Range Rover

Posted by: u6213129461734706 on 04 July 2010

Charles S. King just passed away. A very iconic figure, he designed the Range Rover. 85 years old, fit as a fiddle, killed while riding his bike. Wonder what kind of stereo he listened to? May peace be with him.

Dave
Posted on: 07 July 2010 by Guinnless
He didn't like the idea of the Range Rover as a status symbol!

Is that true about Thin[1] being a design 'expert" for Range Rover? Please tell me you were joking.

[1] David and Victoria are known locally as "Thick and Thin".

Cheers
Steve
Posted on: 07 July 2010 by Dungassin
Just to show that it is a status symbol rather than intended to be used as a genuine off-roader ... I saw one with low profile tyres yesterday.

Didn't know the designer, but sorry he's gone.
Posted on: 07 July 2010 by Lontano
MilesSmiles and I went on a Land Rover day a few years ago now in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney. These cars went places no others could go. It was a great experience. Great to see all the guys with their flashy new Range Rovers scared getting the mud all over them.


Here is Oliver in his Land Rover Cool

Look carefully - you can see Oliver is wearing his Naim T shirt
Posted on: 07 July 2010 by MilesSmiles
A great day out - made me a believer, if they just weren't that bloody expensive here in the UK.

BTW, I really did not know that a car could do what we did that day.
Posted on: 07 July 2010 by Tony Lockhart
I assume this is the Spen King that designed the award winning cylinder head for the Dolomite Sprint. When was an engine last put down to one man?

RIP Spen.

Tony
Posted on: 07 July 2010 by tonym
A truly superb vehicle. Although I seldom take mine off-road these days, nevertheless it's got me out of some sticky situations and as a long-distance cruiser IMO there's no equal.

I had the pleasure to drive one of the first production Rangies too, and after a Series 3A Land Rover it was quite a staggering experience!
Posted on: 07 July 2010 by BigH47
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Originally posted by Tony Lockhart:
I assume this is the Spen King that designed the award winning cylinder head for the Dolomite Sprint. When was an engine last put down to one man?

RIP Spen.

Tony


Yes, Tony, also worked on the JET1 Rover gas turbine car and TR7 and Stag engines.
Posted on: 08 July 2010 by DAVOhorn
When at school a friends dad got the first Range Rover in Bristol.

Compared to the land Rover it was an astonishing vehicle.

Superb on and off road. Great on the motorway and could carry a family and all its crap with ease. Also could tow a boat too.

An amazing vehicle.

When a student in Plymouth i used to take a friends Rangy around dartmoor and the south hams.

Great car.

David
Posted on: 08 July 2010 by mudwolf
in 71 drove to LA with car nut high school friends, drooling at exotic Italian cars. We had fits of laughter at a Land Rover with a canopy over it with plaques around it proclaiming things like "longest milage on banana oil 38,478 miles"

They are great but being an urbanite I don't need one.