In its bid for sustainability, Land Rover is dead serious on enhancing the reputation for engine performance. Thus, each and every one of the Land Rover Parts is being dissected for further improvement and technological changes.

One major enhancement is the stop-start system that will be fitted as standard to all Freelander 2 TD4 manual vehicles beginning early 2009. This system turns off the engine when the vehicle is stationary and automatically restarts it when the driver is ready to move off, cutting CO2 emissions by 7% from 194 g/km to 179 g/km. Such a system would not only benefit human and environmental health, it would also be friendly on the Land Rover Engine Parts, and thus on the Land Rover vehicle as a whole. However, for a more scientific and technical approach, Land Rover estimates that this mechanism would save 10m tonnes of C02 a year based on 28,000 cars each driving 15,000 miles.

The said stop-start system is said to be just one of the various programs that would be tackled over the next five years by the £700m-investment venture of Land Rover and Jag into green technology.

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