NEW RANGE ROVER SMASHING RECORDS
Britain's Land Rover has the season's automotive smash hit on its hands. The 2003 Range Rover went on sale June 1 and promptly rolled over the previous one month Range Rover sales record by 150 percent. Land Rover retailers delivered 1223* Range Rovers in June, eclipsing the previous one-month record of 1010 set in 1989. "We had a strong order bank at launch based on very positive press coverage and strong word of mouth out of private showings and auto shows," said Richard Beattie, executive vice president, Sales and Marketing for Jaguar and Land Rover.