LUXURY CAR OF THE YEAR
RANGE ROVER
WORDS JASON BARLOW
PHOTOGRAPHY JONNY FLEETWOOD
Everyone in the car business loves the Range Rover. The original was a jumped-up farm vehicle that somehow invented the SUV – though we should acknowledge 1962’s Jeep Wagoneer here, designed by a man called Jim Anger – but across 50-plus years it has become the lodestar for luxury.
That’s certainly how JLR’s chief creative officer Gerry McGovern sees it. Gerry and his team have reached a point where they’re in complete command of what they do and how they want the Range Rover to look and feel. The result is spectacular, not just in design terms – it’s an automotive superyacht – but also as a demonstration of the company’s engineering chops.