Range Rover
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In 1970, British Leyland presented the Range Rover, a luxury off-roader the likes of which had never been seen before, at least not in Europe. Herbert Völker sat in the luxury off-roader for Auto Revue in 1973 and was obviously impressed. This report reproduces the original wording of the 40-year test of the incomparable SUV trailblazer and is illustrated with many archive photos from the time.
The first generation of the Range Rover was built over a quarter of a century ago. During these years, it has undergone a major transformation, although not necessarily from an ugly duckling to a magnificent swan, as it was elegant from the very beginning. However, customers' expectations of comfort had an impact on many design details and, above all, equipment elements. This comparison is between an early Range Rover from 1974 and a late model from 1990, which beautifully document this development. Many photos and original documents as well as sound samples round off the driving report.
The Range Rover, the forefather of the modern SUV in Europe, only had two doors when it was launched; it would be hard to imagine the Cayenne or the M-Class having this today. But it took the Swiss Peter Monteverdi to make the luxury off-roader a success in Europe with four doors. One of the early four-door vehicles went to heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi and has survived to this day. This report tells the story of the four-door Range Rover and shows one vehicle each from production at Fissore and at the Solihull plant, supplemented by historical photographs, a rare original sales brochure and audio samples.
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