Today, 30 April 2018, is the 70th anniversary of the very first Land Rover’s reveal at the Amsterdam Motor Show in 1968, and Land Rover are celebrating with a live broadcast. It’s 70 years today since the very first Land Rover – the 4×4 which eventually became known as the Land Rover Defender – was […]
Jaguar Land Rover joins 007 HEAVEN in Austria – Look out Aston Martin
Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with 007 ELEMENTS to deliver an interactive James Bond Cinematic experience in the heart of the Austrian Alps. James Bond had his work cut out to penetrate Blofeld’s mountain top lair in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and the Bond producers obviously though a mountain top setting was too good […]
Range Rover Turbo Diesel ‘Beaver Bullet’ – inspired by a poor Top Gear review
The Range Rover Turbo Diesel ‘Beaver Bullet’ is a Range Rover created to fight back against a poor review on ‘Old’ Top Gear. Younger readers will only remember ‘New’ Top Gear with Messrs Clarkson Hammond and May (and the ‘New New’ Top Gear with Matt LeBlanc et al), but there was Top Gear life before. In […]
World Land Rover Day is 30 April 2018 – and here’s a Defender in SNOW ART for starters
Jaguar Land Rover has announced they’re declaring 30 April 2018 World Land Rover Day, 70 years on from the first Land Rover arriving. And they’ve chosen ‘Snow Art’ to kick things off. It’s April already, and we’ve really not had a huge amount from Land Rover to mark their 70th anniversary yet. Yes, we’re going […]
Jaguar Land Rover turn to BLACKBERRY for Next-Gen Infotainment
Jaguar Land Rover have partnered with Blackberry to use their QNX and Certicom technology to develop the next generation of JLR Infotainment systems. Jaguar Land Rover’s Infotainment systems have always been a bit lacking, although the latest generation InControl Touch Pro Duo is far more competent than ever before. But things are rapidly changing with […]
New Land Rover Defender will OVERSHADOW the new Mercedes G-Class says LR Designer
The new Land Rover Defender still hasn’t been revealed, but a senior Land Rover designer is saying that when it arrives it will overshadow the new Mercedes G-Class. Jaguar Land Rover may be delivering more and more new models, with Jaguar heading down the SUV route with the F-Pace, E-Pace and now the new i-Pace, […]
Range Rover SV Coupe REVEALED – perhaps Land Rover should have kept the Velar name for this?
The Range Rover SV Coupe arrives as a limited run of 999 two-door, range-topping Range Rovers, with prices starting at a not insignificant £240,000. It looks like a slightly differently proportioned Range Rover with two doors instead of four. But the new Range Rover SV Coupe actually has an all-new body, courtesy of JLR’s SVO, […]
Land Rover Explore Mobile Phone is the ‘DEFENDER’ of rugged smartphones
The Land Rover Explore Mobile Phone is a new smartphone from Land Rover which actually promises to be a bit more than just an overpriced, premium-badged waste of time. ‘Premium’ car makers – and others – do like to serve up ‘Brand Merchandise’ to flog to marque anoraks willing to lap up second-rate offerings as long […]
Range Rover Velar – is it just STEALING sales from Range Rover’s Sport (and Evoque)?
The new Range Rover Velar – a new Range Rover sitting between the Evoque and Sport – is selling well, but is it at the expense of Range Rover Sport sales? There is no doubt the new Range Rover Velar is a good looking car(although it is a bit colour dependent) and buyers seem to […]
Land Rover Defender ‘Successor’ by Ineos to be engineered by former Mercedes subsidiary
Plans by Ineos and its founder Jim Ratcliffe to build a true successor to the Land Rover Defender are moving on apace as Ineos appoints MBtech – a former Mercedes-Benz subsidiary – to design and engineer the new 4×4. Last summer, we reported that Jim Radcliffe – billionaire founder of Ineos – was planning to […]