Land Rover is celebrating today the first 40 years of Range Rover, the legendary British jeep, which was introduced for the first time in Cornwall on June 17, 1970. This is an icon of automotive, as the Range Rover was the first luxury off-road, the forerunner of today's large SUVs. In addition, the Range Rover is the symbol of British car production, also because it has always resisted the various properties abroad that have taken place over the years: the first BMW, then Ford and now Tata. The development of the Range Rover started in '66 and the objective was clear: to create a sort of 4-wheel drive Jaguar, characterized by the added value that still distinguishes it from the various Jeeps, Toyota Land Cruiser, Mitsubishi Pajero and Nissan Patrol. The first generation Range Rover was the aluminum body, four disc brakes and a narrow chassis that housed the permanent four wheel drive with central differential. The car was 3-door body and the length of nearly 450 cm, while the engine is placed under the bonnet was the 3.5 V8 135 HP source Rover that drove the jeep up to 150 km / h top speed.
The Range Rover was able to distinguish itself in the racing field by winning the East-West Sahara '74, the London-Sydney Rally of '77 and the first edition of the Paris-Dakar in 1979. In 1981 it underwent some cosmetic updates that gave birth to the second set. In addition, the debut 5-door body variant and the unique construction Vogue. The following year came the automatic transmission, while in 1985 the 3.5 V8 engine gained injection electronics that led to the maximum power to 165 hp. Instead, in 1986 the Range Rover was equipped with the 2.4 turbo engine from 112 HP, produced by Italy's VM Motori.
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