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Prince of Wales marks Land Rover's 60th anniversary 2008-05-13 19:11:38 Land Rover
welcomed HRH The Prince
of Wales
today to the company's factory in Solihull as it celebrated its 60th anniversary.The Prince of Wales, who also celebrates his 60th birthday later this year, cut a specially designed Land Rover
shaped birthday cake and unveiled a commemorative plaque to mark the occasion. The cake was donated to Birmingham Children's Hospital.
USA: Lyons and Lieb win U.S. Selection event, advance to International Competition 2008-05-13 19:00:44 Just twenty miles north of the bright lights and lavish casinos in Las Vegas, Lisa Lieb (Durango, Colo.) and her partner Tom Lyons
(Reno, Nev.) won it big – taking top honors at the 2008 Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage which wrapped up four days and 1,000 miles of adventure competition at Nellis Dunes on Friday, May 9. Read more:event
, International
New Body Styling Pack now available for Discovery 3! 2008-05-13 18:55:11 Land Rover announced today that their new Body Styling Pack is now available
for Discovery
3 owners. The package includes new front bumpers with repositioned fog lamps, new stainless steel lower panel and new 'bright finish' roof rails. New exhaust finishes are also available as well as a rear tailgate spoiler.....
Land Rover Malaysia introduces new Puma based military Defender! 2008-05-12 19:16:36 Land RoverMalaysia
just sent us photos, specs and schematics regarding this all-new Military Land Rover
6x6 derivative which was recently shown at Defence Services Asia 2008. This new military Land Rover was developed for the Malaysian Armed Forces by Land Rover Malaysia and Sasbilt Technologies Malaysia and is based on the newer Puma Defender
range. It's available as a 6x4 and 6x6 with the 'mean
From the U.S. Land Rover G4 Challenge Selections..... 2008-05-09 00:31:54 Journalist Martin Dugard has just returned from spending the past week at the U.S. G4 Challenge
selections in Nevada. He and other journalists traveled in a separate press LR3 following along with competitors to experience the same rugged terrain, camp grounds and raw nature of the Nevada Passage. You can read his full account at the LINK Read more:Rover
, Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover welcomes government boost for environmental technologies 2008-05-09 00:30:21 Jaguar Land Rover
warmly welcomed the announcement of government funding to help speed up the development of technologies
that will significantly reduce CO2 emissions.The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the Department for Transport, through the Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform, have announced that 16 innovative development projects, worth over £52 million, will receive £23 m Read more:Jaguar
, environmental
Land Rover Germany introduces the Freelander Edition 60yrs! 2008-05-09 00:25:58 Only 150 Freelander Edition
60yrs models will be produced for the German market and they're all equipped with the 2.2 TD4 engine. Exterior features include Stornoway Grey paint with dark tinted windows, 18-inch alloy wheels, panoramic glass roof and the Sports Style Pack, which includes Read more:Rover
, Land Rover
, Germany
Range Rover Register at Land Rover's 60th anniversary celebrations! 2008-05-18 23:18:04 Gary Blackmore Editor of RangeRover
Owner and Enthusiast, which is the official club magazine for the Range Rover Register
, the largest global Range Rover club in the world, generously sent us these photos from Land Rover
's 60th anniversary celebrations that were recently held at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, UK.
The Hamster and his modified D110! 2008-05-20 00:50:45 Richard Hammond, a.k.a. the Hamster from BBC's TopGear Magazine and Television Show has always been a big Land Rover fan and eight years ago he set out to build the Defender of his dreams. He's finally content with the moster he's created and one look at the specs will tell you this was no small feat with such kit as a 4.5 liter V8 from JE Engineering, 4-inch lift, internal rollcage from QT Servic Read more:modified
Land Rover Chronicles launches free Land Rover news service! 2008-05-22 00:54:53 We've launched a Land Rover
news service for Land Rover
club and enthusiast websites around the world. By simply adding the code below to any website and MySpace pages you'll be able to keep your visitors up to date with the latest Land Rover news. Best of all, it's totally free!JavaScript, Flash and MySpace codes are posted below.
Liberty Electric UK develops electric powered Range Rover! 2008-05-21 20:53:19 Newly formed Liberty Electric Cars Ltd is investing £30 million in the re engineering of large luxury cars and 4 x 4s into emission-free, high performance electric vehicles. The company will design and manufacture a unique electric drive-train platform to power a wide range of large vehicles, which will also have the flexibility to incorporate emerging technologies. Annual vehicle production Read more:Rover
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RRR at Land Rover's 60th anniversary celebrations! 2008-05-27 00:34:21 Gary Blackmore just contacted us to announce that the entire Range Rover
Register photo collection from Land Rover
's recent 60th anniversary celebrations at the Heritage Motor Centre is now available to view. Jump over to the LINK and view the entire album.
