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Customers said keep new Range Rover simple ; Flagship's styling may be evolutionary, but there have been some radical changes under the skin.

Automotive News Europe, December, 2001 by Rechtin, Mark

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When Ford bought Land Rover for [pound]1.9 billion (E3.06 billion) in March 2000, more than half that sum went toward paying off former owner BMW's investment in the new Range Rover flagship.

The third redesign of the 31-year-old Range Rover is radically different from its predecessors.

The new Range Rover uses:

* A unibody structure instead of body-on-frame

* Independent front and rear suspensions instead of solid axles

* Gasoline and diesel engines supplied by BMW instead of engines built in-house under license from General Motors

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Automotive Industry

Customers said keep new Range Rover simple ; Flagship's styling may be evolutionary, but there have been some radical changes under the skin.

Automotive News Europe, December, 2001 by Rechtin, Mark

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