Land Rover Will be Opening a New Engineering Test Facility in Dubai

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - June 5, 2013 - PRLog -- The team at Land Rover Hoffman Estates (http://www.landroverhoffman.com/index.htm) welcomes news that Land Rover will be testing new vehicles in Dubai at a new research and development facility. While Land Rover has long put new vehicles through demanding tests in harsh conditions, the new facility in the Al Barsha region of Dubai, United Arab Emirates will be provide a better venue for gathering engineering data. As one of the hottest places on earth, Dubai will provide one of the harshest environments to make sure that new Land Rover vehicles will be able to handle just about anything, and the desert and dunes surrounding the city will provide an ideal venue for testing Land Rover’s off-road abilities.

Land Rover has big plans for growth around the world, and that means the development of new models and future generations of existing vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover Director of Engineering Technical Services Martyn Hollingsworth said, “Our new facility in Dubai is four times the size of the previous test centre and will enable us to enhance our testing of future products and technologies.” He went on to emphasize that having a testing facility in such a harsh environment will allow them to ensure that Land Rover vehicles are able to withstand some of the most extreme conditions in the world.

From now on, every Land Rover model sold in both Europe and the Middle East will be certified at the new Dubai facility, which will guarantee that the vehicles can withstand the hottest conditions. This will certainly push cooling systems, climate-control systems, and powertrains to extremes. While this may not directly affect vehicles sold in North America, the new Dubai testing facility can only mean good things for the development of even more rugged and durable Land Rover vehicles in the future.

Land Rover Hoffman Estates is a leading Land Rover dealer serving Naperville (http://www.landroverhoffman.com/land-rover-dealers-naperv...) and the greater Chicago area. Located at 1051 W Higgins Rd in Hoffman Estates, Land rover Hoffman Estates provides high-quality service and maintenance, in addition to new Land Rover models and used vehicles.