Land Rover to introduce stop-start system to Freelander
Author: Robin Brown
Published: 07 October 2008
Land Rover will introduce a stop-start version of the Freelander small SUV to drive down fuel consumption and emissions.
The Freelander 2 TD4_e will shut down the engine during idling, such as stopping at traffic lights. When the driver touches the clutch, the engine restarts.
Land Rover says fuel consumption will improve by 3.8mpg to 41.3mpg and CO2 emissions drop by 15g/km - from 194 g/km to 179 g/km - on the combined cycle compared with the standard Freelander 2 TD4 manual.
In addition, a gearshift indicator will indicate the optimal time to change gear from a fuel conservation point of view. Land Rover suggests that this could result in cuts in fuel consumption by 20 per cent in heavy urban traffic as a result.
Phil Popham, Land Rover's managing director, said: "The Stop/Start Freelander 2 is the first production vehicle to benefit from the massive £700 million investment in sustainable technologies by Jaguar and Land Rover.
"From mid-2009, the Stop/Start feature will be included as standard on all Freelander 2 TD4 manual models, with no associated increase in list prices."
Land Rover has an LRX hybrid concept in the offing but will need to reduce its emissions - along with Jaguar - to abide with Europe-wide EU CO2 limits set to be introduced in 2012.
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