1968

Gordon Bashford

A British car design engineer, Bashford played a significant part in the design of most post-war Rover cars, including the off-road Land Rover and then, with Spen King, the Range Rover. 

Bashford was also involved in the development of the P4, the P6 and, as the designer of the Rover SD1 (which won European Car of the Year in 1977).

1968

Charles Spencer King

Charles (Spen) King CBE was a significant figure in the Rover Company and, after its takeover, in the British Leyland Motor Corporation.

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He is best known for his leadership of the teams that developed the Rover P6 series, (introduced as the 2000 in 1963) and the Range Rover. Spen also led teams responsible for the Triumph TR6, Stag and TR7 models as well as the innovative design of the 16-valve cylinder head used on the Triumph Dolomite Sprint. 

1971

John Blashford-Snell

Renowned explorer Blashford-Snell CBE led the British Trans-Americas Darien Gap Range Rover expedition. Two vehicles registered as VXC 868K and VXC 765K covered an 18,000 mile journey from North to South America between December 1971 and April 1972.

The aim of this expedition was to focus attention on the need to complete the Pan-American Highway, at 17000miles, the longest road in the world.

1970

The Rover Company

The Rover Company was a British car manufacturing company with a reputation for quality and performance. Rover manufactured the Land Rover from 1948 onwards, which spawned the Range Rover in 1970.

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Rover was sold to Leyland Motors in 1967, and ultimately became the most prolific brand within BL and gave its name to the entire conglomerate in the form of the Rover Group in 1986 (of which MG, Mini and Land Rover remained a part until the Rover Group was broken up by BMW in 2000).

1994

BMW

A German multinational company which produces luxury vehicles and motorcycles, BMW was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which the company produced from 1917 until 1918 and then again from 1933 to 1945.

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Within the BMC structure, automobiles are marketed under the brands BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce, and the company purchased the Rover Group in 1994. However, the takeover was not successful and caused BMW large financial losses. In 2000, BMW sold off most of the Rover brands, retaining only the Mini brand.

2008

Tata

Tata Motors Limited, formerly Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO), is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Tata Motors' principal subsidiaries purchased Jaguar Land Rover (the maker of Jaguar and Land Rover cars) from Ford, as well as the South Korean commercial vehicle manufacturer Tata Daewoo.

1989

Discovery

The original Range Rover served as the basis for the 1st generation Discovery, as well as the 2nd generation Range Rover, making the Discovery the first new model series since the launch of the 1970 Range Rover.

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The Range Rover had progressively moved upmarket through its life to evolve into a luxury vehicle sold at a much higher price point. The Discovery was intended to fulfil the role the Range Rover originally was intended for.

2008

Evoque

The Range Rover Evoque is a subcompact luxury crossover SUV produced by Jaguar Land Rover, under the Land Rover marque. The original Evoque was a development of the Land Rover LRX concept vehicle, which was unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in January 2008.

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The first-generation Evoque was produced from July 2011 until 2018 in three and five door versions, with both two wheel and four-wheel drive. The second-generation car started production in 2018 by Range Rover.

1979

Range Rover Sport

The Range Rover Sport is a luxury mid-size SUV made by Land Rover. The first generation (codename: L320) started production in 2005 and was replaced by the second generation Sport in 2013.

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The Range Rover Sport was of a much more conservative design featuring five doors and a wheelbase hardly shorter than that of the Range Rover Vogue.