When the team stripped the body down to the chassis, it discovered a George V sixpence coin hidden in the rear body capping. The exterior bears the flaky patina of the vehicle’s age even on the ...
Inspired by the Willys Jeep from World War II, the British automotive industry came up with the Land Rover Series I. The first retail examples rolled off the assembly line in 1948, and before them, ...
This year marks a milestone for Land Rover as the brand turns 70, and it has a lot planned for the celebrations. On Wednesday, Land Rover shared part of what it has in store to mark the occasion, ...
Even in today’s world of online media, the first glimpse most people get of a new car involves an auto show. Whether they see a new car perched on an auto show stand, or just see photos taken at said ...
This 1948 Land Rover was the first of the pre-production run that promoted the launch of the now-iconic Series I. This specific example, shown at the Amsterdam Motor Show that same year, went missing ...
Land Rover, a British maker of rugged, all-terrain vehicles, debuts at an auto show in Amsterdam on April 30, 1948. The first Land Rover, known as the Series 1, was the creation of Maurice Wilks, the ...
Land Rover celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, and the party just got better now that the company got back one of the three pre-production Land Rovers shown at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show ...
Long-lost classics, especially if they are among the first cars off the assembly line, tend to hide half a world away. But one of the very first Land Rovers ever made -- the one that was displayed at ...
One of three pre-production Land Rovers built in 1948 that was believed to be lost forever after going missing four decades ago has been relocated by the car maker - and now it will painstakingly ...
Land Rover has big plans for its next Defender, due in late 2018. Historically selling only 10,000 or so of the old-school model (production ended in January), it’s targeting an annual volume of ...