>Does a Range Rover have a hyphen? I just went out and
>looked on my Rangie.
>
>Actually, the hyphen is still there - look on the marque
>badges. That good old lightning bolt between the words...
>
>So, they ALL have the hyphen!
>
>As an amusing aside, I had a look at the shots I took of
>YVB - and the serial number plate on it says NOTHING about
>Land Rover at all.
>
>It says:
>
>"Manufactured by The Rover Co. Ltd. Solihull England. Range
>Rover"
>Below that is a spot for the chassis number, and below it
>the GVW and max front and rear axle loading weights.
>
>Seems like there was some thought there of divorcing the RR
>from land-Rover completely, perhaps?
My 109 says something like that, though. It does say it's a
Land-Rover Series IIA, but only in the context of it being a model.
It's made by the Rover, Co LTd.
>I am curious,though, as to exactly when the hyphen went
>away in the name. My manuals dated 69-70 (last century,
>that is) still reflect the hyphen, so it must have been
>after that.
>
>Wonder if it was from the launch of the Rangie?
I remember reading a LR statement that it was to be consistant with
Range Rover, so it must be quite a bit later than that, maybe 80s?
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