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The Range Rovers Achivements
1970 Launched 17th June, Blue Hill Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall
1970 Gold Medal for Coachwork
1970 Don Safety Trophy
1971 RAC DEWAR award for outstanding technical achievement
1972 First vehicle to cross the Darien Gap
1974 Completes west to east Sahara Desert expedition - 7,500 miles in 100 days
1981 January - Wins Paris-Dakar Rally
1981 July - 4 Door version launched
1982 Design Council Award
1982 100,000th Range Rover built
1982 Camel Trophy - Papua New Guinea
1982 Automatic Transmission introduced
1983 5 speed manual gearbox
1984 County Limited Edition introduced
1984 Vogue model launched
1985 ZF 4 speed automatic replaces 3 speed
1986 Range Rover Turbo D
1986 August - Turbo D breaks 27 speed and endurance records at MIRA
1987 March - Range Rover launched in North America
1987 Turbo D used for Camel Trophy, Madagascar
1988 Range Rover finishes 2nd in Dakar Rally
1988 March - Range Rover Vogue SE launched at Geneva Show
1988 October - Chain driven transfer box and viscous control unit introduced
1989 Range Rover Vogue SE wins Gold Medal for coachwork at the Birmingham International Motor Show
1989 Recently launched Range Rover 3.5 catalyst model wins "Four Wheeler of the Year" award in the USA
1989 April - Range Rover 3.9 litre wins MOTORWEEK Award, USA, for best multipurpose vehicle
1989 October - Range Rover launched in the UK with 3.9 litre engine. Anti-lock brakes available
1989 October - Range Rover Turbo D engine increases in size from 2.4 litre to 2.5 litre
1990 20th Anniversary of Range Rover
1991 Anti-roll bars fitted
1992 Range Rover LSE introduced with 4.2 litre V8 engine, electronic traction control and electronic air suspension - World first for a 4x4 vehicle
1992 Range Rover Tdi launched with Land Rover's 200 Tdi Turbocharged Direct Injection engine.
1994 All Range Rovers fitted with drivers and passenger airbags. All models also receive new Land Rover R380 manual gearbox. New 300 Tdi diesel engine replaces 200 Tdi
1994 All new Range Rover launched on 29th September. Original Range Rover re-named Range Rover Classic
1995 October - Range Rover Classic 25th Anniversary Final Edition launched at London Motor Show, marking the end of Classic production.
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