Range Rover Italy

According to the press release from Leyland Italia; all Range Rover's sold in Italy in 1978 had a

Diavia Frigette of Bologna air conditioning conversion installed as standard.

The A/C conversion was developed by Diavia Frigette in Italy.

From the Leyland Italia Press Release of March 23. 1978:

Air conditioning is standard on all Range Rover's

The Range Rover, the most elegant, comfortable and fast off-road vehicle that you can currently meet on our roads, is now sold in Italy with a powerful air conditioning system specially developed by Diavia Frigette of Bologna, as standard.

The validity of this installation was verified by the technical office of Leyland Italy through a series of "tests" laboratory. In the course of these tests and further development from the plant of Diavia Frigette the A/C system is able to ensure a temperatures of +3 C at the output of the jets even when the outside there are +50 C to a minimal of power absorption.

The powerful Rover 3528 cc V8 engine of the 153 hp only use 2.5 to 4 hp to run the installation of the

air conditioning, so that the performance of the Range Rover are minimally affected.

Diavia Frigette A/C system on Range Rover's in Italy, as standard

This multi-purpose vehicle, halfway between a terrain vehicle and a luxury station wagon,

the Range Rover is now delivered with the adoption of air conditioning as standard created one more

reason to meet the needs from its customers.

Prices (March 1978):

Range Rover 15.722.050,- Italian lira, incl VAT

- Tinted windows / heated rear window 638.550,-

- Internal nylon / headrests 211.950,-

- Power steering 793.800,-

Rome, March 23, 1978

1979 Range Rover Model Year

During the late seventies the Italian company Bubble Car manufactored a special grille with extra spotlights for the Range Rover.

The Range Rover shown right is lightly customized with:

- wider wheels and tyres

- fender flares on front and rear wing for the wider tyres

- rear light protection bars

- vinyl covered roof

- sports style rear view mirror on left front door

- uncommon anthenna fixings

- black wiper blades and wiper arms

- Lucas extra driving/fog lamps beneath the bumper

- Bubble Car grille with extra driving lamps

- white turn signal lights, only used in Italy

Range Rover Bubble Car with extra driving lamp arrangement

1982 Range Rover Model Year

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Introduction of 4 doors Italian advertisement