Land Rover 60th anniversary celebrations in North America! 2008-05-27 00:31:55 On Saturday, May 3rd Land RoverNorthAmerica
celebrated the 60th anniversary of the marque at the early morning 'Coffee and Cars Show' in Irvine, California. Nathan Woods was on the scene to enjoy the enthusiast comrodery and snap a few photos. You can view his photo collection at the LINK and purchase high resolution shots too. The Land Rover
National Rally and Mid Atlantic Rally will also Read more:North America
New Range Rover eyewear collection website launches! 2008-05-27 00:24:26 In May 2008 Logo Group is launching its collection
of RangeRover
Eyewear (sunglasses and eyeglasses). Since the launch of the first ever 4x4 in 1948, Land Rover has stood for adventure and excellence. Year after year, Land Rover models have redefined the world’s 4x4 vehicles. Today, Defender, Freelander, Discovery and Range Rover have evolved to satisfy every requirement for urban style, co Read more:website
Land Rover's LR2 a top pick in Strategic Vision's 2008 Total Quality Index! 2008-05-28 14:31:18 Today Strategic
Vision has announced the winners of their 2008 TotalQuality
Awards. These top picks are the highest ranked vehicles in each segment according to new vehicle buyers. This year Land Rover
's LR2 has tied first place with the Lexus RX 350 in the near luxury SUV segment beating competitors such as the BMW X3, Infiniti FX, Acura RDX and Volkswagen Touareg. Read more:Index
, Land Rover
Future fuel saving powertrains for Land Rover and Jaguar! 2008-05-27 19:45:24 According to a report from Autocar Magazine, Land Rover
and Jaguar
are working flat out to improve fuel economy with new hybrid petrol and diesel powertrains available within the next decade. Stop start technology will be available in 2009 and a new 3.0-Liter TDV6 is expected in 2010..... Read more:Future
Land Rover and Jaguar expected to be under new ownership on Monday 2008-05-29 14:52:49 According to Autocar Magazine, Land Rover
and Jaguar
could be officially under the Tata Group umbrella of brands on Monday
, June 2. Tata Group continues to post strong profits and they’re expecting to pay for these two British brands by selling more shares in Tata Motors and also through other securities. The Autocar report suggests that Tata will likely green light a new LRX crossover for p Read more:Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover Retail Director is amongst the industry elite! 2008-05-29 14:50:09 Sara Cummings, Jaguar
Land Rover
's Global Retail
Operations Director
, has been named as one of the European automotive industry
’s top 25 female executives by Automotive News Europe magazine.The list of leading women was compiled by the magazine's editorial team after five months of research across a host of automotive areas including: vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and dealer groups. Those
Land Rover G4 Challenge heads to Mongolia! 2008-05-30 14:18:02 The Finals of Land Rover
’s ultimate global adventure, the Land Rover
G4 Challenge
, will take place during 2009 in the most sparsely populated independent country on the planet – Mongolia. A blend of terrain offering arid steppes, mountains and the extreme climate of one of the world's largest deserts, the Gobi, makes Mongolia a natural fit with Land Rover's G4 Challenge.
Tata Motors completes acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover! 2008-06-02 15:23:59 Tata Motors
today acquired the Jaguar
Land Rover
businesses from Ford Motor Company for a net consideration of US $2.3 billion, as announced on March 26, in an all-cash transaction. Ford has contributed about US $600 million to the Jaguar Land Rover pension plans.
WMG statement on the sale of Jaguar Land Rover to Tata 2008-06-02 15:20:36 WMG has worked with both companies on research and development for many years and the director, Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, had this comment: "This is excellent news for Tata, for Ford and for Jaguar
Land Rover
. It is excellent news for the motor industry and for the West Midlands region. Tata has accepted the business plan for the two brands and there will be no closures of UK plants Read more:statement
Range Stormer for sale! 2008-06-02 15:17:15 Last year we told you about the Range
Rover Sport based Range Stormer 2-door that West Coast Customs built for a member of the Royal family of Dubai, which was also featured in the Street Customs television show on the Discovery Channel. It looks as though West Coast Custom's new Dubai facility is now building a few more of these Stormers for wealthy clients there. This white Stormer is currently
Dubai: Land Rover celebrates 60th anniversary at 3,000 feet! 2008-06-04 18:58:05 To celebrate the company’s 60th anniversary, Land Rover
took 60 people on a journey from the desert dunes in Hatta to the sky above the rugged Hajar Mountains and back to Dubai
in an unconventional mode of transport not normally associated with Land Rover
- hot air balloons.
Land Rover 60th anniversary celebrations in Estonia! 2008-06-04 18:09:07 Kristjan Vaarmann, President of the Eesti Land Rover
'i Klubi (Estonia
n Land Rover
Club) recently contacted us to share Estonia's Land Rover 60th celebrations and the Estonian Land Rover Club's 10th anniversary celebrations, which were jointly held in Habaja, Estonia. The event took place on May 17th and began with a Land Rover parade from the capital Tallinn to the "Brithday party zone"
Bahrain: Bahraini to drive through 12 countries in two months! 2008-06-04 18:06:01 Four years after his remarkable 21,000-kilometre Dilmun to Dublin road journey, Bahraini travel enthusiast and publisher, Ali Mushaima, is set to take on another extraordinary driving feat. Taking this year's trip in an LR3, the award-winning and luxurious family 4X4 from Land Rover, Ali will be visiting 12 countries promoting friendship though his tour themed ‘Bahrain to Britain: Voyage of Read more:drive
Kahn and Cosworth create Range Rover supercar! 2008-06-03 16:12:09 In April Kahn and Cosworth announced that they've teamed up to produce a new Land Rover
performance line. We've just obtained new information on the first model, the Kahn Cosworth 300, based on the Range
Rover Sport, which is scheduled to debut at the London Motor Expo later this month. Read more:create
, supercar
60th anniversary Expedition in Slovenia! 2008-06-06 01:03:10 Land Rover Club Slovenia
recently celebrated Land Rover's 60th anniversary and their clubs 10th anniversary. Both of these special occasions were celebrated together with an expedition through the wilderness of Slovenia. Marjan Cukrov, President of Klub Land Rover Slovenija generously sent us full details from the expedition which you can read below. Foreword - Marjan Cukrov.- 60th anniversary Exp
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