Land Rover LRX Concept and the first ever Land Rover pilot production vehicle (known as ‘Huey’), built in 1948. Photo: Land Rover UK
Gaydon, 30 April 2008 – 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, now 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.

Land Rover LRX Concept and the first ever Land Rover pilot production vehicle (known as ‘Huey’), built in 1948. Photo: Land Rover UK
Today, Land Rover goes from strength-to-strength, with a five-model line-up headed by the Range Rover, and record global sales of over 226,000 vehicles in 2007.
The company recently received an early birthday present, in the form of two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. (…)

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