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Range Rover 1970-96
Range Rover from 1989
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The Vogue SE head on
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The Range Rover started life in 1970, designed as a fully capable 4x4 off road vehicle while combining luxury on road motoring in the same package.
At launch the vehicle was fitted with an alloy block V8 petrol engine mated to a 4 speed manual gearbox. From the start it had coil sprung load levelling suspension, disc brakes and full time four wheel drive featuring a lockable centre diff. It was only built in a two door body initially and had no power steering.
Production of the Range Rover has continued to the present day with constant improvements and refinement over the years. In 1994 the new shape version was launched and the old shape version was re-marketed for a couple of years as the Range Rover Classic.
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Pictured here is a Range Rover Vogue SE dating from 1989. The Vogue SE Range Rover was launched as the flagship luxury vehicle of the range in 1988. Features included a 4 speed automatic gearbox, air conditioning, hide interior and sunroof as standard.
Power for the 88 SE was the 3.5 litre V8 petrol engine, this was changed to a 3.9 litre unit during 1989.
From 1986 the Range Rover has been available in either petrol or diesel versions. The diesel engine used initially was a 2.4 litre VM turbo diesel unit, this grew to 2.5 litres in 1990.
The petrol V8 engine was fitted with fuel injection in 1985.
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Further improvements to the vehicle were introduced during 1992. These included a quieter chain driven transfer case (replacing geared unit) and viscous coupling centre diff.
The long wheel base Range Rover was also launched in this year.
Engine changes included an option for a big 4.2 litre petrol unit and the diesel was changed to the Land Rover 200 Tdi engine.
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The original Range Rover is sure to become a true classic car if not already. Strong points of the vehicle include it's allround on-road/off-road capability, reliabilty and ruggedness, excellence for towing, safety and general performance.
The negative points include chiefly the expence of running one of these machines. The petrol engines are thirsty like any big V8 and spares are not cheap when needed. They also roll a bit when cornering fast.
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