Range Rover: Crossing paper bridges as it comes to it

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45 years are up for Range Rover and Land Rover decided to celebrate it like it were the first - Paper anniversary. Ideally, it should have been a Sapphire themed anniversary but then have we known Land Rover to do things that were mundane? The Jaguar F-Pace had a similar treatment as well. It entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having performed a gravity-defying, record-breaking stunt on a 360-degree loop.

Now, Land Rover commemorated 45 years of the existence of its flagship Range Rover by driving the car over….wait for it… a paper bridge. Yes, you read that right. 

The engineers spent three days building the five-metre long structure to drive the 2,374kg car across.  Off-road driving instructor Chris Zhou drove a Range Rover Vogue with the supercharged V6 across it, marking a world's first. Roughly, 54,390 sheets of paper supplied by specialist British manufacturer James Cropper PLC made up the 3.4-metre high bridge in Suzhou, China. What’s more unbelievable, is that those sheets of paper were held in place without any glue or bolts. 

Here’s the video of the stunt the car managed to pull off:

The Range Rover story began in the 1960s, as Land Rover looked to revolutionise the growing 4 x 4 leisure market. Production of the first prototype began in 1966, with the first model being released to the world’s media to critical acclaim four years later.

The jaw-dropping drive is the latest in a long line of industry firsts for Land Rover's flagship SUV. In 1989, it was first 4x4 to be fitted with ABS anti-lock brakes and introduced both Electronic Traction Control and electronic air suspension to the sector in 1992.

The latest fourth-generation model was the first all-aluminium SUV when it debuted in 2012. Its innovative lightweight aluminium body provides a total vehicle saving of up to 420kg compared to using traditional steel. 

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Source: Land Rover UK