2002 Range Rover Model
Year Details
Introduction
2002 Model Year Statistics
Powertrain
Chassis & Suspension
Exterior
Interior
Special Editions
Other
Note from the Author (Kevin Kelly)
Used Range Rover Listings & Buying
Info
Photo: Jamie
Cardona's 2002 Westminster Edition RR with custom 5-spoke Avera wheels
Introduction
2002 was the (short) last year of p38A/4.0/4.6 Range Rover model
production, as
the next (Mk III/L322/4.4) model was to go on sale halfway through the
year. For 2002 The base 4.6 SE from 2001 was dropped and the 4.6 HSE
became the base model this year. Not
many changes were made for 2002.
2002 Model Year Statistics
The HSE
had the same base price as 2001, of $68,000 not including CA Emissions
$100 CA
Transportation $665. Like 2001 the 4.0L
engine was not available and all were 4.6L
Powertrain:
No significant changes from 2001.
Chassis and Suspension:
No signicficant changes from 2001.
Exterior:
Colors: Altai Silver Chawton White,
Java Black, Oxford
Blue, Rioja Red, Woodcote Green, Epsom Green, Niagara
Gray
No significant changes from 2001. 
Interior:
No significant changes from 2001 except for minor trim variations on
special models (see below). (Photo at right: 2002
Westminster Edition dash, showing nav system and black laquer wood trim).
Options:
No significant changes.
2002 Model
Year Range
Rover Special Editions:
Rhino Edition: Suggested Retail Price was $73,500
(only 125 sold in the US, one for each of the 121 Land Rover Centres +
4
others) All
have Bonatti Grey paint and special
Grainite leather interior with contrasting light and dark "Rhino"
(strange textured) embossed leather seating surfaces, headrests and
armrests. Dark "Rhino" leather is on the
gear
knob, handbrake grip & handbrake gaiter, center console, door panels, door arm rests, and glove
box. “Poplar Anthracite” (grey looking
burled wood) is on upper and lower center console, fascia and door trim
(it was
optional on the steering wheel). Door
locks and speaker surrounds have chrome accents. Special
chrome Rhino logos on the sides in
front of the flashers and on the tailgate next to a special chrome 4.6
HSE
Logo. All had GPS and body color painted
bumpers and 18-inch Proline five spoke wheels (the wheels were first
seen on
the Callaway Edition Range Rover but became a common wheel on the
Discovery
Series II). The 2002 Rhino Edition cost
$3,500 less than the 2000 Rhino Edition, but it didn’t come with the
small wood
rhino from LRNA.
Borrego Edition: (100 were made) All had
bright
yellow “Borrego Yellow” paint with black ash leather interior and seats. The seats had gathered leather with three
horizontal stitches across the seat back and two horizontal stitches
across the
seat bottom. There was yellow stitching
around the edge of the seats, the shift lever, parking brake handle,
door pulls
and mid door leather. The MSRP was
$72,665.
The Borrego Edition also had
the new for 2002 Flat face five-spoke “Comet” 18-inch rims that were
also on
the Discovery II Kensington Edition (different from the Range Rover
Kensington
Edition). Some of the Borrego models may
have come with “Kryton” Wheels. They had
the wood and leather steering wheel (with yellow stitching in the
leather area). Some (but not all of them)
were sold with the
full length Safety Devices metal roof rack.
Photo at right: 2002
Borrego Edition Range Rover belonging to Chris Cole and Tammy Walsh of
Florida. (Picture found by Kevin Kelly).
Westminster
Edition: The price was over $75,000 and 300 were made.
All had black paint and black interior with
black lacquer wood trim (it was shiny dark black like a grand piano). The Westminster
model had the five spoke Proline wheels that were common on many Disco
SIIs but
were on a limited number of Ranger Rovers (including the 30th
Anniversary
and Rhino models) outside it had almost everything painted shiny body
color
black. It did not have a 4.6 HSE sticker
on the tailgate, but it its place it had a Westminster Edition badge
like the badge
on the Disco II Westminster Edition model (the Disco II Westminster did
not
have the black lacquer wood but had “Birds Eye Maple” that looked a lot
like
the “Poplar Anthracite” wood trim on the Range Rover 2002 Rhino
Edition). It also had chrome around the
door locks and
nicer leather on the seats.
Photo at right: Rear
seat DVD player installation on 2002 Westminster Edition. This was
added on by some dealers.
Other
On February 9th 2002 the last
production Range
Rover P38 rolled off the assembly line and driven from Lode Lane to the
Heritage Museum at Gaydon. It will join
the 1st of the 3rd Generation Range Rover (L322) in the
permanent
display. Land Rover announced that the
2003 Range Rover would have an engine build by BMW and the Discovery II
models
would all have the 4.6L V8 from the Range Rover P38.
Note from the Author (Kevin Kelly)
The above information has been secured from sources believed
to be reliable, but no representations, expressed or implied are made
by the
author. Range Rover sales brochures,
workshop manuals, parts manuals, and other sources have been reviewed. Keep in mind, all Land Rover sales brochures
end with a quotation “Details and specifications are subject to change”
All prices are from Kelley Blue Book except where noted.
I would like to thank Kelly Minnick for his original list of
changes to the Range Rover Classic in 1985 that got me started on my
Range
Rover Classic FAQ and it was John Brabyn that encouraged me to write
this
one. I am constantly updating this
information; please e-mail me
with any corrections or additions. I am
working on a list of the
year by year changes and special editions of the current Range Rover
L322 so
feel free to send me any information you have.
Kevin Kelly
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