The 2008 Land Rover Range Rover Sport is proud of its new award as it recently received the Automotive Lease Guide (ALG) Residual Value Award in the Luxury Crossover Utility Vehicle. This award is given to vehicle models to recognize them as one of those predicted to retain the highest percentage of their original purchase after the traditional three-year lease term.

The Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Land Rover North America, Chris Marchand, said, “We understand the importance of residual values in our highly competitive business and are delighted by this recognition.”

Before this award is given to its rightful recipient, the ALG awards perform careful evaluation of segment competition which is past vehicle performance and the automotive industry’s emerging trends. John Blair, the Automotive Lease Guide’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “The 2008 awards prove once again that compelling design, high quality manufacturing and disciplined pricing and volume programs are essential to achieve the highest residual value.”

The winner of the awards, the Land Rover Range Rover Sport, and the recipient of other awards are being featured in ALG’s website. These models can also be seen in other automotive websites and publications. These automotive media help in creating awareness for these models that are great in performance.

Land Rover has participated in the very competitive high-performance Sports Utility Vehicle category with the new-for-2006 Range Rover Sport. The owners of this fine SUV have been served well by the Range Rover Sport as it sports exceptional blend of power and handling ability. The consumer acceptance is bow made outstanding, which brought the Range Rover Sport into the limelight as the leader in the luxury CUV segment.

The Land Rover Range Rover Sport is equipped with a lot of quality Land Rover parts such as a muscular V8 engine and a tidy wheelbase. It also has a low build but has a wide stance that helps it have exemplary agility and tenacious performance when on the road. Land Rover’s Terrain Response system has also been made standard in the Range Rover Sport. Other goodies that are available as optional parts are the supercharged V8 engine and Dynamic Response technology.

Auto Express New Car Honors 2007 has recently awarded Land Rover with two prestigious honors of the Best 4×4 Recreational and Best 4×4 Off Roader, beating its tough competition.

Land Rover Freelander 2 was the model which received this award as it was able to defeat its Honda CR-V and Hyundai Santa Fe competitor in one of the most hot competition, the Best 4×4 Recreational. The Discovery 3 was also able to beat its competition in the form of the Mercedes M-class and BMW X5, thus winning the title Best 4×4 Off Roader.

LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3

Ollie Marriage, the editor of Auto Express road test said, “The off-road king is back. The Freelander 2 has returned to the top of its class with a neatly designed and beautifully executed second-generation car.”

Land Rover was extremely happy to have received this award with the automaker’s Managing Director Phil Popham saying, “We are absolutely delighted to win these awards from Auto Express for both the Freelander 2 and the Discovery 3, in a year where we will have a third successive sales record.”

He added, “Achieving the Best 4×4 Off Roader award for the Discovery 3 - a car that continues to be an outstanding success, consistently beating new entrants from other manufacturers - is a testament to its class-leading diesel engine, its versatility and its all-round package.”

This is already on sale at UK and it carries a price tag of £20,935 in Land Rover dealerships throughout UK and this includes the contribution to offset carbon dioxide emissions. Since it went on sale in UK, it was already able to generate sales of over 8,000 units.

On the other hand, the Discovery 3 was able to sell 34,000 units in UK since its introduction in 2004 and it still continues to garner great compliments around the world and also nearly 100 international awards today, especially with the Land Rover Discovery parts that are incorporated in it.

This would be of no wonder as the Land Rover parts have always been known to produce quality performance, making this SUV one of the hottest grabs in any season.