Two hundreds Chinese drivers will be the owners of the Range Rover Evoque Special Edition, limited to 200 units, which boasts luxurious trimmings and lavish materials. This model has been created in collaboration with Victoria Beckham, former Spice Girl, turned Creative Design Executive for the British brand, who has teamed up with Land Rover Design to create a refined, exclusive and very expensive special edition: each car will be on sale at £79,995.

The whopping price includes exclusive features such as 20-inch gloss black alloy wheels with rose-gold accents and hand-finished matt paint. The interior is enhanced with gold-plated accents, Piano Black finishes and hand-stitched leather upholstery. Each car is equipped with a set of four leather suitcases and a hand-sewn wallet for the manual signed by Victoria Beckham. The Evoque Special Edition features a 2.0-litre supercharged petrol engine with 240 hp.

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Land Rover has created an exclusive range of accessories to enhance the appearance and functionality of the Range Rover Evoque. Each accessory has been specifically designed to reflect the customers’ lifestyle and personality and to add further value to an already striking and stylish SUV. For this reason, Land Rover engineers have developed new aerodynamic parts, burnished finish alloy wheels, tow bars, roof rails on which to install bikes, snowboards, surf and luggage carriers and a series of internal styling modules to organise the passenger and luggage compartment.

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The long-awaited new version of the ‘normal’ Range Rover is currently in its final stage of testing and expected to be launched at the end of 2012, but its little sister Range Rover Sport is also undergoing development and a new and lighter version is supposed to come out one or two years later. These new spy shots show us a mule sporting most of the bodywork of the current model, but nonetheless they prove that a new Range Rover Sport is actually in the making.

As in the case of the next Range Rover, the focal point of this development is weight reduction and new materials will be used by Land Rover to serve this purpose. Rumor has it that both models will use a modified version of Jaguar XJ’s aluminum chassis and boast Evoque-inspired aesthetics.

No information has yet been released about the engine range, although it is quite likely that the next generation of both Range Rover and Range Rover Sport will use tweaked versions of their current engines, with more output and less fuel consumption. Hybrid versions may also surface at a later time, well after the official debut.

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According to Autocar, the current Land Rover Defender range will be produced until 2017, at least. Quoting an internal source from Land Rover, it seems that a recent change in the legislation will allow the British manufacturer to keep the model in production a little longer than what they thought. A new set of emissions regulation rules that was supposed to come into effect in 2015 would have meant the end for the Defender, but a ‘derogation’ has now postponed to whole thing to 2020. Then, the fact that a few years back the model was re-classified as ‘commercial vehicle’ might have played a part in that, too.

However, Land Rover plans to release a new short-paced version of the Defender in 2015 will not be affected by the change as both models will be on sale at the same time for a few years. The new Defender was anticipated at the last Frankfurt Motor Show by the DC100 Concept, a prototype powered by a 2.0 litre diesel engine coupled with 8-Speed automatic transmission and Start/Stop system. The concept car used a new generation Terrain Response system with new functionalities and was also equipped with Terrain-i and Wave Aid systems: the former suggests the driver alternative routes through the LCD screen placed in the middle of the dashboard, the latter measures water depth in front of the car before crossing.

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Land Rover could soon start the production of a 300hp version of Range Rover Evoque, powered by a Ford-derived 2.0-litres 4cylinder turbocharged engine. Even though the production of this spicy model is yet to receive the go-ahead from Land Rover’s top management, rumor has it that Evoque’s program director David Mitchell has already driven a prototype, saying that “the chassis can easily take that kind of power“.

One issue that the British carmaker might have to face if the project will get the thumbs up is to find a name for this hot version of the Evoque as neither Jaguar nor Land Rover have a sub-brand for their most extreme models (’Supercharged’ badge aside). However, we think they will surely find a way around it.

via | Autocar

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This hard to miss SUV with it’s tie-dye camouflage paint job are spy shots of Land Rover road testing its new premium compact the Range Rover LRX.

The LRX is expected to be unveiled next month to coincide with the 40th anniversary of when the original Range Rover was first revealed to the public and should be showcased at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

Production is set to begin in early 2011 and the LRX will be equipped with the Freelander drivetrain and will become the first Land Rover group product available with front-wheel drive.

Compare the spy pics with the video concept after the jump.

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