DECEMBER 2002
In December 2002, Geoge Upex of Land Rover (at that point part of the Ford group) contacted STOLA s.p.a, following the positive experience of 1997 with the two models of the Mini Spiritual.
The project was ambitious, a show car that would showcase the future of the Range Rover.
February 2003 Coventry. Before starting the construction of the prototype, Giuseppe Di Nunno della Stola s.p.a. he will work for two weeks at the Style Center to share technical feasibility with Land Rover technicians.
The work began in February 2003 with the construction of the exterior and interior models. The prototype promised to be very complex ,especially for the sophisticated interiors and the two Lamborghini-type electric opening doors.
This work also marked a generational change of the Technical Heads of the STOLA prototype department.
Felice Chiara reached retirement age and was replaced by Giovanni Longo. The goal was to present the concept for the upcoming Detroit Motor Show, scheduled for January 10, 2004.
September 2003 moments of the prototype processing before painting. In the photo on the right you can see Aristide in a blue shirt.
September 2003. Alfredo Stola and Giovanni Longo, for him the Range Stormer will be his first job
as the new head of the prototype department.
On the right Maurizio Dimaria.
September 2003. Acquaviva.
September 2003. The Land Rover team residing in
Stola s.p.a.
November 2003 Finishing stages of the Range Rover Stormer Show Car.
November 2003 Finishing stages of the Range Rover Stormer Show Car.
November 2003. final finishing stages. In the photo on the left you can see Longo with the blue shirt.
November 2003. final finishing stages.
Stole posing with Tesauro
November 2003. Gram Alchoc, P.M. Range Stormer
November 2003 ...
November 2003. The exteriors are practically finished and the assembly of the interiors will begin soon.
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December 2003. The photos in the studio taken in Turin.
December 2003. Preliminary phases for the night photo shoot at Alfredo's home
and Maria Paola Stola.
The name would eventually become Range Stormer, and in addition to the classic studio shoot, Land Rover's marketing team would also ask for an unusual photo shoot at Alfredo and Maria Paola Stola's house at night.
This was an unforgettable experience, not least because it demonstrated the perfect harmony between Land Rover and Stola teams.
January 2004 Detroit. Alfredo Stola, Matthew Taylor Managing Director Land Rover and Gioachino Grande.
December 2003. A welcome tribute to Alfredo Stola by Land Rover designer Richard Woolley.
During this year of work Alfredo asks Richard to imagine a special edition of the Defender duble cab pick up Stola for an exploration in Iceland.
During the development of Range Stormer , Gerry McGovern was the director of the Land Rover Style Center, in February 2004 Alfredo Stola and Gioachino Grande visited him at his Gaydon office in Britain to talk about a new model.
The idea is to imagine the new Land Rover Defender, one of the most iconic cars in the world.
Ultimately, due to strategy, this model would never be built by Land Rover group.
This glorious model would later be resumed in 2017, its production and marketing is scheduled for 2020.
Regarding the Range Stormer, all the style concepts were later seen on the production Range Rovers in the following years.