The Land Rover News Blog

A lot of people dream of driving across the country, from sea to shining sea, visiting the extreme points of the United States. But if you take Canada into consideration, your eastern terminus of the continent moves a lot further east. It was the temptation to go as far as he could without taking a ferry that took Jacob Silberfarb and his 2013 LR4 from Orange County, California to Meat Cove, Nova Scotia over the new year, returning via the Trans-Canada Highway.

The Discovery 5, the controversially-styled family hauler in the Land Rover line, is getting updates for 2021 after four years in the market.

Over the Martin Luther King weekend, the 4xFAR Festival debuted the new Defender in the Coachella Valley of California, alongside a full program of musicians, adventure activities, and Land Rover heritage displays.

Most people go on normal vacations for New Year's. Maybe skiing, or to a beach. Not many people decide to spend their holiday driving into sub-freezing temperatures in Northern Quebec, in search of the end of one of the northernmost roads in North America.

The 2020 Dakar Rally is going on now, with a convoy of race vehicles that bear as much resemblance to a factory vehicle as a NASCAR Toyota Camry does to one in a rental car lot. It's the first rally to be held in Saudi Arabia, the third region to host the rally. But in 1979, it was a race across Africa, in modified factory cars...and in the earliest days, the Range Rover Classic was dominant in the field.

Gerry McGovern, Automotive Design Director at Land Rover, has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in The Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours.

Fresh off The Last Overland, a retracing of the iconic 1955-56 First Overland expedition, the iconic Land Rover Series I “Oxford” is ready to conquer its next continent: North America. Plans are in the works for the truck to spend 2020 cross-crossing the USA and Canada, visiting Land Rover clubs and events along the way.

Land Rovers and dogs are a natural pair. The durability of Land Rovers has always helped them be perfect vehicles for dog owners, and every adventure-mobile needs a dog. To make sure that this tradition continues, Land Rover has 3D printed a dog’s paw to be used to test the durability of their rear bumpers.

In a surprise announcement, Jaguar Land Rover purchased the off-road tuning firm Bowler, a 34-year-old business that has prepared Land Rovers for legendary off-road racing triumphs. Bowler will take its place in the portfolio of JLR’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) department.

After 100 days on the road, the Last Overland expedition is returning to London on Saturday, December 14^th, with "Oxford," the same iconic Series 1 86” Station Wagon that completed the “First Overland” expedition in 1955-56.