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Land RoverRange Rover

Classic 3.5 V8, two-door

Power
135 bhp
0–100
16.6 s
Top speed
154 km/h

Land Rover Range Rover 1970

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Photographs: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0; Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0; 天然ガス, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative of the model.

Curator’s note

The original luxury off-roader, with a V8 and permanent four-wheel drive.

The Range Rover combined Land Rover off-road ability with a smooth V8, coil springs and a comfortable cabin. Launched in 1970 as a two-door, it created the market for luxurious four-wheel drives.

  • Aluminium V8 derived from a Buick design
  • Permanent four-wheel drive
  • Long-travel coil springs at all four corners
  • Disc brakes on all wheels
0–100 km/h16.6s140th of 140 · best 1.8 s
Top speed154km/h140th of 140 · best 420 km/h
Power135hp138th of 140 · best 1,888 hp
Torque278Nm126th of 140 · best 2,360 Nm
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The story

Land Rover Range Rover

Rover introduced the Range Rover in June 1970. It used the company’s 3.5-litre aluminium V8, permanent four-wheel drive and coil springs in place of the leaf springs used on Land Rovers.

The body used aluminium panels on a steel frame. It stayed a two-door model for its first 11 years, with four doors arriving in 1981.

Generation
First generation, 1970 to 1996
Built in
Solihull, England
Gearbox
4-speed manual with two-speed transfer box
Kerb weight
1,758 kg

Character

Comfort 6 Pace 3 Off-road 9 Tech 4 Presence 8

Dimensions

4,445 mm long 2,540 mm wheelbase 1,801 mm Width 1,781 mm
01

A Range Rover was among the first vehicles to cross the Darién Gap, during the 1971–72 British Trans-Americas Expedition.

02

Autocar recorded 0–60 mph in 13.9 s in 1970; the 16.6 s 0–100 km/h figure is Rover’s own.

03

Weight is Autocar’s measured kerb weight.

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