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When I first learned that the LR3 would be gaining a direct-injection engine and changing its name to LR4, I thought the minor changes didn't warrant a new name. I still don't think the new name makes any sense (Does this mean that the LR2 will turn into an LR3 if it's ever refreshed? How confusing will used-vehicle shopping be then?), but I no longer feel the changes are so minor.inline_mediumwraptextright31946763/reviews/editors_notebook/1001_2010_land_rover_lr41001_05_z+2010_land_rover_lR4+side_view.jpgTrue

I have long loved Range Rovers-for three decades, to be exact. Range Rovers have taken me over some of the world's harshest terrain: Along the Continental Divide. Down the three-point cliff-crumbling turns of Black Bear Pass above Telluride, Colorado. Through the Belizean rain forest and the stark Little Karoo desert of South Africa. I trained with the American team and several European teams for the grueling Camel Trophy, the year it passed through Madagascar. The Range Rover is unquestionably the toughest off-road companion I have ever known.