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Land Rover has let us have a go in a development prototype for the new Freelander stop-start, part of the brand’s drive towards greening its product range.

The system will be going on sale next year and although the idea behind it is familiar enough – Citroen and BMW are already selling sizeable numbers of stop-start equipped cars that – it’s a new departure for Land Rover.

Initially the system will only be offered on the TD4 manual Freelander, although p...Read the full article

This is great, I think. Takes the wind right out of the beardy weirdies' argument. If its no longer a threat to global warming then its OK.

 I assumed (from a work colleague's experinece of a Freelander) that "stop-start" referred to to the typical Freelander ownership experience, not some new model.

Schwenck:

 I assumed (from a work colleague's experinece of a Freelander) that "stop-start" referred to to the typical Freelander ownership experience, not some new model.

This is the typical ownership experience Duh!

The TD4 is the best seller by far!

Schwenck:

 I assumed (from a work colleague's experinece of a Freelander) that "stop-start" referred to to the typical Freelander ownership experience, not some new model.

This is the typical ownership experience Duh!

The TD4 is the best seller by far!