"1970 Range Rover : Pioneer of The Luxury SUV"

1970 Range Rover

The 1970 Range Rover pioneered the luxury SUV. Before him were off-roader 4×4 including Land Rover, nothing more than beasts of burden of the desert. Rover believed that there may be a demand for high quality ATVs driven with ease on normal roads, while maintaining the unmatched skills off-road Land Rover. His vision is to be paid off within the next 20 years – the Range Rover remained in the market until the 1990s unanswered. Successful in attracting many wealthy clients (including the royal family) who otherwise buy Jaguar or Mercedes, which greatly increased the image and market positioning for Land Rover, would it “the jewel in the crown ‘of British motor industry.

1970 Range Rover Engine

The first Range Rover is very different from contemporary Land Rover. The design was clean and in good taste, thanks to large window areas and clamshell bonnet. Its container is much more efficient (sitting position was not in the vicinity). To improve off-road platform that preserves the structure of the body-on-frame ladder, but leaf springs were replaced with Land Rover coil springs to improve ride comfort. As the power of the engine too weak to seriously Land Rover introduced the new 3.5-liter Rover V8, whose patent was purchased from Buick. The all-alloy V8 was actually easier than the rover itself in-line six cylinder, but more power and torque. Of course, do not expect that today, the good performance of high-performance SUV. In the year 1970 is 0-60 mph in 14 seconds than adequate for a big car. In the following years to win the V8 power and the ability to match the progress of the industry standard. A Range Rover later, could reach 110 mph and acceleration from 0-60 mph in 10 seconds or less.

1970 Range Rover 4WD System

The Range Rover 4WD system was also more advanced than the Land Rover. 4WD arrived there from the beginning. The center differential can be locked manually to deal with landslides. Since 1992, the manual locking by modern viscous clutch was replaced.

1970 Range Rover Interior

The first Range Rover was not very fancy, indeed. It offers only two doors and the interior was well built and well equipped. However, he also sold in an environment with no response. Entering 1980, which started up in weight. Leather and wood-trimmed cabin became standard, such as the automatic transmission. 4-door body was introduced in 1981, rear-wheel drive passenger compartment and eventually replace the 2-door. Electronic fuel injection came in 1985, significantly improve performance. ABS came in 1990. Adaptive air suspension and long wheelbase model came in 1992. These changes keep the car competitive until its replacement in 1996. Today is the Range Rover is still seen as the final name of the luxury SUV.

Blue 1970 Range Rover

Specifications :

Model	Range Rover 3.5 (1970)	Range Rover 3.5SE (1988)	Range Rover 3.9SE  (1992)	Range Rover 4.3LSE (1992)
Year of production	1970-96 (all)	1970-96 (all)	1970-96 (all)	1970-96 (all)
No. produced	325,000 units (all)	325,000 units (all)	325,000 units (all)	325,000 units (all)
Layout	Front-engined, 4wd	Front-engined, 4wd	Front-engined, 4wd	Front-engined, 4wd
Engine	V8, ohv, 2v/cyl, cab	V8, ohv, 2v/cyl, EFi	V8, ohv, 2v/cyl, EFi	V8, ohv, 2v/cyl, EFi
Capacity	3528 cc	3528 cc	3947 cc	4278 cc
Power	135 hp	165 hp	185 hp	200 hp
Torque	185 lbft	207 lbft	224 lbft	251 lbft
Gearbox	4M	4A	4A	4A
Weight	1758 kg	1901 kg	2011 kg	2079 kg
Top speed	91 mph	101 mph	107 mph	110 mph
0-60 mph	13.9 sec	11.7 sec	10.8 sec	10.8 sec