You’ll hear the words “Range Rover Design Cue” a lot but just how did the Range Rover’s design DNA evolve? Here we will explore just how that the style evolved Legend has it that Spen King’s original prototype of the ‘100-Inch Station Wagon’ was so good that little effort was needed to put it into … Read more…
Professor Gerry McGovern OBE is Land Rover’s Chief Creative Officer and the man responsible for leading the team which designs all the models in the current Range Rover line-up as well as the Discovery, Discovery Sport and the latest Defender. Growing up in Coventry, McGovern was surrounded by car manufacturers but began his career at … Read more…
Jaguar Land Rover opened a new Technical Centre for its Special Vehicle Operations unit in July 2016 at Ryton-on-Dunsmore, just outside Coventry. The Technical Centre occupies the site of an assembly plant formerly occupied by the Rootes Group, a factory which, like Land Rover’s Solihull plant, had started life as a pre-war ‘shadow factory’. The … Read more…
The latest Range Rover is the model’s fourth generation. Launched in 2012, it represents the pinnacle of the brand. Here examine the model in detail. GeNew Range Rovers don’t come along that often with an average life cycle of 10 years. With the fourth generation being launched in 2012, a new one will soon be … Read more…
The classic Range Rover had been developed out of all recognition by the time it was replaced by the P38A… but does the newer car deserve the stick it gets? How do you replace an icon? It’s a perennial question which has plagued car manufacturers ever since the first brand manager was appointed and in … Read more…