Range Rover (L322)
| Range Rover (L322) | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Land Rover |
| Production | 2002–2012 |
| Assembly | Solihull, England |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Full-size luxury SUV |
| Body style | 5-door SUV |
| Layout | Front engine / four-wheel drive |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine |
Petrol BMW 4.4 L V8 (2002–2006) Jaguar 4.4 L V8 (2006–2009) Jaguar 4.2 L S/C V8 (2006–2009) Jaguar 5.0 L S/C V8 (2009–2012) Diesel BMW 2.9 L TD6 (2002–2006) Ford 3.6 L TDV8 (2007–2010) Ford 4.4 L TDV8 (2010–2012) |
| Transmission |
Automatic 5-speed ZF 5HP (2002–2005) 6-speed ZF 6HP (2006–2012) 8-speed ZF 8HP (2010–2012) |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,880 mm (113.4 in) |
| Length |
4,950 mm (194.9 in) (2002–2005) |
| Width |
1,923 mm (75.7 in) (2002–2009) |
| Height |
1,862 mm (73.3 in) (2002–2005) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Range Rover (P38A) |
| Successor | Range Rover (L405) |
4,950 mm (194.9 in) (2002–2005)
4,971 mm (195.7 in) (2005–2009)
1,923 mm (75.7 in) (2002–2009)
1,862 mm (73.3 in) (2002–2005)
1,902 mm (74.9 in) (2005–2009)
The Range Rover (L322) (usually known simply as the "Range Rover") is the third-generation Range Rover model from British car maker Land Rover.
The L322 was introduced in 2002 and had a production run of over 10 years. Planned and developed under BMW ownership, the vehicle was intended to share components and systems (electronics, core power units etc.) with the E38 7 Series. However, BMW had already sold Land Rover to Ford some 2 years before the L322 went into commercial production.
In the UK and many other territories, ascending trim levels were initially marketed as "SE", "HSE" and "Vogue". Various other trims such as "Vogue SE", "Westminster", "Autobiography" and special editions were subsequently produced.
In his Sunday Times column Jeremy Clarkson once went on record to state that he owned a Range Rover TDV8 Vogue and it was ‘the best car in the world and best 4x4.’
The L322's successor, the L405, was announced in August 2012 and unveiled the same year at the Paris Motor Show.
The previous generation P38 Range Rover (or "Pegasus") had been developed whilst the Rover Group was owned by British Aerospace, and budgetary constraints during the development had been extremely tight. The P38A was in essence, little more than a re-skinned and overhauled version of the first generation Range Rover Classic, carrying over most of the original car's chassis, engines (most notably the Rover V8 engine, which dated from the 1960s) and mechanics. There was also press criticism of the P38A that its styling lacked the "presence" of the original 1970 Range Rover. When the Rover Group was taken over by BMW shortly after the P38A's launch in 1994, the newly installed BMW management at Land Rover quickly concluded that the car would not have a long shelf life compared to its predecessor due to its fundamentally dated underpinnings. A proposed replacement for the Discovery was postponed and development of an all-new Range Rover, codenamed L322, took priority.
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