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The Range Rover is a 4x4, mid-size off-road vehicle series produced from 1970 to 1996 – initially by the Rover (later Land Rover) division of British Leyland, and latterly by the Rover Group. The first generation of vehicles produced under the Range Rover name, it was built as a two-door model for its first 11 years, until a four-door also ...
Land Rover extended the 3,946 cc (3.9 L) engine for the top LSE [8] specification of the Classic Range Rover. The "4.2"-litre engine had an actual displacement of 4,275 cc (4.3 L; 260.9 cu in), and used the crankshaft castings from the failed "Iceberg" diesel engine project. [9]
The first generation was known as the Range Rover until almost the end of its production when Land Rover introduced the name Range Rover Classic to distinguish it from its successors. [13] The original model served as the basis for the 1989 introduced 1st generation Discovery (directly based on the standard (short) wheelbase Range Rover), and ...
Introduction of second-generation Range Rover. (The original Range Rover was continued under the name 'Range Rover Classic' until 1995) 1997: Land Rover introduces the Special Edition Discovery XD with AA yellow paint, subdued wheels, SD type roof racks, and a few other off-road upgrades directly from the factory.
Rover also manufactured the Land Rover series from 1948 onwards, and created the Range Rover in 1970, which went on to become its most successful and profitable product. Land Rover eventually became a separate company and brand in its own right. Rover was bought by Leyland Motors in 1967, which had already acquired Standard-Triumph seven years ...
"Classic" is how most Land Rover people refer to the 1970-1995 Range Rover, even though the only Range Rover technically referred to by Land Rover as the "Classic" was the short-wheelbase Range Rover produced in 1995 alongside the 1995 P38 Range Rover. Regardless of technicality, we refer to them as Classics, or RRC's.