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Land Rover offers customers more choice with efficient 2011 Freelander 2

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- New upgraded diesel engine available with either 150PS or 190PS – Stronger performance and improved efficiency throughout the range – Revised exterior with new front bumper assembly plus three new colour schemes and new alloy wheel options – Interior tweaks with new instrument dials and Premium Pack option – Customers offered more choice with [...]


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Fill ‘Er Up With Electricity?

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Land Rover Enthusiasts Published February 2009 – Topics: Behind The Steering Wheel, Editorial Features | Tags: ,

This past week in Maine, over 145,000 homes lost power in a storm that began early Monday morning. Three days later, over 20,000 homes and businesses remain without electrical service. Regional power companies note that the high amount of snow, poor road conditions, and extreme weight of the moisture-laden snow all contributed to the slow [...]


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Leaves Fallin- Rovers Haulin

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Story by Hallie Vail / Photos by Michael L. Palmieri Photography [Hallie Vail, Springfield, MA, mixes graduate studies in education with Land Rover studies in off-roading. She took to the woods this fall and had a ball –ed.] Graduate studies can tie you to the library and really sap your energy. A few New England [...]


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Behing the Steering Wheel, Fall 2008

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By Jeffrey B. Aronson A fisherman friend came up to me in our island’s village parking lot, a wharf on the edge of the main harbor. “You know, Jeff,” he said, “You can actually buy cars made after 1980.” He then touched the door handle on his family minivan and watched the door slide open [...]


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Behind The Steering Wheel, Holidays 2007

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By Jeffrey B. Aronson There are two famous sites in Kennebunkport, ME. One is the summer waterfront home of the Bush family; the second is the home of Leyland British Auto Repair. Recently I made the 3 hour drive to Kennebunkport and passed by the former to visit the latter. Erik Van Sickle has been [...]


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Lion Rampant – Land Rover Engine Technology

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Story By Mike Gould / Photos By Elliott Raymond / Engine illustrations courtesy Land Rover Engine Design The idea of pulling up to the diesel pump at a gas station in a luxury SUV may seem strange to most Americans, but in Europe, it is an everyday occurrence. If the trend spotters are right, a [...]


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The 2007 Defender – Bring It On Home to Me

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Story By: Jeffrey B. Aronson Photos By: Land Rover It’s impossible not to want one. Not only has Land Rover proved the iconic standard-bearer, but they’ve even returned the name “Land Rover” to the front of the bonnet. Just like in the days of Land Rover 90’s and 110’s, the name behind the Green Oval [...]


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What to do in the Snow

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Story by: Jeffrey B. Aronson Photos by Calef Letorney & Jeffrey B. Aronson Forget March – February is the cruelest month. Yes, it’s short and for many people, it includes a vacation weekend to buy cars in honor of forgotten Presidents. There’s a small sop to romance with Valentine’s Day. It’s also brutally cold [whoever [...]


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Behind The Steering Wheel, Winter 2007

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By Jeffrey B. Aronson A friend in Vermont once asked me, “Why do you own such anti-social cars?” Her statement stunned me. “Antisocial? Moi?” Perhaps she had a point with my ’80 Triumph TR-7 Spider; after all, it will only seat me and one friend. Given my short list of friends, that’s often proven to [...]


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More Changes When you go to Newfoundland

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Story & Photos by: Colby Morris [When we left Colby Morris in our last issue, he was confronting fog and rain nearly 300 miles from his Vermont home. Here’s the rest of the story –ed.] It’s late June, four days into my first expedition in my ’73 109” military, at the fabulous Arches in Newfoundland, [...]


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