Land Rover Freelander 2 Sport Announced in the UK for 2010
2010 Land Rover Freelander 2 Sport
Starts at £26,695
Land Rover has unveiled the Freelander 2 Sport for the UK market.
Available in two different colors (Santorini Black and Lago Grey), the Sport features body-color exterior components, a rear spoiler, and exclusive 19-inch diamond-turned alloy wheels. If that isn’t aggressive enough, Land Rover also offers a sport styling package which includes revised front and rear bumper fascias.
Inside, the company dresses up the cabin with two-tone seats (with embossed Sport logos on the head restraints), a black center console, and unique floor mats.
Like the standard Freelander 2, the Sport is powered by a 2.2-liter TD4 diesel engine with 160 hp and 400 Nm of torque. While performance figures weren’t released, the Freelander 2 Sport will likely accelerate from 0-60 mph in 10.9 seconds (10.5 seconds with the optional automatic transmission) before topping out at 112 mph. On the upside, the sport-ute has a fuel consumption rating of 42.2mpg and an emissions rating of 179g/km (with the standard six-speed manual).
The Freelander 2 Sport goes on sale in January 2010 with a base price of £26,695 (OTR).
Source: Land Rover
Press Release (Click to expand)
THE FREELANDER 2 SPORT FOR 2010
Key features:
A sports-styled Freelander 2 for the 2010 model year
19″ diamond turned alloy wheels
Unique two-tone Ebony & Storm interior
Sports styling pack available on one derivative
Rear spoiler
Introducing the Freelander 2 Sport, which goes on sale in the UK in January 2010.
In showrooms early next year, the Freelander 2 Sport will be available with two derivatives and two colours – Santorini Black and Lago Grey. Both will feature exclusive 19″ limited edition diamond-turned alloy-wheels, a unique two-tone interior together with a rear spoiler, colour-keyed exterior trim and matching door handles and mirror casings.
There is a standard model available in both Black and Lago Grey with cloth interior and one with a sports styling pack available only in Lago Grey.
A unique two-tone interior is introduced on both derivatives, in contrasting Ebony and Storm. The derivative featuring the sports styling pack will offer a leather interior and the standard version with a cloth/leather interior. The sporty theme continues through the cabin, with an Ebony-coloured centre-console and lower fascia complemented with two-tone door casings.
The Sport emblem is embossed on the front and outer rear seat head restraints, with Storm coloured stitching on all seats and unique Ebony interior carpet mats with contrast piping feature throughout.
The Freelander 2 Sport is available with the powerful and economical 2.2-litre TD4 diesel power unit. The manual diesel comes with Stop/Start technology delivering an 8% improvement on CO2 emissions compared to the previous manual diesel Freelander 2 (from 194g/km to 179g/km) and fuel consumption is reduced (from 37.7 to 42.2mpg – an improvement of 4.5mpg).
John Edwards, managing director, Land Rover UK said: “With its dynamic styling, the Freelander 2 Sport allows you to combine sporting characteristics with all the sustainability and driveability benefits of the intelligent Stop/Start technology.”
The Freelander 2 Sport goes on sale in January 2010, priced from £26,695 on-the-road.
