Land Rover News

  • Last Land Rover Defender is built at famous Solihull plant in the United Kingdom - January 29, 2016

    Land Rover’s Solihull plant in the United Kingdom has been churning out Defenders since 1983. Production at the site goes back much further, though, as it was here that the Defender’s predecessor, the original Land Rover Series, was built since 1948. Today, production of the SUV icon at the site came to an end with the last example, a Defender Heritage Edition finished in Grasmere Green, rolling off the line only a few hours ago. It will be kept by the automaker. To mark the occasion, Land Rover invited more than 700 current and former Solihull employees involved in the production...

  • 2,000,000th Land Rover Defender
    Jaguar Land Rover Plant In Slovakia Confirmed, Starts Production In 2018

    Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed plans to construct a new vehicle plant in Slovakia, following months of negotiations with the local government. The plant will be located in the western city of Nitra and start operations in 2018. ALSO SEE: New VW Bus To Enter Production In 2017, Potential Concept...

  • Range Rover Drives Over Paper Bridge
    Range Rover Rides Up And Over A Bridge Of Paper: Video

    Land Rover's Range Rover is 45 years old this year. To celebrate this, the British automaker took a current supercharged example of the long-running model and created a unique way to show off its capability. Land Rover reached out to artist Steve Messam for his ability to work with paper... and in...

  • 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Convertible, 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Convertible Preview: Video

    Where Nissan failed with the Murano CrossCabriolet, might Land Rover succeed with a convertible version of its Range Rover Evoque? We’ll get the chance to find out the answer to that very question in the coming years as the British automaker is launching a new Range Rover Evoque Convertible...

  • 2007 Range Rover Sport owned by David Beckham
    David Beckham-Owned Range Rover Sport Heads To Auction

    Are you a football fan? No I don't mean the version we play here in the States, but rather the version enjoyed by the rest of the world. If so, you probably have one of two opinions of David Beckham. You love him because he was a great player, or you hate him because he helped beat your favorite...

  • 1973 Range Rover Suffix B Convertible
    Rare Range Rover Convertible Conversion Headed To Auction

    We're likely to get our first look at the production version of Land Rover's Range Rover Evoque Convertible during the Los Angeles Auto Show next month. But there are plenty of open-top Land Rovers out there in the world, and a particularly unique example is about to hit the auction block. READ...

  • JE MotorWorks Zulu2

    The original Land Rover Defender is nearing the end of its long production run, yet it will still be celebrated for decades to come. Additionally, there are companies out there that turn your average Defender into the monster it truly wants to be. Twisted, for example, has installed a 6.2-liter V-8 engine in one. And then there's Kahn Design that can even build you a six-wheeled version. Another company known as JE MotorWorks has been wrenching on Land Rovers for 40 years. One of their craziest creations is the Zulu2 Super Defender, which sees a supercharged V-8 beating beneath its bonnet...

  • Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Convertible Testing
    Range Rover Evoque Convertible Headed To L.A. Auto Show The Hard Way, Through Water: Video

    Land Rovers are capable off road. Period. It doesn't matter if it's a new convertible based on a stylish crossover, it still has to handle just about any terrain. Ahead of its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November, Land Rover has released a video that highlights the all-terrain testing of...

  • Teaser for new Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Convertible
    New Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Convertible Teased Ahead Of Los Angeles Auto Show

    Land Rover recently updated its fashionable Range Rover Evoque, but the British automaker isn’t done yet. Next month we’ll see the covers come off a new convertible variant which Land Rover this week teased in the form of life-size wireframe sculptures located in some of London’s...

  • Kahn Design Flying Huntsman 110 WB 6x6 Double Cab Pickup concept
    Kahn Design rolls out 6-wheeled Flying Huntsman Defender pickup

    Britain’s Kahn Design is back with a new six-wheeled monster; this time in the form of a pickup truck. The latest addition to the company’s growing family of Flying Huntsman coachbuilt Land Rover Defenders made its debut at the recent Land Rover Owners Show in the United Kingdom, and...

  • 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport
    Land Rover goes Dynamic with new Discovery Sport trim

    Every automaker loves talking about how dynamic its vehicles are, but it's Land Rover that's upped the corporate speak word game to a new level. We'd like to introduce you to the Discovery Sport HSE Dynamic Lux, which has made its global debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show. We're rather impressed that...

  • Jaguar Land Rover Bond cars
    Jaguar Land Rover's Fleet Of Cars From James Bond Movie 'Spectre' Roll Into Frankfurt: Video

    Jaguar Land Rover debuted a fleet of cars set to appear in the new James Bond movie Spectre at this week's 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. They'll face off against Bond's new Aston Martin DB10 when Spectre opens this fall. The most eye-catching part of the lineup is easily the Jaguar C-X75, which will be...

