Arthur Goddard, who led the engineering team that developed the original Land Rover, has returned to Britain to celebrate the iconic 4×4 vehicle’s 62nd birthday. The 89-year old, who is still chief engineer of his family’s Australian-based trailer firm, last week visited Land Rover’s design headquarters, Solihull factory – his first visit for 55 years [...]

Land Rover’s Discovery 4 has been named ‘Best 4×4′ at the annual Diesel Car, Car of the Year Awards 2010, beating the Freelander 2 and the Range Rover to the top spot. Ian Robertson, editor of Diesel Car Magazine said: “We offer no apologies for an all Land Rover line-up as finalists in this category, [...]

The positive sales trend continues for Land Rover globally with sales up 29.7% for April and 35.2% year to date. Land Rover UK sees its eighth consecutive month of improvement up 54% for April and 61% year to date, ahead of the rest of the sector. The overall upward trend continues in nearly all global [...]

This week, Land Rover employees have been promoting Red Cross Appeal Week throughout the Company’s sites in the West Midlands, to help raise funds for the volunteer-led humanitarian organisation. Employees were encouraged to get involved in a number of fund raising activities including a sponsored ‘rowathon’, raffle, clothes donations, first aid training, shuttle bus donations [...]

Land Rover, the leading manufacturer of prestigious SUV vehicles in the UK, is to create 275 new jobs at the company’s manufacturing plant in Solihull, West Midlands. The additional positions are required to support an increase in demand following the seventh consecutive month of improved sales. March sales in the UK recorded the highest figures [...]

Land Rover has launched a dedicated You Tube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/LandRoverUK The channel offers an exclusive place to view and comment on all Land Rovers’ latest video footage, see brand new models and preview the very latest technological advancements and future products.

In this week’s Auto Express, the Land Rover Discovery 3 was voted the country’s most practical vehicle by more than 23,000 voters in the annual Auto Express Driver Power Awards. The Discovery 3 was also voted sixth out of 100 in the overall ranking results. Driver Power is Britain’s top car reliability survey – voted [...]

The 2010 Model Year Range Rover has been awarded ‘Best Full-Size Off-Road Vehicle’ at the Car of the Year awards in Moscow, Russia. The annual national Car of the Year awards celebrate Russia’s top vehicles, voted for by more than 1.5 million Russian car owners. Cars recognized to be the best in their category are [...]

The Leader in World-Class Sport Utility Vehicles is to sponsor 2010 U.S. Eventing Team. The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and Land Rover North America jointly announced today that Land Rover will be the official vehicle sponsor of the USEF for 2010. In addition to its status as Official Vehicle of the USEF in 2010, [...]