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Range Rover Evoque gets economy boosting 9-speed auto box

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Trendsetter - now Land Rover's popular Evoque gets the world's first nine-speed automatic gearbox

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27 February 2013

 

Trendsetter – now Land Rover’s popular Evoque gets the world’s first nine-speed automatic gearbox

MERCEDES has a seven-speed automatic and ZF makes an eight-speeder that goes into BMWs, Land Rovers and Jaguars but now the Range Rover Evoque is going one better with the world’s first nine-speed automatic gearbox.

The extra ratios will improve economy and the Evoque’s off-road capabilities

The new ‘box, also from ZF, is designed for cars with transverse engines.

Code-named 9HP, it promises better economy, thanks to higher top gear and smaller steps between ratios. Also, at the bottom end, lower ratios help the Evoque’s off-road capabilities – like the Freelander. Unlike Land Rover’s bigger cars, the Evoque doesn’t have a separate low-range setting for its gearbox, a feature that’s often regarded as the mark of a true off-roader.

Land Rover is trumpeting its role as ZF’s “lead partner” on the 9HP – usually, the German transmission specialist’s gearboxes make their first appearances in BMW models. Business buyers who like the Evoque but are perhaps deterred because of high business mileage should take another look.

 

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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