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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.
Land Rover 1/2 ton Lightweight; Land Rover Discovery Sport (L550) Land Rover Series II; Land Rover Series IIa; Land Rover Series III; Land Rover Llama; Long Range Patrol Vehicle; Land Rover LR3; Land Rover LR4
Land Rover Owner was started by a group of East Anglian businessmen. The first issue cost £1 for 40 pages (mainly black and white), but during that time there were just two models to write about – the Land Rover and the Range Rover. The first two issues sold well. In May 1990 LRO reported that the Discovery had become the UK's best-selling ...
British Land Rover near Pyongyang, November 1950, during the Korean War A mired Land Rover of the 1st Armoured Division being extracted during the Gulf War Ex-Australian Army Land Rover Series 2 "gunbuggy", with an M40 recoilless rifle used in the anti-tank role, at the Australian War Memorial Defenders of the Bermuda Regiment, 1994 Land Rovers ...
The switch to Lxxx codenames occurred after the sale to Ford with L30 being renamed L322 at the top of a model line-up of Range Rover Sport (L320) Land Rover Discovery (Discovery 3 L319), Land Rover Defender (L316) and Freelander (L314). The third-generation Range Rover was designed to accommodate BMW's M62 V8 engines for future models.
In 2003, competitors representing sixteen nations helped Land Rover fill the gap left after the demise of Camel Trophy. [4] Surprisingly, the inaugural Land Rover G4 Challenge contained many of the elements of Camel Trophy 1998, which Land Rover had reportedly been disappointed with. The "ultimate global adventure" was a test of skill, stamina ...
After eight years of living under one roof, the couple listed their home for $15.95 million, which might have been a sign of their split. We take a tour.
[2] Sotheby's was established on 11 March 1744 in London by Samuel Baker, a bookseller. [5] In 1767 the firm became Baker & Leigh, after George Leigh became a partner, and was renamed to Leigh and Sotheby in 1778 after Baker's death when Leigh's nephew, John Sotheby, inherited Leigh's share.