The original Range Rover, you may recall, was sold as a three-door model. At the front, there were doors for the driver and passenger. And at the back, a rear door to get stuff in and out of the boot.<\/p>\n
Back in those days, the Range Rover was much more utilitarian than the luxury Rangies of today are. It was a tool to get jobs done \u2013 and it was spectacularly good if the job you needed doing involved getting over harsh terrain in relative comfort.<\/p>\n
Now, Land Rover is going back to the Range Rover\u2019s roots with the Range Rover SV Coupe.<\/p>\n
Okay, this is certainly not a utilitarian car. Developed and built by Land Rover\u2019s Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) division, it\u2019s as luxury as Land Rover products come. Land Rover calls the interior \u201csupremely refined\u201d.<\/p>\n
We\u2019d agree on that, given the picture that Land Rover sent us. There\u2019s ample space for four, with Business Class-style armchair seats in the rear. There\u2019s leather and wood everywhere, and Land Rover promises \u201cup-to-the-minute\u201d technologies.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Land Rover is keeping the exterior design top secret. It\u2019ll be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in early March. For now, all we have to go in is Land Rover\u2019s description of the SV Coupe.<\/p>\n
\u201cSV Coup\u00e9 is a celebration of the Range Rover bloodline, with a dramatic two-door silhouette which alludes to its unique heritage \u2013 Range Rover launched as a two-door in 1970 \u2013 while being thoroughly modern and contemporary,\u201d Land Rover\u2019s statement says.<\/p>\n
Anyway, it\u2019ll be a limited-edition car to further commemorate the company\u2019s 70th anniversary. Just 999 will be hand-assembled at the SV Technical Centre in Ryton-on-Dunsmore in Warwickshire, UK.<\/p>\n