Yep and the concept behind the early Rovers especially the Rangie. Drive it wherever you want in comfort. For the most part still today yet just too much unnecessary stuff - just imho.
A "first generation" Range Rover is still amazing. I'm not super enthusiastic about the '80s onward (I do like the viscous coupling and that magic piston underneath that load levels for 5,000 years without issue) but
damn those old birds are comfortable in good condition and stock trim; incredibly capable, as well. A solid two-door with none of the later options is a breath of fresh air every time you hop in for a drive.
The A/C either sucks or fails to exist at all, but that can be sorted with an aftermarket system. That's a pretty sweet manual transmission, as well.
I think the last one I really liked was
technically the second coming: The P38
Newer models ended up with shitty trim for a while. I can't count how many finishes I've seen worn off of interior parts on those things, and I just don't like the style. They're not holding up as well as the P38 over time physically or aesthetically. I don't know about the more recent models, but while they seem nicer and are very capable, I don't actually like the styling.
They just look plastic all over, to me; and that's purely a result of style. Every new Rover is starting to make the last model look tired, because they're on the cutting edge of industrial design now. That's a dangerous place to be for a company without a volume brand; and you can tell there's an issue when you type "Range Rover" into Google...
...and get
one picture of a Range Rover, plus fifty thousand pictures of Range Rover Evoques, Range Rover Velars, and Range Rover Sports. Same thing's happening to the Discovery, and that's a bad thing. If you want a flagship in that environment, either the price climbs, or the model dies. They're in the wrong ballpark entirely right now.
That next Range Rover had better
start at $120,000.
Cheers,
Kennith