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American G4 Freelander

https://forum.g4ownersclub.com/Topic6850.aspx

By Blippie - 11 Feb 2008

I was just looking at this pic from the Detroit motor show ...

First I noticed the livery which was obviously not the same as event vehicles.  Then I saw the marker lamps in the bumpers which show this to be a NAS-spec Freelander.

Bearing in mind that the USA didn't partcipate in the first G4 events, does anyone know about these, presumably "display purposes only", vehicles.  There was a Disco 2 too.

Are they proper vehicles or are they cunning mockups like LR have for going around shows, like the G4 RRS on a pole?

Cheers

Blippie

By Blippie - 11 Feb 2008

Oooooh, and now I've seen this:

http://www.justdiscoverycars.com/search_results_large.php?alldetails=61539205#

An LE?

Cheers

Blippie

By Blippie - 11 Feb 2008

Ah, yes, I'm answering some of my questions myself.

There was a US LE of 200 Discoverys.  Don't know about other models:

http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=15160

The New York International Auto Show will see the debut of the all-new Land Rover G4 Edition Discovery. Designed to showcase the capability of Discovery, Land Rover will build a limited number of Discoverys modeled after the vehicles currently in use at the Land Rover G4 Challenge event.

Off-road capability is at the core of the Land Rover G4 Edition Discovery. The combination of a 4.6 liter, 217hp V8 engine, five-speed automatic transmission, two-speed transfer case with locking center differential, four-wheel electronic traction control (ETC), and Self-Leveling Suspension (SLS) give the Discovery G4 Edition it's greatest off-road capability ever.

“With this vehicle, we will capture the excitement of the event in a limited edition,” said Greg Gilliland, Discovery model manager. "The G4 Edition Discovery is a vehicle designed specifically with the off-road enthusiast in mind and its capabilities are being showcased throughout the G4 Challenge."

The Land Rover G4 Edition Discovery is painted in Tangiers Orange, just like the real competition vehicles and features an all-new, larger diameter roof rail design called the "Aero" Roof Rail system. Full exterior protection includes the Discovery front A-frame brush bar and rear lamp guards. On the inside the G4 Edition Discovery features an all-new "Foundry" trim finish that includes seats upholstered in “Black Mogul” technical fabric - a material unique to the Land Rover G4 Edition. An in-dash CD player, black leather-wrapped steering wheel, as well as driver and passenger electric seats, complete the G4 interior.

Only 200 of the Discovery G4 Edition will be built with pricing expected to be under $39,000. Availability will be in the third quarter of 2003.

They are denoted by the blue cheatline along the side.  They don't have the groovy contour lines of the display ones though ...

More pics of owners and their modifications of US LEs here:

http://muddyoval.com/registry/g4/index.htm

Cheers

Blippie

By adesg4 - 12 Feb 2008

Hi Blippie

The 2003 G4 Challenge did take place in the USA with stages in New York, the East Coast and in the deserts and mountains of Moab.

The livery appears to have been used on vehicles initially used in the USA G4 selections then on what were termed G4 Edition vehicles. These came out in 2003/4.

Nancy Olson was the USA competitor in 2003. 

Adrian

By willowkis - 12 Feb 2008

adesg4 (2/11/2008)
Hi Blippie

Nancy Olson was the USA competitor in 2003. 

Adrian

Just to add a little note, Nancy has promised to locate some of her photos from the event and email them to me, if and when she does I'll post them on here. ;)

Kim :D

By Blippie - 12 Feb 2008

I knew about the US stages but I didn't realise there were US participants - I had it in my head that LR America had their own event.  Was was Trek all about then?

Cheers

Blippie

By martin bisby - 12 Feb 2008

blippie

trek is the dealer event that land rover participate in, teams of three, 1 x sales, 1 x service and one from anywhere in the dealership usually a good thing for them.

regards

martin

By Blippie - 18 Feb 2008

Cool, cheers Martin.

Cheers

Blippie