX will feature four-wheel drive – this is a Land Rover, after all – but it is possible that this is one product from Solihull that could be available as a front-driver too in a bid to trim weight, consumption and emissions..."


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