Range Rover

Range Rover began in June 1970 as a single model: a Land Rover with coil-sprung suspension, permanent four-wheel drive and a 3.5-litre Rover V8, aimed at buyers who wanted the off-road ability without the utility-vehicle cabin. It was sold only as a two-door until 1981, and the name has since spread across five models.

It became a brand in its own right in 2023, when Jaguar Land Rover shortened its corporate name to JLR and reorganised around what it calls a House of Brands. Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar are each marketed separately from that point. Land Rover was not retired: JLR keeps it as an endorsing trust mark that appears on and inside the three SUV brands’ cars, which is why it remains a marque here as well. The corporate owner is unchanged - Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. of Coventry, held by India’s Tata Motors since 2008.

Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Velar are assembled at Solihull in the West Midlands, the plant that has built the nameplate since the start. Evoque is built at Halewood on Merseyside, which also takes the electric GT and is being rebuilt around electric production.

The first battery-electric Range Rover went on sale in September 2026, sharing the MLA-Flex platform and the Solihull line with the petrol and plug-in hybrid cars. The GT that follows it is the first Range Rover designed as an electric car from the outset, on JLR’s separate EMA platform.