
Review : Land Rover Discovery – first off the line
Mike Humble drives the very first Land Rover Discovery off the line. It’s a 1989 original, so he finds himself transported back in time… Disco number one: First among equals […]
Mike Humble drives the very first Land Rover Discovery off the line. It’s a 1989 original, so he finds himself transported back in time… Disco number one: First among equals […]
Think the idea of a new-age Land Rover Defender came along with Gerry McGovern’s smooth reboot? Think again… British Leyland’s Specialist Division had a very convincing crack at it back […]
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 […]
The Land Rover 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 SUV […]
A preview of Land Rover’s television commercial for the new Defender has been released online. And from what we’ve seen of it, boy, does it show the new off-roader as […]
On reading Keith’s piece on the new Defender, I had to comment. If you have read my other blogs you will know that I did have a connection with Rover and […]
I’ve been in Frankfurt all day having fun with my day job, but at least I had plenty of time to have a good look around the Land Rover Defender, […]
The Land Rover Defender L663 is a long-overdue addition to the Land Rover family – it’s hugely important for the company’s long-term plans, and was finally revealed at the 2019 Frankfurt […]
The Land Rover Discovery Sport is hugely important to its maker’s fortunes. It’s Land Rover’s best-selling car, with 438,000 examples built since launch and, as part of the Discovery family, […]
The outgoing Range Rover Evoque was a huge success for Land Rover – so clearly, replacing it successfully is vitally important for the company. Does the second-generation L551 measure up? […]
Mark Paget tells the incredibly detailed story of Leyland Australia’s very own Land Rover GAME. It’s an upmarket version of the existing Series III short-wheelbase model with one or two interesting […]
The development of a replacement for the Land Rover Defender has presented successive Rover and Jaguar Land Rover managements with an ongoing problem down the years. The familiar-looking Land Rover LCV 2/3 could have done the job very effectively had it borne fruit. Here’s a run-down of what we know about it… […]
Our man Stuart Collins has been busy scanning the pictures he’s taken over the years while working at Longbridge. These photographs of Rover’s Company Protection Services (CPS) vehicles are absolutely […]
In his final article looking at Land Rover’s Autobiography personalisation programme, David Morgan finds the Autobiography name being extended to the Range Rover Sport and Evoque, as well as the […]
Keith Adams For the British contingent, it was a case of Jaguar Land Rover taking the headlines at the Paris Motor Show with the world premiere of the Discovery 5, and […]
Former engineer Nigel Garton recalls his time spent working at Land Rover – a time of great change, and development for the company. The years of 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… […]
Expanding the portfolio THE story of the Land Rover Discovery actually begins at the dawn of the 1980s, and with company reshuffles that saw Land Rover separated from the car making […]
The Land Rover Discovery 5 was revealed to the press in typically media-savvy style by breaking a Guinness World Record for the largest LEGO structure ever built, and doing so with the […]
Keith Adams The Land Rover Discovery 5 has been launched following a rather lengthy teaser campaign. It’s clearly lighter and more efficient than the outgoing model, which has been doing […]
Land Rover has released these two teaser images of the sixth-generation Discovery. The pictures come ahead of its official launch ahead of the Paris Motor Show on 28 September. The all-new model will take its styling lead from the 2014 Land Rover Discovery Vision concept, sharing many of its styling cues with the Discovery Sport. […]
The Discovery Sport was able to pull 60 times its own weight, when powered by Jaguar Land Rover’s 177bhp Ingenium diesel engine. In addition, the Discovery Sport benefitted from Land […]
The Land Rover Discovery Sport‘s arrival in 2014 saw the end of the Freelander name – and, with it, a subtle re-positioning of its entry-level challenger in the SUV market. […]
The two-millionth ‘utility’ Land Rover will make its public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, after Land Rover reached the manufacturing milestone in the model’s final year of production. […]
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