Just curious, but do y'all consider a Range Rover Sport to be a Range Rover? Or a Land Cruiser Prado (aka 4runner aka GX470) to be a Land Cruiser?

Seems to me they're pretty different animals, so I'm confused as to why the knock-offs are named after the OGs.

Any other examples of this sort of thing in the car world? Montero Sports were actually Monteros, right?

 

I think at least for Montero, the Sport model was the less expensive one and shared a slightly different design.

I wouldn't call these various models the knockoffs though. They're rather the expansion of what's already widely accepted nameplate created to generate more sales.

Jon

 

The Range Rover sport is actually a Discovery platform styled to look like a Range, from what I've read it's a pretty nice truck though

And this thread has possibly the worst title in the history of the internet

 

Hey, you looked, didn't you?

 

Hilariously true.....but still a good question. If were any of the aforementioned manufacturers I would do the same thing. Extending the brand not only increases overall sales. But adds to the "legend" if you will, when done properly. Now that can be the tricky part as we all know. I think Land Rover and certainly Porsche are prime examples of success with this. For the record I love the RR sport and I'm a longtime Range enthusiast. Smart move to stretch your fanbase while digging into new pockets.