Land Rover News

Continued hard work by Land Rover employees has again enabled the company to donate a brand new Defender to a local community enterprise.

Land Rover will introduce a new 'HST' derivative to complete the Freelander 2 range. On-sale from March 2008, the Freelander 2 HST will be available from £31,990 on the road. Features include a Sports Styling Pack with front and rear bumper aprons, side sill mouldings and a rear roof spoiler.

Land Rover has announced its appointment as the Official Vehicle Partner to Snowsport GB, the British Alpine Ski Team and the British Snowboard Team. As Official Vehicle Partner, Land Rover will provide all team members - including Britain's number one female down hill skier, Chemmy Alcott together with Finlay Mickel and brothers Alain and Noel Baxter - with a fleet of Discovery 3s and Range Rover Sports to support them during the World Cup season.

Land Rover again beat tough competition to win the Best Compact 4x4 and the Best Large 4x4 categories at the 2008 What Car? Car of the Year Awards ceremony in London.

On the eve of Land Rover's 60th anniversary celebrations, the Land Rover Scrapbook, by company insider Mike Gould, takes the reader of a voyage of discovery through the highs, the lows, the designs and the decisions that have catapulted Land Rover vehicles from utilitarian workhorses to worldwide automotive icons.

Land Rover is launching its Our Planet communications campaign which sets out the progress the company has made in improving its environmental performance and a commitment to maintain the momentum with technical innovation and the world's biggest CO2 offset programme.

The sale of Jaguar and Land-Rover to India’s Tata group is progressing – but at Detroit it was business as usual for the two brands.

Land Rover reveals an exciting vision of its future with the LRX concept – a bold evolution of Land Rover design that signals the brand’s shift into new areas of the market, while remaining true to its core values.

Land Rover has achieved its third successive record sales year with 226,395 cars sold around the world in 2007. That's an increase of 17.6% on the previous year.

The Land Rover Discovery 3 has been voted the best 4x4 of 2007 by Planet 4x4 magazine. Fighting off competition from 36 other vehicles, the Discovery 3 proved unbeatable on practicality, packaging, off road ability and all-round dynamics, scoring 819.4 out of a possible 1000.