Land Rover reveals the Defender 75th Limited Edition to celebrate 75 years since the arrival of the original Series 1 in 1948. Costs from £85,995. No one can accuse Land Rover of ignoring the Defender‘s heritage – or cashing in on it – so, despite having trouble actually building cars, Land Rover has launched a […]
Range Rover (L405) is the most UNRELIABLE car in the UK – and Porsche and BMW aren’t much better
The Range Rover (L405) is the most unreliable car in the UK according to Warrantywise, but BMW and Porsche models fare badly too. Land Rover’s models have suffered from a poor reliability reputation for as long as anyone can remember, and although we’d hope its latest round of models – like the new Range Rover […]
This is Land Rover’s £300,000 Range Rover SV V8 LWB
The Range Rover SV Carmel Edition arrives as a run of 17 RRs for guests at Range Rover House at Monterey Car Week. Costs $345,000. We know that Jaguar is open about trying to reinvent itself as a ‘luxury’ rather than merely a ‘premium’ brand as it heads down the EV route, but Land Rover […]
Jaguar Land Rover aim to improve electronic RELIABILITY with new testing facility
Jaguar Land Rover has a new Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) laboratory at Gaydon to ensure future models are electronically reliable. Jaguar Land Rover is still dogged with a reputation for unreliability, although they’re on a mission, again, to address it as a new generation of Range Rover and Range Rover Sport start to arrive. There’s no […]
Land Rover Defender, Range Rover Sport, Jaguar and Aston Martin JAMES BOND cars up for grabs
Cars from the James Bond No Time to Die, including Land Rovers, a Range Rover, a Jaguar and two Aston Martins are being auctioned off for charity. Any product linked to the James Bond film franchise tends to make exceptional prices, so an auction in September at Christie’s which includes a raft of cars from […]
Land Rover Classic Defender Works V8 Trophy II – a SNIP from £225,000
The Land Rover Classic Defender Works V8 Trophy II is a new creation from Land Rover Classic as an ‘Expedition’ Classic Defender from £225,000. We may have a new Land Rover Defender with us, selling well and with a huge waiting list, but the cult of the ‘Classic’ Defender rolls on with classic car specialists, […]
Jaguar Land Rover LOSES £524 million in its first quarter – promises increased production
Jaguar Land Rover reports losses in its first quarter to the end of June of £524 million, but promises increased production in Q2. We’ve reported numerous times on the long waiting lists for a new Land Rover, and the record order book Land Rover is sitting on consists mainly of the new Range Rover, new […]
Land Rover now has 62,000 orders for the new Range Rover and 20,000 for the new Range Rover Sport
Land Rover has an order bank of almost 200,000, with 62,000 for the new Range Rover, 46,000 for the Defender and 20,000 for the new Range Rover Sport. We’ve reported before that you may well be waiting more than a year for your new Land Rover as the ongoing supply-chain shortages and Covid lockdowns stymie […]
Land Rover Defender ‘EXTREME’ by Bowler revealed
Land Rover Defender experts Bowler, now owned by JLR, reveals an ‘Extreme’ off-road conversion for classic Defenders. It’s three years since Jaguar Land Rover gobbled up Bowler, and we’ve seen what will probably be a bigger theme to come with a Bowler-badged Rally version of the new Defender. Now, Bowler is back to its roots […]
Land Rover Defender ‘Drop In’ kit turns the original working Defender ELECTRIC
EV specialists Electrogenic has turned its hand to a ‘Drop In’ kit for the original Land Rover Defender to turn it into an electric Defender. We’re seeing more and more classic cars turned into EVs as classic car owners look for a way to make their cars everyday drivers, with the added benefit of much-improved […]