Four Wheeler – October 2019

10 OCTOBER 2019 FOUR WHEELER fourwheeler.com

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ou might already know the

performance Ford Mustang

RTR, and now there’s an F-

RTR with off-road aggressiveness

built into its looks. It has Fox Per-

formance Series 2.0 suspension

components, custom 20-inch RTR

Tech 6 off-road wheels with Nitto

Ridge Grappler rubber, a tactical

skidplate, and RTR floor liners and

fender flares. The RTR grille has

LED lighting, and there’s a Ford

Performance after-cat exhaust. As

you’d expect, RTR badges abound,

and there’s also a serialized dash

plaque signed by Vaughn Gittin Jr.

You’ll be looking at a starting price

of $12,750 for the package. Learn

more at rtrvehicles.com or look for

it at select Ford dealerships.

New Ford F- 150 RTR

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS

BY TORI TELLEM

[email protected]

PHOTOS: COURTESY OF THE MANUFACTURERS

Range Rover Astronaut Edition

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ook at today’s date. Not April 1, right? Therefore, don’t question this—

it’s for real. Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations has introduced the

Range Rover Astronaut Edition, available to you if you’re a Virgin Galactic

Future Astronaut customer. In case you wondered about the space

features: “One-off interior design includes custom cupholder

crafted from the spaceship’s front landing skid, ‘DNA of Flight’

logo graphic veneer, and aluminum door handles with the Fu-

ture Astronaut community constellation design.” There’s also a

custom “puddle lamp illumination design” with the “silhouette

of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, while unique Astronaut Edi-

tion badging features on the tailgate and side profile finishers.”

Said founder Richard Branson in his blog: “My favorite thing

about the Astronaut Edition Range Rover is that it will feature a

part of the spaceship—so our Future Astronauts’ space experi-

ences can be remembered as they continue their journeys on

Earth. The wooden skid, which is a lightweight braking system

in SpaceShipTwo’s landing gear, has been refashioned and

engraved to form part of center console.” SpaceShipTwo is the

passenger-carrying spaceship that’s part of Virgin Galactic’s

“human spaceflight system.” No word yet on when the tourist

attraction actually takes flight.