Land Rover engineered the Range Rover's V8 to keep running in situations most road cars would stall in — carburetors tuned to feed fuel at extreme tilt angles, plus a manual starting handle for cranking the engine by hand if needed.
Median 93 hp across 54 similar cars
Lead trim: Range Rover 3.5 Rover V8 carburettor (135 hp)
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FactLand Rover engineered the Range Rover's V8 to keep running in situations most road cars would stall in — carburetors tuned to feed fuel at extreme tilt angles, plus a manual starting handle for cranking the engine by hand if needed.
The Range Rover is a 4x4, mid-size off-road vehicle produced from 1970 to 1996 (326,070 built; the "Classic" name was applied retrospectively when the P38A arrived in 1994), initially by the Rover (later Land Rover) division of British Leyland and latterly by the Rover Group. Introduced in June 1970 as "A Car For All Reasons" with a top speed of around 100 mph, it was a two-door for its first 11 years until a four-door arrived in 1981, and moved successfully upmarket through the 1980s; availability of the two-door was restricted from 1984 but it stayed in some markets until 1994. Originally it used a detuned 135 hp version of the Buick-derived 3.5-litre (3,528 cc) Rover V8, carburettors until 1986 when Lucas electronic fuel injection replaced them, with permanent four-wheel drive with a lever for switching ratios on the transfer box, a four-speed manual (Fairey overdrive from 1977), a three-speed Chrysler TorqueFlite automatic option from October 1982 (a 4-speed ZF from 1985) and the switch from the LT95 to the LT77 five-speed and separate LT230 transfer box in 1983. Leyland Australia assembled it from CKD kits at Enfield from 1979 to 1983, Tracto Agro in Venezuela from 1973 to 1981, and a US launch planned for 1971 fell through, so Americans imported it on the grey market until factory US models began on 16 March 1987. The catalogue already holds an EPA-year "First-generation Range Rover" (1987–1995); this entry covers the earlier years.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERThe L405 was the first Range Rover with a fully aluminum monocoque body, cutting up to 420 kg from the outgoing steel-bodied L322.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range Rover 3.5 Rover V8 carburettor (135 hp) | 1970–1986 | 3.5 L V8 | 135 hp | 185 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
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The L405 was the first Range Rover with a fully aluminum monocoque body, cutting up to 420 kg from the outgoing steel-bodied L322.
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Land Rover engineered the Range Rover's V8 to keep running in situations most road cars would stall in — carburetors tuned to feed fuel at extreme tilt angles, plus a manual starting handle for cranking the engine by hand if needed.
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