Land Rover Range Rover
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Land Rover |
| Production | 1970–present |
| Assembly |
Solihull plant, Solihull, United Kingdom Enfield, Australia |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | SUV |
| Layout | Front-engine, four-wheel-drive |
| Range Rover "Classic" | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1970–1996 |
| Assembly |
Solihull plant, Solihull, United Kingdom Enfield, Australia |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 3-door SUV 5-door SUV |
| Related | Land Rover Discovery |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 3.5 L V8 130 hp carburettor 3.5 L V8 155 hp 3.9 L V8 182 hp 4.2 L V8 200 hp 2.4 L 112 hp VM turbodiesel 2.5 L 119 hp VM turbodiesel 2.5 L 111 hp 200TDi turbodiesel 2.5 L 111 hp 300TDi turbodiesel |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 100.0 in (2,540 mm) (SWB) 108.0 in (2,743 mm) (LWB) |
| Length | 175 in (4,445 mm) (SWB) 183 in (4,648 mm) (LWB) |
| Width | 70.1 in (1,781 mm) |
| Height | 70.9 in (1,801 mm) (1970–1980) 70.1 in (1,781 mm) (1980 onwards) |
| Range Rover (P38A) | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1994–2002 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 5-door SUV |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 4.0 L Rover V8 4.6 L Rover V8 2.5 L BMW M51 Turbodiesel I6 |
| Transmission | 4-speed automatic 5-speed manual |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 108.1 in (2,746 mm) |
| Length | 185.5 in (4,712 mm) |
| Width | 74.4 in (1,890 mm) |
| Height | 71.6 in (1,819 mm) |
| Range Rover (L322) | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | 2002–2012 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 5-door SUV |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine |
petrol engines: |
| Transmission |
8-speed automatic (since 2010) 6-speed automatic (since 2006) 5-speed automatic (2002–2005) |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 113.4 in (2,880 mm) |
| Length | 194.9 in (4,950 mm) (2002–2005) 195.7 in (4,971 mm) (since 2006) 195.9 in (4,976 mm) |
| Width | 75.7 in (1,923 mm) (2002–2009) 76.1 in (1,933 mm) (since 2010) |
| Height | 73.3 in (1,862 mm) (2002–2005) 74.9 in (1,902 mm) (2006–2009) 73.9 in (1,877 mm) (since 2010) |
| Range Rover (L405) | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | Since 2012 |
| Model years | 2013– present |
| Assembly | Solihull Plant, England |
| Designer | Gerry McGovern |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 5-door full-size SUV |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 5.0 L V8 petrol |
| Transmission | 8-Speed Automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,922 mm (115.0 in) |
| Length | 4,999 mm (196.8 in) |
| Width | 2,073 mm (81.6 in) |
| Height | 1,835 mm (72.2 in) |
The Range Rover is a British made, full-sized luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced by Land Rover, and serves as its flagship model. Land Rover is one of several auto manufacturers owned by Tata Motors, a part of the Indian multinational conglomerate Tata Group. The Range Rover was launched in 1970. It is now in its fourth generation. Land Rover has expanded the Range Rover model line to include different designs: the Range Rover Evoque, the Range Rover Velar and the Range Rover Sport.
The Rover Company (originator of the Land Rover marque) was experimenting with a larger model than the Land Rover Series in 1951, when the Rover P4-based two-wheel-drive "Road Rover" project was developed by Gordon Bashford. This was shelved in 1958, and the idea lay dormant until 1966, when engineers Spen King and Bashford set to work on a new model.
In 1967, the first Range Rover prototype was built (number plate SYE 157F), with the classic Range Rover shape discernible, but with a different front grille and headlight configuration. The design of the Range Rover was finalised in 1969. Twenty-six Velar engineering development vehicles were built between 1969 and 1970 and were road registered with the number plates YVB151H through to YVB177H.
Though being chassis no. 3, the vehicle YVB 153H is believed to have been the first off the production line as a vehicle in that colour was urgently required for marketing. The Velar name was derived from the Italian "velare" meaning to veil or to cover. Range Rover development engineer Geof Miller used the name as a decoy for registering pre-production Range Rovers. The Velar company was registered in London and produced 40 pre-production vehicles that were built between 1967 and 1970. Most of these Velar pre-production vehicles are accounted for and have survived into preservation.
The Range Rover was launched in 1970. In the early 1970s, the Musée du Louvre in Paris exhibited a Range Rover as an "exemplary work of industrial design".
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