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Range Rover "Double Deck" Pickup Truck Looks Like a Land Yacht

It doesn't take a pro to tell you that the Range Rover pickup truck showcased in this rendering is absurd. Nevertheless, there might just be a method to the madness, so let's take a bit of time to zoom in on this.
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First of all, there's an important number of gearheads who wish to see a pickup truck built by Land Rover. And while it might look like the new Defender would make a good candidate for a bed, this doesn't seem likely, not least thanks to the fact that the rugged Landie has moved on to a unibody construction (here's an article dedicated to this matter).

Secondly, the pixel contraption we have here is an EV and therefore exploits the packaging benefits brought by this architecture.

The nose of the machine doesn't have to accommodate an internal combustion engine. The electric hardware is more compact, easier to place within the vehicle, which allowed this independent concept to explore the idea of a... double bed.

Digital artist Artem Smirnov, who brought us this rendering, decided to mix an extended two-door cab with a bed in the back and one up front.

You should know this image is a mere visual exercise, one that plays to the tune of the British carmaker expanding the Range Rover family in the last decade. However, the said EV packaging benefits are real and those looking for a practical real-world implementation have to look back rather than ahead.

I'm referring to cabover designs here, a solution that used to be popular in the U.S. automotive landscape of the 1960s and 1970s, for instance.

And automotive producers are obviously well aware of this forward control body type comeback potential. For instance, here's a proposal of the sort that resulted from a sketch challenge introduced by Ram earlier this month.

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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