Thread: Land Rover

Originally Posted by prelude

......... At some point it became it's own brand (after the BMW debacle and end of Rover as a company) and it could have become a single word but I guess they did not do that

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-P

Actually, the model "Land Rover" (a particular model Rover) became a marque (a brand of cars covering a number of models) to solve the problem of what to call the down-market Rangerover that needed to be linked to the successful Rangerover (but not too closely) and Landrover. The solution was to take the name from the Land Rover, use this as a marque name for all three models, rename the Land Rover as "Land Rover Defender", the Rangerover as "Land Rover Rangerover" and name the new model "Land Rover Discovery". The subsequent other new models were similarly named.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

the Rangerover as "Land Rover Rangerover"

But is it Rangerover or Range Rover?

Hmm... Both my Discos say LANDROVER on the bonnet, but they say Land Rover on the back door. Perhaps they didn't know themselves. That would be unsurprising.

Just don't call them a Jeep!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Actually, the model "Land Rover" (a particular model Rover) became a marque (a brand of cars covering a number of models) to solve the problem of what to call the down-market Rangerover that needed to be linked to the successful Rangerover (but not too closely) and Landrover. The solution was to take the name from the Land Rover, use this as a marque name for all three models, rename the Land Rover as "Land Rover Defender", the Rangerover as "Land Rover Rangerover" and name the new model "Land Rover Discovery". The subsequent other new models were similarly named.

Similarly and now in the same stable, Jaguar actually started off as Swallow Sidecars, and had an SS Jaguar model, but after WWII decided to change the company's name to Jaguar.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Actually, the model "Land Rover" (a particular model Rover) became a marque (a brand of cars covering a number of models) to solve the problem of what to call the down-market Rangerover that needed to be linked to the successful Rangerover (but not too closely) and Landrover. The solution was to take the name from the Land Rover, use this as a marque name for all three models, rename the Land Rover as "Land Rover Defender", the Rangerover as "Land Rover Rangerover" and name the new model "Land Rover Discovery". The subsequent other new models were similarly named.

My old Rangies were Range Rovers i.e. two words.