The Great Divide Ride: Range Rovers on the Rockies

摘要

RANGE ROVER THE BRAND may conjure up images of uppity royal Brits driving through paddocks to go on a fox hunt or to a pub for a warm pint of Guinness and a lamb-burger, but there is much more to Range Rover than Welsh wheeling in tweed and raincoats. We recall a time when Range Rovers were the vehicle of choice for khaki-clad teams of off-roaders competing in the infamous Camel Trophy, who were abused and yet completed the task at hand in their mustard-yellow trucks with little knobby Michelins, roof racks, winch cables, limb-lifters, and sand ladders. Since then we've held a secret fondness for these aluminum SUVs.