Range Stormer Concept, from Land Rover

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Range Stormer is a high-performance, Sports-tourer SUV concept car, which showcases a future design direction for Land Rover and the company's increasingly bold approach to new technologies.

It is also the first-ever Land Rover concept to preview a new production model, one that will enter a fresh market segment for the company. This will be an additional model line in the Land Rover portfolio.
"The supercharged V8 Range Stormer gives a taste of our forthcoming new entrant in the booming high-performance SUV segment," says the managing director of Land Rover, Matthew Taylor. "The production vehicle that follows will share many of its styling and technical innovations."
"Range Stormer is a modern, striking, high-technology vehicle," he adds. "It is very much conceived to be an on-road, high-performance machine, as well as class-leading off-road like all Land Rovers. Breadth of capability is one of its many strengths."
Future technologies previewed with the concept include an all-new platform that will be the basis for future full-size Land Rover models. This advanced, fully integrated platform, unique to Land Rover, will provide the underpinnings for the production vehicle inspired by Range Stormer.
Another major innovation is Terrain Response.TM This smart and simple-to-use new Land Rover technology delivers the best possible on-road and off-road composure and control, by optimizing the entire vehicle setup, including suspension, powertrain, throttle response and traction control. The driver simply selects the appropriate Terrain Response setting from the six available on Range Stormer, varying from "dynamic" for high speed work to "deep ruts" for extreme off-roading.
"You'll be seeing an increasing amount of innovative technology in our future vehicles," says Matthew Taylor. "But technology that makes the driver's task simpler, not more complicated, such as Terrain Response. You select the terrain. The car then helps you conquer it."
MUSCULAR AND MODERN DESIGN
The Range Stormer concept car is the sportiest looking vehicle ever to wear a Land Rover badge.
"The challenge was to translate fundamental Land Rover design values into a concept for a high-performance machine that looks powerful, muscular and edgy," says design director Geoff Upex. "We certainly want to challenge established views of our vehicles and yet Range Stormer is clearly an authentic Land Rover."
He continues: "It has classic Land Rover design language, such as the clamshell bonnet,'floating roof,' castellated corners on the hood, the straight waistline and short front overhang. Take one look at the vehicle and it's obviously from Land Rover, and obviously has strong Range Rover genes."
The pillars are slim to aid visibility-another typical Land Rover quality-and the roof is glass, giving a light and airy feel to the cabin. Less traditional Land Rover cues include the low roofline, power bulge in the hood and the huge 22-inch forged alloy wheels.
The design is peppered with interesting and practical ideas. The doors are a two-piece type: the upper half hinging up and forwards, while the lower half drops to provide a step to the cabin. The doors are electrically powered. The two-piece tailgate is electric, the upper half lifting and the lower dropping behind the bumper to give optimized access into the loadspace. Floor compartments rise and lower electrically for improved additional stowage. Fitted leather "his and her" bags are also neatly incorporated into the side walls.
James Bond back with Aston Martin for "CASINO ROYALE"
Gaydon, 16th January 2006: Aston Martin announces James Bond, the legendary British secret agent, will drive one of their models in the next 007 film, "CASINO ROYALE" to be produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for Eon Productions.
Daniel Craig, who will play James Bond in the film, which is due to be released in November 2006 by MGM/Sony, visited the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, on Friday to view the featured car. While there he met Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ulrich Bez, and members of the workforce and also took the opportunity to take a short test drive.
In the true tradition of Bond, full details of the car to be used in "CASINO ROYALE" are being kept top secret but the company did confirm that it would be a new model called the Aston Martin DBS.
Dr Ulrich Bez said: "It is great news that Bond will drive an Aston Martin again and we have built him something special to enable him to do his job in style."
The association with the marque began in 1964 with the film "Goldfinger" when the DB5 was fitted with "optional extras" such as ejector seats and rockets. The last Bond film, "Die Another Day", featured Aston Martin's flagship model, the Vanquish

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