…Testing
at Europe’s Largest Construction Project Site
Land Rover has confirmed the world’s first premium
compact SUV convertible will go on sale in 2016 by releasing a unique
underground testing film.
Forty metres below the streets of London,
UK, the first prototype of Land Rover’s new Range Rover Evoque Convertible was
granted exclusive access to the 42km network of Crossrail tunnels for a
development test with a difference.
Engineers were allowed the opportunity to
drive the disguised Evoque Convertible with its roof lowered in complete
privacy.
The short film begins with the highly-capable convertible
being lowered into the tunnel network by crane, before negotiating a range of
obstacles through the 6.2 metre diameter tunnel.
Murray Dietsch, Director
of Land Rover Programmes said: “The tunnels are still under
construction, so we had a unique opportunity to explore the vehicle’s
all-terrain ability in unchartered territory.”
The Range Rover Evoque is no stranger to subterranean
adventure. At its launch in 2011 the five-door variant was driven through Edge
Hill Tunnel in Liverpool, UK – the first tunnel in the world to be bored
beneath a major city.
Land Rover will announce further details about its
exclusive new premium compact SUV Convertible later this year. It will be built
alongside the five door and coupe Evoque at Land Rover’s Halewood plant in the
UK and will be on sale in 2016.
source:www.theghanaauto.com
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