Land Rover Celebrates A Production Milestone
Roverworks celebrates the 6,000,000th Land Rover made in Solihull – a luxurious Range Rover LWB Vogue SE.
The vehicle is fitted with unique, celebratory puddle lamp graphic to declare its prestigious status. It will be displayed at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, boasting off its one-off motif.
Andy Goss, Director, Group Sales Operations, Jaguar Land Rover, stated: “For 67 years Land Rover has been building the world’s most capable all-purpose vehicles. Over this period, a range of ground-breaking innovations and technologies have blended great design, refinement and unmatched all-terrain capability”
It is only fitting that the 6,000,000th Land Rover to be made is a Range Rover as it also celebrates it’s 45th birthday since it’s launch.
Below is a historical timeline of Land Rover (courtesy of Land Rover Newsroom):
1947 Original Land Rover project approved
1948 The Land Rover is launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show on 30th April
1948 First Station Wagon introduced
1949 British Army orders its first Land Rovers
1950 Freewheel 4×4 system replaced by selectable two or four-wheel-drive
1953 Long-wheelbase Land Rover introduced
1957 Diesel engine introduced
1958 Series II Land Rover unveiled with more refined styling
1959 250,000th vehicle produced
1961 Series IIA with 2.25 diesel introduced
1966 500,000th vehicle produced
1970 Original two-door Range Rover (the Classic) goes on sale
1971 Land Rover Series III launched 750,000th Land Rover produced
1972 Range Rover crosses the Darien Gap on the 18,000-mile British Army Trans-America expedition, taking 99 days to cover 250 miles of dense jungle
1976 1,000,000th Land Rover built
1977 Range Rover wins 4×4 class in the 30,000km (18,750-mile) London-Sydney Marathon – the longest ever speed-based car rally
1979 A Range Rover wins the inaugural Paris-Dakar rally (and again in 1981)
1981 First production four-door Range Rover debuts along with the first factory-produced limited edition – the ‘In Vogue’
1982 Automatic transmission introduced on Range Rover for first time
1983 Land Rover adopts coil sprung suspension with introduction of One Ten
1984 Land Rover Ninety introduced
1985 Diesel-powered ‘Bullet’ Range Rover breaks 27 speed records
1987 Range Rover launched in North America
1989 Range Rover is world’s first 4×4 to be fitted with anti-lock brakes
Land Rover Discovery is introduced as a three-door model only
1990 Land Rovers are re-launched and renamed Defender 90, 110 and 130 with new 2.5-litre turbo-charged direct injection diesel engine
Five-door Discovery arrives
1992 Land Rover North America is founded with a limited run of 500 Defender 110 vehicles powered by the 3.9-litre V8 engine
Range Rover is world’s first 4×4 to be fitted with electronic traction control and automatic electronic air suspension
1993 Land Rover North America follows up the success of the launch of the Defender 110 with the Defender 90 soft top
1994 Second-generation (P38A) Range Rover introduced
Discovery launched in USA
1997 Land Rover Freelander launched
1998 Discovery II launched
2001 3,000,000th Land Rover produced is a Freelander
2001 Third-generation Range Rover introduced
2002 500,000th Range Rover is produced at the Solihull plant
2004 Discovery 3 introduced at New York Auto Show
2005 Range Rover Sport launched
2006 All-new Freelander 2 introduced
2007 4,000,000th Land Rover produced is a Discovery
2009 Discovery 4/LR4 launched
Freelander TD4e (Stop/Start) introduced delivering 10% improvement in fuel consumption over previous model
2010 Range Rover Evoque introduced
2012 Fourth-generation Range Rover introduced – the world’s first all-aluminium SUV
2013 Second-generation Range Rover Sport introduced before establishing record for production standard SUV at Pikes Peak
Land Rover Discoverys complete record-breaking London-Cape Town expedition, making 10,000-mile journey in 10 days
2014 500,000th Range Rover Sport sold
2014 Land Rover Discovery Sport introduced
2015 Exclusive Range Rover SV Autobiography Black edition launched at New York
6,000,000th Land Rover produced is a Range Rover LWB SE Vogue
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