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Driven: 2009 Land Rover LR2

04/16/2009 at 10:08am

Driven: 2009 Land Rover LR2

Given Detroit's winter weather has only recently broken, I hoped it would make one last-ditch pass and dump some snow to try out our freshly minted 2009 Land Rover LR2 HSE. Unfortunately, it failed--so it seems like we'll just have to trust Land Rover's claim that the LR2 can ford 20-inches of water, a claim I'm not likely to attempt without waders, a nearby winch, and permission from Land Rover's PR department. The claim, however, points to something Land Rover wants to promote with this crossover; that it's tough. We had reason to question the overall toughness of the LR2 given that it's based on a highly modified Ford/Volvo car platform... Read More

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