Range Rover LRX concept becomes reality

The Land Rover LRX will go into production

One of the most intriguing concepts to appear at last year’s Detroit Motor Show was the Land Rover LRX.

It appeared with a 2.0-litre diesel hybrid powertrain and mechanical four-wheel-drive. The manufacturer promised it would emit only 120g/km of CO2 emissions.

Now Land Rover is putting the LRX into production, so how close will Land Rover be able to get it to that low emissions figure?

As a manufacturer of mainly large, thirsty off-roaders, it is especially important that Land Rover gets a lower emissions model on sale soon. It needs to meet the European Union’s target for average CO2 emissions of 130g/km of CO2 by 2012.

Manufacturers that don’t hit the target will pay a penalty. For every car it sells it will pay €20 for every gram above the 130g/km limit its average car emits.

Getting underneath that 130g/km limit is going to be difficult for a company that also sells the Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged HSE with its 353g/km emissions.

Land Rover needs the production LRX. Which leads to an inevitable question: would you by one?

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