Day: Mar 25, 2015

The Hunt For a Green Car: Land Rover

Land Rover very modestly offer a single, dark green called Aintree Green. They have eleven colours in all.

2015 Land Rover Evoque in Aintree Green.
2015 Land Rover Evoque in Aintree Green.

If you read the accompanying text, LR describe the design as “kinetic design”. I thought Ford owned that term. Unfortunately, the colour range is shown as a sliding bar so you can’t see all the colours at once. Here is the interior with its almond/espresso trim. The total cost of the car as optioned is £32,000. I chose a mid-range diesel and trim pack. Continue reading “The Hunt For a Green Car: Land Rover”

Theme : Benchmarks – The Rover 620 SLi And Its 1993 Peers

In 1993 the Rover 620i faced the BMW 318i, the Citroen Xantia 2.0 and Ford Mondeo 2.0. 

1994 Rover 620 Si
1994 Rover 620 Si

All of these cars had something going for them. Car magazine judged all four to be “formidable”. Car estimated the BMW to cost €17,000 with a few options thrown in to make it habitable; ditto the Rover though it came with more features as standard. The Mondeo cost only £14,000 in GLX trim (I miss trim designations like that). Citroen wanted £17,500 for their car. So what are these cars worth now?

If you Continue reading “Theme : Benchmarks – The Rover 620 SLi And Its 1993 Peers”

The Hunt For a Green Car: Jaguar

As it happens, Jaguar unveiled its new XF today, hailing it as the best looking car in its class. 

Automotive News´s image of the new XF.
Automotive News’ image of the new XF.

I misread the headline at Automotive News and thought they had done some more unveiling of the XE. You know how these unveilings run and run. Maybe this was the official unveiling of the car for actual sale as opposed to the unveiling for the automotive press or some car show or other. Cars seem to spend a third of their lives being gradually unveiled.
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