The Land Rover News Headlines
Saturday 17th May 2008
As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, Land Rover today launches 'Born in Lode Lane' – a book written by one of Britain's best known motoring journalists, Gavin Green – which brings together 'behind-the-scenes' recollections of Land Rover's history and anecdotes from long-serving employee, Roger Crathorne. Roger Crathorne, a Land Rover employee of over 45 years was born in April 1947 in Solihull Hospital, one mile away from what was to become Land Rover's historic manufacturing plant on Lode Lane – the same month that the Wilks Brothers conceived the first ever Land Rover vehicle. the full story
Land Rover will once again be the main sponsor of the Royal Windsor Horse Show - taking place in Home Park, Windsor Castle, from 7-11 May. the full story
The new 2009 Land Rover Discovery 3 goes on sale in the UK in August, priced from £29,950. The eye-catching exterior revisions for 2009 add fresh refinement to the acclaimed exterior design – incorporating new front and rear body colour bumpers, body coloured wheel arches and revised exterior detailing. the full story
The Land Rover Freelander 2 has been voted 'Best 4x4' by the panel at the What Diesel Magazine Car of the Year Awards 2008. The Freelander 2's impressive 2. 2-litre diesel engine impressed the judges and topped the category against tough competition from the Land Rover Discovery 3 and the Nissan X-Trail. "The Freelander 2 is perfectly at home on-road or up to its axles in mud in the rough stuff," commented Ian Robertson, editor of What Diesel magazine. the full story









