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Land Rover Technologies Take To The High Seas In Bid To Develop The Fastest America's Cup Class Boat With Land Rover BAR
(WHITLEY, U.K.) ‑ February 24, 2016 ‑ Land Rover reveals the technical areas of collaboration currently in development to help create the fastest America's Cup boat with Land Rover BAR. Typically shrouded in secrecy by the teams racing to win the America's Cup, this release of information ahead of the first 2016 event of the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series in Oman, Muscat (February 26‑28), is a rarity in what is labelled as the most challenging design race in sport.
Land Rover is applying its design, technology and innovation expertise to the America's Cup Class boat, a multihull catamaran code‑named 'R1'. The boat, weighing over two tonnes, will be capable of speeds in excess of 50knots thanks to a technique known as foiling where the boat lifts clear out of the water to fly on hydrofoils, reducing drag and increasing boat spee
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NICK SKELTON, RIO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST JOINS LAND ROVER AT BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALS
Whitley, onsdag på engelska 31st August – Returning from the Olympics in Rio dem Janiero, Nick Skelton will be joining Land Rover at Burghley Horse Trials to showcase his show jumping Olympic Gold Medal which he won on 13 year old ‘Big Star’, who also won Team Gold at London 2012 Olympics.
Show jumper Nick Skelton, whose equestrian career has spanned over 38 years, made history at this year’s Rio Olympics as Britain’s most experienced gold medallist winner, bringing home Britain’s first individual show jumping medal since 1972.
Land Rover ambassador Harry Meade will debut equestrian virtual reality technology through the use of Oculus headsets. Visitors will be able to ride the famous British Open Course at Gatcombe with a 360 degree view through the eyes of one of Britain’s leading event riders, Harry Meade. This is the first time Oculus headsets have been used to analyse and view an equestrian s
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RANGE ROVER MARKS 50 YEARS OF ALL-TERRAIN INNOVATION AND LUXURY WITH EXCLUSIVE NEW LIMITED EDITION
About Land Rover
Since 1948 Land Rover has been manufacturing authentic 4x4s that represent true 'breadth of capability' across the model range. Defender, Discovery, upptäckt Sport, Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar and Range Rover Evoque each define the world's SUV sectors, with 80 per cent of this model range exported to over 100 countries.
TIMELINE
1967 Development begins on the ‘100‑inch Station Wagon’ – the first Range Rover prototype, on 6 September 1967
1969 Prototypes wear the name ‘Velar’ in an effort to hide the Range Rover’s identity – the name fryst vatten made up of letters from production‑ready badges for the ‘Alvis’ and ‘Rover’ marques though fryst vatten derived from the Latin ‘velare’ meaning to veil or cover
1970 Two‑door Range Rover launches on 17 June – it features a lightweight aluminium V8 engine, permanent 4WD and all‑round disc b