By Nigel Wigmore
THE definition of a thoroughbred — according to at least one online dictionary — is “an outstanding or first class person or thing”.
I’m not sure any of us think of a car as a “thing”. This seems far too detached a term for the next most expensive object we buy after a house.
Few cars these days I would describe as thoroughbreds, but this week’s drive is the exception.
The Range Rover has well-documented antecedents that stretch back more than 70 years, when the humble Land Rover first appeared.
The Rover Company originally used the name Land Rover for a four-wheel drive off-road model launched in 1948. Continue reading