RANGE ROVER

About the Range Rover

The Range Rover invented a category that didn't exist before 1970: the luxury SUV. Before it, you had Land Rovers that could cross continents but punished your spine doing it, and you had luxury cars that would ground out on a gravel driveway. The Range Rover said you didn't have to choose. The original Classic put a Rover V8 in a body with permanent four-wheel drive, coil springs, and enough ground clearance to ford a river — then wrapped it in an interior that got progressively more luxurious with every revision. By the time the Vogue SE arrived with leather and air suspension, the Range Rover was parked outside country estates and embassies alike. Every generation since has pushed the luxury further while insisting the off-road capability remains. The P38 added electronic air suspension. The L322 went full luxury barge. The L405 added aluminum construction and a supercharged V8. The current L460 has a twin-turbo V8 and a cabin that rivals a Bentley. The Range Rover has always been two cars: the one that belongs in a muddy field and the one that belongs at a five-star hotel. On Revnut, the community ranks every generation of that duality.