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Range Rover

Range Rover
Logo Range Rover.jpg
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"
Range Rover front 20080331.jpg
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)
1995-1998 Land Rover Range Rover (P38A) 4.0 SE wagon 05.jpg
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)
2004 Range Rover V8 Vogue by The Car Spy.jpg
Overview
Production 2002–2012
Body and chassis
Body style 5-door SUV
Powertrain
Engine

petrol engines:
4.2 L Jaguar AJ-V8 Supercharged (2006–2009)
4.4 L BMW M62 V8 (2002–2006)
4.4 L Jaguar AJ-V8 (2006–2009)
5.0 L Jaguar AJ-V8 Supercharged (2009–2012)
diesel engines:
3.0 L BMW M57 TD I6 (2002–2006)
3.6 L Ford Lion V8 TD (2007–2010)

4.4 L Ford TD V8 (2010–2012)
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)
Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography 2016.jpg
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

3.0 L V6 diesel
4.4 L V8 diesel
3.0L V6 petrol

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 four-wheel drive 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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