it is usually known as the range rover p38 or p38a outside of land rover, after the office building in which the vehicle development team was based. during the early development stages, the engineering team was based in the engineering block at solihull, and the vehicle was known by the project designations of 'pegasus' and 'discovery,' changing to p38a when the team moved to block 38a at solihull. the name 'discovery' was used temporarily as a cover to confuse journalists while the original discovery vehicle was being developed. during production land rover referred to it as either the 'new range rover' or by its model designation of 'lp'.