The Range Rover went on sale in June 1970 as A Car For All Reasons: a five-seat permanent four-wheel drive with a Rover V8 detuned to 135 horsepower, coil springs, disc brakes on all four wheels, a top speed around 100 mph and a towing capacity of 3.5 tons. Twenty-six Velar-badged development vehicles had been built between 1969 and 1970. It was a two-door only, with aluminium panels over a steel safety frame, and its clean design was soon admired as an example of industrial design.
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and later by British Leyland
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and later by British Leyland
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Introduced to the public in June 1970, the new "Range Rover" was launched as "A Car For All Reasons", boasting a top speed of around 100 mph (160 km/h), a towing capacity of 3.5 tons
Range Rover engine
Originally, the Range Rover was fitted with a detuned 135 hp (101 kW) version of the Buick-derived Rover V8 engine.
Range Rover body
the Range Rover used aluminium panels hung on a steel 'safety frame'
Body style, suv: first generation, off-road vehicle
The Range Rover is a 4x4, mid-size off-road vehicle series
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Range Rover is a 4×4 luxury marque and sub-brand of Jaguar Land Rover.
Velar development vehicles
Twenty-six Velar-badged engineering development vehicles were built between 1969 and 1970
Range Rover at the Louvre
In the early 1970s, the Musée du Louvre in Paris exhibited a Range Rover as an "exemplary work of industrial design".
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