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Originally Posted by Herr Bauhaus
BMW sold Rover in 2000. The current Range Rover was introduced in 2002. ( Land Rover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) while being owned by Ford. Ford sold to Tata in 2008. So I am not so sure about BMW having been involved in the current model's design.
My take is that reliability and quality/finish issues with any car that has been on the market for 6+ years have been ironed out. Some people apparently buy late lifecycle cars for that reason alone.
Anyhow I am glad you enjoy it and I am 100% on board with you that driving a car with no glitches equals bliss. And I like the leather dash, looks great!
P.S. What's up with the photos? Left hand drive interior on top photo and right hand drive on bottom photo. UK plates while in CA. Are these stock photos? If so, please post photos of your own ride. |
BMW developed and worked on the 2003+ Range Rover (although it debuted in late 2002 in many parts of the world). It takes many, many years to engineer, develop and release a model. The Range Rover is roughly 25% BMW parts. Even when Ford owned Land Rover, Land Rover did, and still does have part/supplies contracts with BMW. Literally, almost every control, feature and item in my Range Rover is from the E53 X5 (and some from the old 7 Series too!) I didn't have time to take pics of my car, but I spent a few mins finding pics of my exact car. Same exterior colour, interior colour, options, leather, etc, etc.