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Rover
The Land Rover Range
Rover (generally known simply
as the Range Rover) is a 4x4
motor car produced by
Land Rover, a marque and sub-
brand of Jaguar Land Rover. The
Range Rover line was launched
in 1970 by British Leyland and
is now in its fourth generation.
Additional models have been
launched under the Range Rover
name, including the
Range Rover Sport,
Range Rover Evoque, and
Range Rover Velar.
The
Rover Company
Range Rover sub-
(originator of the
brands have been
Land Rover marque)
launched. In 2004,
was experimenting
Land Rover
with a larger model
debuted the
than the
Range Rover Sport
Land Rover Series
, based on the
in 1951, when the
Land Rover Discov
Rover P4-based ery
two-wheel-drive platform. Later
"Road Rover" models received
project was the latest Range
developed by Rover platform. In
Gordon Bashford.[2] 2011 came the
This was shelved in Range Rover Evoq
1958 and the idea ue
lay dormant until , and in 2017 the
1966, when Range Rover Velar
engineers Spen (re-using the
King andBashford name of the very
set to work on a new first, pre-
model production Range
Rovers).
First generation (1969)
The first-generation Range Rover was produced between 1969 and 1996.
It was available only in a 2-door body until 1981. (Before then, 4-door
models had been produced by specialist firms)
Second generation (1994)
Twenty-five years after the introduction of the original Range Rover, the second-
generation (model-designation P38A) was introduced for the 1995 model year, based
on the LWB chassis of the model, with an updated version of the Rover V8 engine or a
2.5-litre BMW six-cylinder turbo-diesel with a Bosch injection pump.
Third generation (2001)
Fourth generation (2012)