Re: SER1 Land-Rover "family tree"... (Range Rover origins?)

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Ian Stuart wrote:

> Francesc Serra Graells wrote:
> 
>>  http://www.cnm.es/~pserra/land-rover-family-tree.pdf (0.8MB)
>>
>> Please, feel free to report any error (sure lots of them) or missing 
>> model. In particular, I have not been able to know the ending date for 
>> both Santana's Ligero & FC 2000. What about Vicker's Hover-Rover? ;)
> 
> Is the Range Rover derived from the Road Rover, or actually a new 
> product line? (in the same way that the "pathfinder" was a brand new 
> design idea)

Good point! Even better, is the Road Rover derived from any Series I?

 From http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?rroverf.htm :

"The Wilks brothers did not give up on the concept and the idea of a 
more civilised off-roader was pursued further with the 1951 Road Rover. 
This car's priorities were changed somewhat over the 80-inch Station 
Wagon, as sheer off-road ability was seen as a secondary consideration, 
compared with durability, practicality and on-road driveability. Gordon 
Bashford was the brains behind this car's technical configuration, and 
it was he that decided against the use of the Land Rover's chassis, 
instead choosing a shortened version of the Rover P4 platform - 
retaining its rear wheel drive transmission. Where the 80-inch Station 
Wagon, had a coachbuilt body, the Road Rover, as it was called, used 
simple, flat body panels (as did the Land Rover) in order to keep down 
production costs."

So, Road Rover <-X- Series I

Also later on from the same source, when talking about the Range Rover:

"Technically, any such project would be an interesting one because it 
would involve a number of compromises. Unlike the Road Rover with its 
two-wheel-drive layout, management favoured a full four-wheel-drive 
system in any new car aimed at this market - but it needed to offer a 
favourable on-raod/off-road compromise... something that the original 
Land Rover did not need, as it was still viewed as an all-out 
utilitarian model."

So, let's assume Range Rover <-X- Road Rover

Thanks. Already corrected in:

    http://www.cnm.es/~pserra/land-rover-family-tree.pdf (0.8MB)

Best regards,

Paco


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