The history of Land Rover | TELEGRAPH CARS

We take a look at a brand with a past as undulating as the terrain its cars are built for. Land Rover, whose first model was designed by Rover engineer Maurice Wilks, began by marketing a primitive farmer's tool and is now a global marque as suited to Californian rap videos as it is to rural Wales.

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[shanjanusman]

Im a landscape gardener and the defender is on our fleet and has become so valuable its worth more than strimmers and lawnmowers its our most prized asset now. The Defender should have been kept with a hybrid. Shame they only make cars now for me shopping in Leeds.

[ParFektion]

To call this the history of Land Rover is somewhat optimistic don't you think? Almost nothing is said about how it started out and what the cars were like then. This is more a summary of what happened in recent years.

[prasantpatel]

Bloody Hell Here we go people do a proper review