LA MOTOR SHOW: Range Rover plotting luxury coupe

Land Rover has confirmed it is considering a glamourous two-door SUV based on its existing Range Rover to will rival cars from the likes of Bentley and Rolls Royce.

The revelation was made during an exclusive round table discussion between Lander Rover's chief design officer Gerry McGovern and Australian media at today’s Los Angeles motor show.

During the conversation, held just hours after the launch of the Bentley Bentayga-rivalling Range Rover SVAutobiography, McGovern confirmed that it was a "natural progression" for Range Rover to "become more tailored, bespoke, refined and luxurious".

When asked specifically if he wanted to push into the "super luxury segment", McGovern replied: "Watch this space" before adding:

"All I can say is, as a business, over the last few years under Tata, we've had a look at all the products we could do…

“I can't say when or what, but there are opportunities. We have proved with Range Rover there are opportunities to offer derivations of these vehicles to offer them in a way to bring something new to the market."

McGovern has hinted previously at the possibility of a Range Rover passenger car and an SUV smaller than the Velar, which won’t spawn a two-door version.

Helping make a business case for a limited-run production car is Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO). says the Range Rover design boss.

SVO is self-funded, meaning a limited-edition model that pays for itself (and makes JLR profit) is far easier to create a business case, said McGovern

"The good thing with SVO is it is a self-funding business so there are opportunities within SVO that don't necessarily have to be mainstream and small volume [vehicles] lend itself beautifully to that,” said the Land Rover creative director.

Going on to talk about electrification and the Evoque replacement, McGovern then reignited the low-volume Range Rover Coupe discussion when asked if Land Rover would replace the two-door version of the entry-level premium SUV.

"There's probably less market for a two-door [Evoque] and given that we have a cabriolet there's no need.

"But as we get bigger you can think about going two-door because it becomes more exclusive, which might give you a hint,” added McGovern, referring back to the ultra-limited, SVO built and developed Range Rover SVA.

The decision to create a two-door version of the Range Rover plays to the luxury SUV's heritage.

First launched as a two-door back in 1970, the original Range Rover that helped set the template for a modern premium SUV only switched to four doors in 1981.

To help commemorate its original designer Charles Spencer King, in 1991 Land Rover created a limited run of 200 two-door Range Rovers badged 'CSK'.

Featuring a more powerful 138kW version of the standard car's 3.9-litre V8, the special two-door came with sports dampers and new front and rear anti-roll bars that increased roll stiffness by 25 per cent.

Inside the CSK's hand-built interior were premium leather seats and the most luxurious (back then) Range Rover interior ever.

Confusingly, the Australian market missed out on the special two-door Rangie and instead received CSK limited-editions based on the regular four-door Vogue SE.