New Range Rover two-door rendered

Earlier this week the fifth-generation Range Rover was revealed in short-wheelbase, long-wheelbase and seven-seat form, and confirmed to offer BMW-sourced V8, pure-electric (EV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and eventually even fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) powertrains.

All that begs the question that could rightly be asked by Range Rover enthusiasts: Where is the two-door body style that recalls the original 1970 version of the world’s first luxury SUV?

Talented Hungarian digital artist X-Tomi Design has now answered that question, at least virtually, by producing this interpretation of what the 2022 Range Rover two-door could look like.

As you can see from this cool render, the speculative two-door Rangie wears all of the new model’s trademark design cues, including a signature clamshell bonnet and front quarter vents, and also retains advances like pop-out door-handles and slimline backswept LED headlights.

Combined with a shorter wheelbase and/or shorter front doors, plus vivid green paint contrasted by a black roof and pillars, this two-door Rangie would certainly pack plenty of road presence and exclusivity, whether powered by a brawny BMW V8 or a silent electric motor.

No, we don’t know whether Jaguar Land Rover plans to produce another two-door Rangie ever again, but there are precedents beyond the model that spawned the premium SUV genre that’s so popular today.

For the record, the first-generation Range Rover was produced between 1969 and 1996, and for the first 12 years (until 1981) it was available only in two-door guise, except for four-door versions offered by aftermarket specialists.

Back in March 2018, JLR revealed the two-door Range Rover SV Coupe and announced it would produce 999 examples of the $400K-plus, four-seat Rangie flagship.

The project was killed off in 2019 – a year after the two-door Range Rover Evoque was replaced by the second-generation model with five doors exclusively – but the born-again Land Rover Defender is now available in short-wheelbase two-door Defender 90 form.

As distinct from the plethora of four-door SUV ‘coupes’ now flooding the market, there are plenty of other two-door SUVs available too, such as the US-only Ford Bronco and the Jeep Wrangler, Suzuki Jimny and Toyota LandCruiser TroopCarrier.

However, while premium SUV coupes are pretty rare these days, we understand Porsche pulled the plug on a two-door version of its original Macan but could resurrect a coupe derivative of the second generation due in 2023.

So we wouldn’t completely rule out the possibility of a top-end two-door Rangie that looks as cool as this.