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RATIONAL LUXURY FROM RANGE ROVER - Geneva, 26 February, 2001

Geneva, 26 February, 2001: A Top European Luxury Car With European sales of 9,281 in 2000, Range Rover continues to be one of Europe's top selling luxury cars. 2001 sees revisions to the line up to enhance Range Rover's appeal as both a luxury car and an outstanding off roader, including higher levels of specifiation, although this varies from market to market.

The Land Rover stand at the Geneva Salon Internationale de l' Automobile features a new limited edition, the Westminster. Land Rover's personalisation programme, Autobiography, is also available on Range Rover and an example, finished in Black Cherry, is featured at Geneva.

All Range Rover models are fitted with a four-speed automatic transmission with 'H Gate' selection of low range as standard and feature the unique Electronic Air Suspension (EAS) system that allows fully automatic or driver-controlled ride height adjustment for optimum performance and handling on or off road. All Range Rovers are also fitted with driver, passenger and side airbags as standard.

RANGE ROVER WESTMINSTER
The Range Rover Westminster limited edition shown at Geneva is based on the Vogue model and is finished in Bonatti grey, a new colour for 2001. The seats are trimmed in ash grey leather with granite piping. The exterior features colour-keyed bumpers and 'Hurricane' 18 inch wheels with a shadow chrome finish. 'Westminster' badging appears on the rear tailgate. Only 400 of these vehicles will be produced.

RANGE ROVER AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The other Range Rover at Geneva is an example of the Autobiography personalized programme. This well established programme is operated by Land Rover Special Vehicles, featuring the best hand crafting, coupled to the latest technology. The vehicle at Geneva is finished in Black Cherry paint with pin striping and 'Autobiography' script. Bright finish 18-inch 'Hurricane' wheels with Black Cherry highlights are fitted. The interior is trimmed in ruched leather in a light stone colourway with burgundy piping. Both front and back seats are heated. Burr maple veneer is used on the facia, console, cubby box, gear selector knob and handbrake grip and is also used on picnic tables fitted to the rear face of the front seats. In car entertainment comprises a twin screen TV system with DVD player together with a premium audio system incorporating digital surround sound. The Logic 7 sound system has been jointly developed between harmon/kardon and Land Rover and is based on a 7:1 playback matrix and can recreate seven discrete audio channels from a normal stereo input. The result is an exceptional "true to life" listening experience providing an accurate acoustic environment for music lovers and enhancing the soundtrack effects when used with the Autobiography twin screen TV and DVD system.