  • Jaguar Land Rover electrified vehicle concepts

    Jaguar Land Rover is fully embracing the concept of vehicle electrification and has already developed a series of technology demonstrators that will be used to test various systems that one day could be offered to customers. The vehicles are all described as concepts, though they hint at powertrains Jaguar Land Rover may launch in the future. ALSO SEE: 2017 Bentley Bentayga Is World’s Most Powerful, Most Luxurious SUV: Video You may recall that Jaguar Land Rover’s Range_e Hybrid concept from 2010 eventually led to hybrid versions of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs. The...

  • 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Sentinel
    Jaguar Land Rover SVO Division Cooks Up Range Rover Sentinel Armored SUV: Video

    Already responsible for developing more luxurious and higher performing vehicles from Jaguar Land Rover, the Special Vehicles Operations division has now been tasked with building armored cars for the British automaker. And the first off the list is an armored Land Rover Range Rover which dons the...

  • Kahn Design Fying Huntsman 110 WB 6x6
    Kahn Design’s Defender-Based 6x6 Can Be Yours For $310k

    Fresh from its debut at March’s Geneva Motor Show, Kahn Design’s insane Flying Huntsman 110 WB 6x6 based on the iconic Land Rover Defender is now up for sale, and the very first example, marked the “Prototype Mission 1”, can be yours for £199,875 (approximately...

  • 2015 Land Rover Defender ‘2,000,000’
    Land Rover Defender Production To Extend Into 2016 Due To Strong Demand: Report

    Land Rover’s Defender is officially slated to end production this December, but a report is out claiming production may be extended into 2016 due to strong demand for the iconic off-roader. If true, Land Rover’s ongoing celebrations for the Defender’s final year in production may...

  • 2016 Land Rover Range Rover and Range Rover Sport HSE Td6 diesel models, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
    2016 Land Rover Range Rover And Range Rover Sport Diesel Pricing

    Land Rover has released pricing information for its 2016 lineup, which includes two new diesel models. The 2016 Range Rover Td6 will start at $87,445, while the 2016 Range Rover Sport SE Td6 will start at $67,445. All prices include destination. Each model is available in two trim levels, the base...

  • Jaguar C-X17 concept, 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Austrian Deal Continues Jaguar Land Rover's Manufacturing Expansion

    A just-announced partnership with contract automobile assembler Magna Steyr means Jaguar Land Rover will soon begin building vehicles in Austria. The company also has factories in China and Brazil, and the move is not expected to impact its core U.K. operations, where design and engineering will...

  • 2,000,000th Land Rover Defender

    Aside from a brief window in the mid 1990s, Land Rover's Defender has never been widely available in the United States. But the rugged 4x4's off-road prowess has made it an icon around the globe, and Land Rover recently celebrated building the two millionth Defender with a unique special edition. Celebrity adventurer Bear Grylls—whose production crew often utilizes the vehicles—was among the Defender fans brought to the production line to aid in the build of the milestone rig, and while the mechanical bits are unchanged, there are special touches which set it apart as from its...

  • Range Rover Celebrates 45th Birthday
    Range Rover Celebrates 45th Birthday With Family Portrait: Video

    The Range Rover is officially 45—but it's hardly over the hill. Which isn't to say the British icon couldn't climb over said hill if instructed. ALSO SEE: 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC Revealed: Video Land Rover unveiled its flagship on June 17, 1970, and the luxury off-roader's capabilities and...

  • Land Rover Range Rover Sport prototype with remote control function
    Jaguar Land Rover Shows Off New Remote Control System: Video

    BMW’s new 7-Series going on sale this fall will feature a world-first remote control system that will allow you to park in tight or tricky spots by getting out of the vehicle and then controlling it with the key fob. Jaguar Land Rover has now showcased a similar system that it says would be...

  • Queen Elizabeth II rides in a 2015 Range Rover Hybrid Long-Wheelbase
    This Open-Top, Hybrid Range Rover Is Fit For A Queen

    The British royal family have been supplied with vehicles from Land Rover for a number years but we’re quite positive it’s never received one like this. A Range Rover Hybrid Long-Wheelbase with a missing roof was used by Queen Elizabeth II recently during a military parade in Wales...

  • Jaguar Land Rover's 'Pothole Alert'
    Jaguar Land Rover's 'Pothole Alert' Warns About Hated Hazard

    Every driver knows major metro areas are peppered with potholes. The severity can range from the merely cringe-inducing to the decidedly dangerous, and in attempting to fix them, municipalities face a perpetual game of Whack-a-Mole. ALSO SEE: Hell's School Bus: Mansory's Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6...

  • 2013 Land Rover Defender
    Seized Land Rovers To Head Back To Their Owners

    You can file this one under Enthusiast Victory. It's that small dusty drawer at the bottom of the filing cabinet... yeah the one with barely any papers in it. In a surprising bit of news, it seems that Homeland Security will be returning a large pack of Land Rover Defenders that it previously...

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