On its launch in September 1994, the Range Rover P38 was generally well received. The dashboard of the 1970’s was completely replaced and controls, such as the heating and ride height controls, were made to be simpler and more intuitive for users. The interior of the new Range Rover was, by and large, overhauled. While the fifth, Off Road Extended, could only be accessed automatically by the electronic air suspension. The suspension height could also be manually adjusted between the first four settings. The second-generation Range Rover also featured a vastly improved electronic air suspension which offered five suspension types: Access, Motorway, Standard, Off-Road and Off-Road Extended. The fuel tank in the P38 was moved to a location beneath the rear seat, and side impact bars were added to all the doors.

For the flagship model in this range released in 1994, the vehicle included an anti-lock braking system and two-wheel traction control which was extended to four-wheel traction control on later models. However, it was made stronger, and its safety specifications improved, thanks to the implementation of new welding techniques. The chassis of the new iteration of the Range Rover was remarkably similar to the original. For diesel models, the engines featured an EGR system with plastic inlet manifold.īoth the 4.0 L V8 petrol and the 2.5 L I6 diesel engines were mated to either a R380 manual gearbox or ZF 4HP22 transmission. The upgraded V8 engine for the second gen Range Rover featured a new Bosch engine management system taken from the BMW 7 Series. This design was deemed to be the one which filled the brief well enough. These were then whittled down to two which went to market research and customer clinics: one created by Bertone, the other created by the in-house team.Ĭonsensus fell upon the in-house design, which was nicknamed Pegasus. All of these models used the LSE chassis with the longer 108-inch wheelbase.

In collaboration with Pininfarina, Italdesign, Bertone, John Hefferman and Ken Greenley, the team produced 5 different models. This challenge was handed to Land Rover’s Styling Director George Thomson. The aspirations for the 38A’s styling was a vehicle that looked modern, yet still looked like a Range Rover. In the Land Rover hierarchy, the Range Rover P38 was marketed as a higher spec vehicle to the Land Rover Discovery and, as such, featured more high-tech equipment and premium trims.

On its debut, the second gen Range Rover featured a Rover V8 engine or a 2.5 L BMW six-cylinder turbo diesel. Known as either the P38 or P38A (after the vehicles code name, Pegasus, and the office in which the vehicle development team was based), the second-generation Range Rover launched 24 years after the Range Rover Classic, on 28th September 1994.

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