Freelander will be LR2 in the US.(Land Rover UK Ltd plans to launch in United States)(Brief article)

Automotive News Europe,  May, 2006  

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Byline: Amy Wilson

Land Rover plans to call its next-generation Freelander the LR2 in the US.

Richard Beattie, Land Rover's executive vice president for marketing and sales in North America, confirmed the name at the New York auto show. It mirrors the approach taken when the Discovery was renamed LR3 for the US market.

The LR2 will first appear this summer in Europe, where it will be called the Freelander 2. It goes on sale in the US next year, Beattie said.

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