Range Rover at 50: The birth of luxury SUVs

The 1970 Range Rover used long-travel coil springs to keep turbulence out of the interior and came standard with full-time four-wheel drive.

May 31, 2020 04:00 AM

Stuffed to its roof racks with baggage, the Range Rover should have been an instant failure when its fat Michelin tires finally rolled onto U.S. soil in March 1987.

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