Miguel Sánchez
Like the soldiers of the old British Empire, Land Rover SUVs have traveled to the most isolated corners of the planet. Endowed with enormous reliability and bomb-proof stability, they are capable of fording and climbing the roughest terrain. You can see them both in images of wars and explorations. In short, a brand as attached to British identity as the Union Jack flag and now, ironies of fate, belongs to the Indian group Tata.
The Range Rover was born from the Land Rover and is a kind of Greek temple that is gaining more and more followers, also among modification enthusiasts. Precisely, the company of preparations Jensen International Automotive He has dared to create his own version, joining pieces from different generations of the model with a mammoth Cadillac engine. And well, although the result could not be more impressive ... Fortunately it does not lose its defining British elegance.
A MORE BRITISH OFF-ROAD THAN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE
It was 1947 when the two Wilks brothers, both executives of Rover, decided to create a robust SUV but oriented to the civilian public. It was the time of the Jeep and the United Kingdom wanted to say his through the Land Rover. Thanks to its own and different character from the American model it was quite successful, which did not mean that the English brand ended up semi-ruined in the combination of mergers that took place in the British car industry in the early 1970s.
Land Rover it was established from the beginning as a synonym for functionality and toughness. A toughness that in 1970 was combined with touches of comfort to give rise to the Range Rover, one of the first modern SUVs. A three-door SUV thanks to which going to the field no longer had to be something rustic and devoid of comfort and, also, thanks to its V8 mechanics of Buick origin and its suspension derived from the Rover 2000 / P6, it knew how to give the do chest on the road.
The Range Rover Classic (1970-1996) It was an adaptation of the Land Rover to the passenger car segment that had its definitive accolade when the 1981-door version was presented in 5. In short, the Range Rover was crowned as the perfect combination between the brutality of one of the most reliable SUVs and the elegance and comfort of a 4 × 4 saloon that was leaning more and more towards the luxury sector. An icon to which Jensen International Automotive he has dared to reach out ...
RANGE ROVER CHIEFTAIN. A WORK OF JENSEN
Many modifications are hidden under the body of the Range Rover Chieftain. The most important is the engine 8-liter supercharged V6.2 taken from a Cadillac CTS-V, capable of delivering 564CV. A state-of-the-art American heart as opposed to the old Buick engine discontinued by GM in 1962 (!).
It looks like a true beast fixed to the ground thanks to a 4 × 4 traction that receives power through a 6 speed automatic transmission. The whole package floats on an independent and adjustable air suspension, the height of comfort and probably a maintenance nightmare.
A very personal Range Rover, where modifications have created something completely new and exciting. However, if you are in favor of keeping the classics with their original characteristics ... You should know that the program Range rover reborn is bringing old units of this amazing off-roader back to life.
