Land Rover
In-house designs : Land Rover LCV⅔
Defending the 1990s The Lightweight Concept Vehicle programme was initiated by Land Rover in the early 1990s, and was a serious investigation into the production of lighter, cleaner and greener off-roaders. The idea was to test-bed new technologies, harking back to the days of the British Leyland Technology ECV programme, and one of the targets [...]
April 9, 2012
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Keith Adams · 
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News : Land Rover celebrated in New York
Georgina Chapman, Co-Founder of Marchesa joined Land Rover to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the company’s presence in the USA in a VIP celebration where the 1987 Range Rover and 2012 Evoque were on display. NFL star Bart Scott and TV personality Kelly Bensimon, were also on hand and shared details of their own [...]
April 5, 2012
· Keith Adams · 19 Comments
News : Land Rover USA hits the quarter century
The Range Rover was officially introduced to the United States 25 years ago this year in 1987. To celebrate this milestone, Land Rover will host a special celebration in conjunction with the New York Auto Show and will invite consumers to an urban off-road adventure where they will drive 2012 model year vehicles at a [...]
March 26, 2012
· Keith Adams · 22 Comments
News : Millionth Discovery celebrated in style
Andrew Elphick Land Rover has announced it had constructed the millionth Discovery, 23 years after the launch of the original in 1989. Today it is the choice of those who find a Defender just too agricultural, and a Range Rover just a touch ostentatious. From the neat white lined aisles of Waitrose’s car parks, to [...]
March 2, 2012
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News : Video – Land Rover DC100s in action
Keith Adams Land Rover has released a pair of videos (no sound sadly) of its DC100 concept in action. And it has to be said that if it’s trying to convince Defender customers that this is going to be their next purchase, then they might be on to a bit of a struggle. But just [...]
November 14, 2011
· Keith Adams · 22 Comments
News : Land Rover DC100 unveiled at Frankfurt
Matthew Hayward Land Rover pulled the covers off a Sport version of its ‘New Defender’ concept, in addition to the DC100 previewed in the lead up to Frankfurt, supporting the announcement that it plans to replace the current Defender in 2015. The launch of a new off-roader will coincide with the incoming Euro 6 regulations, [...]
September 18, 2011
· Matthew Hayward · 39 Comments
News : Land Rover DC100 for Frankfurt
Keith Adams Land Rover’s exciting DC100 Concept will be unveiled to the public at the IAA in Frankfurt and clearly signals the company’s intent to replace the Defender with a brand new car. The new concept is a long way away from being a production-ready vehicle, but shows that Land Rover is ready to shun [...]
August 31, 2011
· Keith Adams · 44 Comments
Essay : The Eighties and Nineties at Land Rover
Nigel Garton on his time spent at Land Rover. 1982-1994 were turbulent years at Land Rover, and ultimately saw the company grow massively. Here’s the view of a man in the engineering department… IN ITS far-reaching programme of changes in 1975, The Ryder Report never addressed the Land Rover operation, leaving it separate to the [...]
August 7, 2011
· Keith Adams · One Comment
News : Land Rover Defender to be scrapped?
Keith Adams The Defender is probably the most recognisable new car you can buy today, and like the Mini and the Jaguar E-type has become a British icon. That it’s actually still for sale at all given how useless it is as a road car is a genuine miracle – but that’s because it’s still [...]
July 29, 2011
· Keith Adams · 57 Comments
Drive story : Land Rover Defender // Stonehenge to London
Recently refreshed and confirmed for production for a few years yet, the Land Rover Defender is a British institution, and the closest thing to a brand new classic you can buy in the UK. To celebrate, we take one from Stonehenge in Wiltshire to the heart of London, and photograph it with something rather modern. [...]
July 25, 2011
· Keith Adams · One Comment
Concepts and prototypes : Freelander
Freelander underwent a rather convoluted development programme; it started out as a joint Rover Cars/Land Rover project to produce a vehicle to compete in the emerging “crossover” market, as epitomised by the Suzuki Vitara… The initial projects crystallised into the Rover Oden and Land Rover Pathfinder. It was the latter that survived into maturity, and [...]
July 24, 2011
· Keith Adams · One Comment
The cars : Land Rover Freelander
It started out as an idea to produce a lifestyle vehicle at the end of the 1980s, but by the time of its announcement nearly a decade later, the Land Rover Freelander was meeting a very real challenge issued by the Japanese. Despite a fair bit of parts-bin engineering, the Freelander emerged as truly capable [...]
July 23, 2011
· Keith Adams · No Comments
The cars : Land Rover Discovery
Expanding the portfolio THE story of the Land Rover Discovery actually begins at the dawn of the 1980s, and company reshuffles that saw Land Rover separated from the car making divisions of BL, Austin-Rover and Jaguar. The company’s success in producing off-road vehicles had endured almost criminal neglect during the 1970s – a situation that [...]
July 6, 2011
· Keith Adams · 14 Comments
Land Rover : Evoque production starts at Halewood
The new Range Rover Evoque passed an important milestone yesterday when the first production vehicle was driven off the line at Land Rover’s Halewood manufacturing plant in Liverpool. Jaguar Land Rover’s CEO, Ralf Speth together with JLR executive officers, union representatives and employees, gathered to celebrate the start of new Range Rover Evoque production. The [...]
July 5, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · 28 Comments
In-house designs : Rover SD5
New age Landie FOR all those who thought that the only Specialist Division prototypes produced were the SD1 and SD2, here’s something of a treat for you. During the early 1970s, BL management investigated the possibility of replacing its long-lived Land Rover, and tasked the Specialist Division to come up with a low-cost, easy to [...]
June 25, 2011
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
Press Report : Land Rover reveals UK price for the Evoque
David Jolley, Automotive News Europe, 5 April 2011 The Range Rover Evoque’s starting price will be £27,955 (about 32,000 euros) in the UK, Land Rover said. The SUV will be offered in both five-door and coupe body styles and will go on sale in September. Customers will have a choice of two 2.2-litre turbodiesels, one [...]
April 5, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · 17 Comments
Land Rover : Halewood celebrates production of 250,000th Freelander 2
Land Rover employees at the company’s Halewood manufacturing plant on Merseyside are today celebrating an important milestone achievement − the production of the 250,000th Freelander 2. Production of the Freelander 2 began in 2007 and, today, the plant’s 250,000th Freelander 2 will be driven off of the line. Land Rover is also celebrating a growing demand [...]
March 28, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · No Comments
Land Rover : Defender X-Tech Limited Edition announced
Land Rover has announced a new limited edition version of the Defender called the X-Tech which will be on public display for the first time at this month’s Brussels Motor Show. The Defender X-Tech will be available in Zermatt Silver with a contrasting Santorini Black roof and wheel arches and black 16-inch Saw Tooth [...]
January 13, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · One Comment
Land Rover : UK sales in 2010 up 28% year-on-year
Clive Goldthorp The MY11 Land Rover Freelander 2 Land Rover UK has today reported that UK registrations of the company’s models increased by 28% in 2010 when compared to the previous year – just over 42,000 new vehicles were registered in 2010 as opposed to around 33,000 in 2009. The Freelander 2 led the increase in [...]
January 7, 2011
· Clive Goldthorp · 10 Comments
Land Rover : New offer freezes VAT at 17.5% until March, 2011
Land Rover has today announced a pricing initiative designed to protect UK customers from the VAT increase in January 2011. The offer, which applies to new build retail orders placed before the 31st December, 2010, means customers will avoid the increased VAT rate if their vehicle is registered and delivered between the 4th January, 2011 and the [...]
November 15, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · 3 Comments
