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Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept – Land Rover's fourth concept vehicle, first unveiled at the 2014, was designed to be a replacement for the Land Rover Discovery, This concept features Transparent Bonnet, Suicide doors, and Laser assisted lamps (there is a very little chance this will be included in any future production vehicles).
By the summer of 1947 Rover had built a prototype Land Rover vehicle based on a Jeep chassis. [10] In September 1947, the Rover company authorised the production of 50 pre-production models for evaluation purposes. [10] The Land Rover was launched to the world at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show. [10]
Arthur Goddard was the first true engineer and testing executor for the Series I Land Rover. He helped build parade cars for Queen Elizabeth II, and worked on the Ford GT40 as well.
The Land Rover was conceived by the Rover Company in 1947 during the aftermath of World War II.Before the war Rover had produced luxury cars which were not in demand in the immediate post-war period and raw materials were strictly rationed to those companies building construction or industrial equipment, or products that could be widely exported to earn crucial foreign exchange for the country.
This was the first diesel injection with electronic controls in a Land Rover, before common rails were introduced. This was a result of BMW's subsequent ownership of Rover Group and hence the Land Rover brand. This model was the last to use the Rover V8 and interior leather supplied by Connolly who went out of business in 2002. It was the first ...
Next year will mark 75 years since the first Land Rover, the Series I, was shown to the public at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show. The commemorative Defender, known as the 75th Limited Edition, will ...
The Range Rover is a 4x4, mid-size off-road vehicle series produced from 1970 to 1996 – initially by the Rover (later Land Rover) division of British Leyland, and latterly by the Rover Group. The first generation of vehicles produced under the Range Rover name, it was built as a two-door model for its first 11 years, until a four-door also ...
The effort has led to over half of the reported stolen Land Rovers being recovered. In addition, Nottinghamshire Police say that the number of reported vehicle thefts has dropped significantly.