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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