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TOMB RAIDER DEFENDER
AT NY SHOW
Copyright 2001 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ April 16th 2001 ]
Further
details on Land Rover's custom built Tomb Raider
Defender will be released when the vehicle makes
it's U.S. debut at this years April 22nd New York
auto show, cars dot com reports today. Tomb Raider
star Angelina Jolie will helm the veracious all-terrain
vehicle through the steamy Cambodian Jungles and
across the rigid icy landscapes of Siberia in
Paramount Pictures £120m summer blockbuster, and
although the latest incarnation from Land Rover
made it's world debut in February, the New York
auto show promises to yield a few more surprises.
Watch
the movie
Croft’s
vehicle is based on the Defender, a tough, military-grade
model not currently sold in the United States
specifically, a high-capacity pickup version of
the 110-inch-wheelbase rig customized with a roof
rack with four front-mounted safari lights, aluminium
tread plates and bumpers, and a winch on each
of the four sides. The grey truck has technology
as sophisticated as a notebook computer, a GPS
navigation system and wireless telephony, as well
as a shovel and an axe for when Lara is feeling
primal. Sporting an onboard satellite navigation
system, a self-contained breathing environment
and packing two surface to air missile launchers
bolted to the roof of the Bonatti Grey aluminium,
the Land Rover Defender will also feature an "Emergency
Kill Button", sure to be absent from most show-room
models but very real in Paramount's silver screen
conversion of Eidos Interactives video game Tomb
Raider.
Land
Rover have also managed the inclusion of two more
off-road vehicles, specifically it's award winning
Range Rover, which will be driven by Lara's adversary
Powell, and a series of Discoveries helmed by
Powells evil henchmen. "Tomb Raider is a great
fit for us, as the movie will take audiences on
a wild ride all over the globe, from the jungles
to the deserts," Land Rover's spokesman Mosher
said. "It will be a Land Rover adventure."
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