TheRangeRoverwasintroducedin1970.TheRangeRoverisanicon.ItwasthefirstLandRoverintroducedtotheUSAasunderthecorporatebadge:RangeRover.InfewcasesthislegacycarriesforwardforexampletheMarylandRangeRoverProvingground.
In1981the4doorversionoftheRangeRoverClassicwasreleasedtogreatfanfare.
LandRoverarguablylearnedmuchfrombothBMWandFord,sothejumpfromtheP38atotheL322wasrevolutionary.
TheL322isanoffroadmonocoqueelectronicairsuspensionvehicleinlaterversionswithaelectronicallylockingcenterandreardifferentialwithlow-range.Theelectronicunitslockedupfasterthantheviscouscouplingcenterdifferentialofthep38aandwithmoreauthority.TherearlockerisawelcomeadditiontotheRangeRover,however,itwaslimitedtoonly100torquesoflockupdifferential,whichcouldbeimproved.EspeciallyinthelaterexamplestheL322representedasignificantleapinoffroadabilityandluxuryoverthep38a.
TheL322withthe5.0LSuperchargedwasafantasticpairing,thatsprintedtosixtybetween5.5and5.1secondsasratedbyvariousautomotivemagazinetests.
TheL322wentoutwithabangwiththeunbelievableAutobiographyUltimate,whichimprovedtherearcabintoultra-firstclasscompletewithdualipads,akeyboard/desk,twochampagnefluteholders,andachampagnecooler.
ThelaterL322saretrulyfantastic.TheseweresupplantedbytheallaluminumL405introducedin2013.TheL405aluminumdietshedabout500poundsofftheL322,thoughofficialnumbersarehigher.
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