Mu 1970 niho iyi Range Rover ifite chassis nº26 yanditswe. Moderi 25 zabanjirije iyi, VELAR, yakoreshejwe mugupima no kwiteza imbere.
Umusaruro wa mbere Range Rover mumateka yanditswe kugirango ukoreshwe, ubu ni uwa Andrew Honychurch, umukunzi wa Range Rovers akaba n'inzobere izwi cyane mu gusana imodoka i Biddenden, Kent. Andereya yabonye muri iyi miryango ibiri Range Rover, iyambere mubikorwa byose Range Rovers, amahirwe yubucuruzi. Ntabwo ari amafaranga gusa, kuri Andrew Honychurch, kwari ukugarura agashusho kari mubihe bibi byo kubungabunga ibidukikije kandi byahinduwe bikuraho ubwiza bwayo bwose.
Usibye chassis yangiritse, roho yacyo nini, V8 yumwimerere yahoze ituye munsi ya hood, yari yarahinduwe kuri moteri ya V8 ivuye muri Rover. Ikintu cya mbere Andereya yakoze mugihe yaguze yagerageje gushaka V8 kuva mumwaka umwe wibyakozwe hanyuma ubishyira mubikwiye. Ariko akazi ntikagarukira aho.
Andrew Honychurch avuga ko bigoye kubona ibice byumwimerere kandi ko kugerageza gukomeza kuba umwizerwa kuri moderi yumwimerere muri iki gikorwa cyo gusana byabaye ikibazo gikomeye: Ati: "Mperutse kugura igitoro cyumwimerere cya lisansi kumayero 415". . Andereya yizera ko nyir'ejo hazaza iyi Range Rover ya mbere azashora imari ikwiye.
25 ya mbere ya Range Rovers yubatswe yakoreshejwe mugupima kandi yari code yitwa "VELAR". Iyi Range Rover, hamwe na chassis nº 26, niyo yabaye iyambere yakiriye izina risobanutse ryicyitegererezo, hamwe nabandi 19, bari bitabiriye isi yose kubanyamakuru. Izi nyandiko 20 "press launch" zasubiye muruganda. Nyuma, mu 1973, umusaruro wa mbere Range Rover wagurishijwe kumuntu ku giti cye.
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