The date may not ring a bell but in the car industry, it marks the 40th anniversary of the first ever Range Rover. Since the LRX will carry the same badge, Land Rover is celebrating the memory and significance of the date.

Insider information also gives us 2011 as the year of production for the LRX and sales of the SUV following afterwards. It will most likely go as a 2012 model. The production of the compact SUV will be done at the Halewood factory in the United Kingdom where the company has about 2000 workers. The same facility was responsible for the LR2 and the X-Type of Jaguar.

When Land Rover released the teaser photos of the LRX, the car manufacturer also shared that aside from the standard diesel and gas models, they will also be coming up with a hybrid variant.

The LRX concept was first revealed during the auto show in Detroit last year. The concept vehicle had a diesel-hybrid engine that has an expected fuel efficiency of 60mpg. The production version may also have excellent fuel efficiency and may also carry over features like the start stop system and may use lightweight panels as well.

Finally, though, you can see this mid sized SUV pretty much whenever you want to.

And a lot of people are wanted to see a lot of the Sorento, which will be going on sale in the United States later this year.

When the SUV does go one sale, you will be able to get it with one of three different engines. There will be a 2.2 liter, two hundred horsepower diesel engine, a 2.4 liter gasoline engine, and also a 2.7 liter LPI engine. They are all used with a brand new 6 speed manual gearbox.