2013 Range Rover Hybrid confirmed

Jaguar Land Rover Director Hybrids and Electrification, Peter Richings, has confirmed the Range Rover hybrid will launch in 2013.

From the new, entry-level 3.0 litre diesel Vogue to the 5.0 litre V8 Supercharged Range Rover Autobiography,  all the new Range Rovers offer more performance, more off-road ability (or certainly easier off-road running thanks to the new automatic Terrain Response) together with lower emissions and improved economy.

But although the new 3.0 litre TDV6 Range Rover will offer 196g/km emissions and manage 37.7 mpg there is going to be a new Range Rover Hybrid that cuts emissions to just 169g/km.

Land Rover told us when they revealed specifications of the 2013 Range Rover that they were planning a hybrid Range Rover for launch in late 2013, but in the world of car launches timescales have a habit of being ‘flexible’.

But confirmation that the Range Rover Hybrid will arrive in 2013 has been made in a speech today by Jaguar Land Rover’s Director of Hybrids and Electrification, Peter Richings, which suggests the hybrid launch is well advanced and on track.

That will mean a a 3.0 litre V6 diesel with 286bhp and an integrated electric motor delivering an extra 47bhp with the ability to run just on the electric motor (at low load speeds and for a short distance) and, thanks to its combined 333bhp, scoot to 62mph in 7.4 seconds with emissions of 169g/km.

Now all we need is news of the long wheelbase Range Rover, and perhaps a more powerful version with the wick turned up to over 550bhp in the V8 Supercharged, to make the range complete. Although it’s possible any use of a more powerful V8 S/C will be limited to the 2014 Range Rover Sport.

But we hope not.

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By Cars UK