Revealed at the Detroit Motor Show, the car is the work of students at the city's College of Creative Studies. Called the Carver, it's designed to fit into Land Rover's line-up below the new Freelander, where there is currently a gap for an entry-level three-door model.

Because lets be honest, nothing is less logical than falling in love with a Land Rover, even the LR3, especially at a time when the price of a litre of gas is almost higher than that of a kilo of caviar.

Before being purchased by the Indian conglomerate Tata, Land Rover created this - the LRX Concept. Not just another consumptive SUV, the LRX is a two-door that gathers vitality from both diesel fuel and electricity.

Let’s clear something up right away. This is not a facelift, neither is it a new vehicle rehashing technology from its predecessor. It might carry through a similar aesthetic to its forefather but Freelander 2 is a totally new vehicle.

My nearest and dearest will confirm that I am not generally enthusiastic about automatic transmissions, so it was with a sense of duty rather than delight that I first climbed aboard the clutchless Freelander Td4.

The original BMW X5 made quite a splash when it hit UK showrooms in 1999. It wasnt the worlds first upmarket 4x4 the Range Rover preceded it by nearly 30 years but its arrival, more than that of any other model, helped to kick-start the surge in popularity for full-size SUVs.

Meet the odd one out. Its British, unashamed of its off-road roots, isnt even on speaking terms with the concept of sportiness and is squarer than a breeze block.

From the start, Land Rover’s littlest sport utility vehicle, the LR2 impressed us. The LR2 was co-developed alongside other Ford products from the EU-CD platform, which has been used in many vehicles, the majority of which are strictly for on-road driving.

Land Rover will officially present its refreshed LR3 at the next British international motor show in August.

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India's Tata Motors, a car division of a larger corporation simply known as Tata, is reported to be strongly interested in taking Land Rover and loss-making Jaguar. At the moment, the right buyer has not committed yet.