Range Rover marks 50 years of all-terrain innovation – Saudi Gazette

Range Rover marks 50 years of all-terrain innovation – Saudi Gazette

The original luxury SUV has defined the market since June 17, 1970 and, five decades on, the Range Rover has evolved to become a family of desirable and capable luxury vehicles.. To celebrate 50 years of a motoring icon, the limited-run Range Rover Fifty will be restricted to just 1,970 vehicles globally, in recognition of the year the original Range Rover was launched.. Professor McGovern said: "In the world of luxury vehicles, the Range Rover has always stood apart as peerless and enduring.. In 2017, the family grew once again with the introduction of the Range Rover Velar, filling the space between the Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Evoque.. Taking its name from the first Range Rover prototypes, the Range Rover Velar broadened the Range Rover portfolio with a statement reductionist design and a technology-rich interior.RANGE ROVER HISTORICAL OVERVIEWToday marks 50 years since the first Range Rover was revealed, but the story goes back even further.. The original Classic model was cited as an 'exemplary work of industrial design' when it became the first vehicle to be displayed at the world famous Louvre Museum in Paris in 1971.The first generation Range Rover (1970-1996) was originally only available as a