Land Rover: Celebrating 60 Years and Going Strong.

PR Newswire | April 30, 2008 | Copyright

IRVINE, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- 60 years ago today, a motoring icon made its public debut, when the original Land Rover was shown at a motor show in Amsterdam, on April 30, 1948. The current Defender is clearly descended from that first vehicle, known as a Series 1. Extraordinarily, they even share a couple of original parts, an oil filler plug and a cleat for tying down the canvas roof. But the rest of the vehicle technology has moved on considerably.

Today, Land Rover goes from strength-to-strength, with a five-model line- up headed by the Range Rover, ...

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