History of Land Rover

The signature that there visits our blog of the engine, Land Rover, is one of those of major prestige in the vehicles manufacture todocamino of the world. Pioneer in this segment, at present belongs to the industrial holding and car Indian Tata Motors.

• Land Rover; the United Kingdom.
• Founded in 1948.
• Emblematic models: Range Rover, to Defend, Discovery.
• Models in production: Range Rover, to Defend, Discovery 4, Freelander …
• Future: LRX

It was running the year 1947 when the brothers Wilks, managers of Rover, thought of making a todoterreno of civil use. For it they took the best possible chassis, that of the mythical Willys of Jeep, adapted an engine Rover and covered it with a bodywork of straight lines, constructed with riveting panels of aluminum due to the iron scarcity after the Second World war. In his interior three front seats and a few stools in the rear part were allowing to transport up to 9 persons. His canvas roof had a metallic framework to hold it. The called model to "Defend", was presented in the Lounge of the motorcar of Ámsterdam in 1948 and one year later his serial production began.

Land Rover Defender by Wili Hybrid

Like that was born the excellent todoterreno, with him any user might gain access to any place. Minimalista in his finished interiors, Land Rover Defender was consolidated in the 50s like the vehicle most sold in his segment. At the end of this decade there had sold already 250.000 units of this robust and versatile vehicle.

Land Rover Discovery by North Joe

His reign continued in the 60s and in our days it is still possible to be one to Defend in any part of the world, with an image very similar to the one that his creators gave him somewhere near the 40s.

Range Rover Sport by The Car Spy

The English plant of Land Rover was acquired by Ford in the year 2000 and it began to be part of the division Premier of the American multinational. Although Land Rover supports his prestige, it must face to a fierce competition since the market of the todocamino has experienced throughout the years a notable growth. His scale of models has increased and offers different options to the possible buyers; from luxurious and sports Range Rover Sport, up to the most accessible Freelander.

Land Rover LRX by The Car Spy

Land Rover has kept on investigating and incorporating into his models the last technologies. It is pioneering in the development of electronic helps to the conduction as; the system HDC to control the descent of the car for a slope, or Terrain Response that it helps in the most demanding maneuvers. In 2007 Ford sold the British signature to the Indian company Tata Motors.

Images: logo, Discovery, to Defend, LRX and Range Rover Sport

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