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Land Rover is a high-end off-road brand that developed from a single model of the same name originally sold by Rover. The British company based in Solihull, West Midlands was once owned by BMW, then bought by Ford and finally sold to Tata Motors along with Jaguar in 2008. Land Rover is considered to be the second oldest off-road brand in the world behind Jeep.

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Conqueror II: Hamann builds second rendition of Range Rover Sport 6 days ago on Autoblog

There were so many debuts at the Geneva Motor Show this year that a few new cars were bound to slip through the cracks. We happened to miss this custom Range Rover Sport from Hamann, probably because the 670 horsepower Tycoon Evo M was sharing the same stand. Named the Conqueror II, it follows ...

Report: Jaguar planning major overhaul? 8 days ago on Autoblog

The current Jaguar lineup is as good as it has been in a long time, but a report from UK site Autocar claims that good isn't good enough for overlord Tata. Tata vice chairman Ravi Kant reportedly talked with Autocar about Jaguar and Land Rover, and it appears that the Indian automaker would like ...

Report: Next Land Rover Defender due in 2014, may be a hybrid 10 days ago on Autoblog

A replacement for the Land Rover Defender, an SUV for which the word "venerable" could have been invented, has been given the greenest of green lights by parent company Tata. The now 62-year-old go-anywhere-and-then-some truck is expected in 2014, and is being worked on now under the codename ...

Report: Jaguar/Land Rover to cut from six platforms to two 15 days ago on Autoblog

Jaguar and Land Rover have been getting closer and closer. The two British luxury marques that once might have competed for the same customers now find themselves under the same Tata-constructed roof. And in the process they've begun sharing parts as big as engines. But you'd figure with ...

Review: 2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged brings the adventure home 16 days ago on Autoblog

Despite enduring a string of financial hardships, Land Rover still enjoys one of the clearest and most robust brand identities in the automotive kingdom. The English automaker has held the same core values since the company's first off-roader was created by Maurice Wilks in 1948. Wilks ...

Report: 2011 Land Rover LRX to debut at Paris Motor Show 17 days ago on Autoblog

Is the world ready for a kinder, gentler Sport Utility Vehicle? Land Rover is betting on it, and the rugged British off-road brand will reportedly debut its hotly anticipated LRX at the Paris Motor Show later this year. Shortly thereafter, the production LRX will make its North American debut in ...

Report: Jaguar builds all-electric XJ test vehicle 1 month ago on Autoblog

According to Autocar in the UK, Jaguar Land Rover is still hard at work on series hybrid vehicles. Similar to the stance General Motors has taken with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, Jaguar believes that the only real way electric vehicles can be made compatible with everyday life is to add a small ...

Jaguar-Land Rover CEO David Smith stepping down 1 month ago on Autoblog

The man installed by Tata to guide the Jaguar/Land Rover ship, David Smith, has left the company. Smith was the head of finance for Ford Europe, and had helped sell Aston Martin to Dave Richards' group before he assisted in the sale of Jaguar to Tata. He has been the CEO since 2008, and just ...

Polk announces 2009 Loyalty Award winners, Toyota bumps GM 1 month ago on Autoblog

Key to the survival of any business are repeat customers, and automobiles are no different. The data miners at R.L. Polk & Company have announced the winners of their 2009 Automotive Loyalty Award after wading into facts and figures tracking customer loyalty to automotive nameplates. This is the ...

**VIDEO: Top Gear pits BMW X5 M against Audi Q7 TDI and Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged** 2 months ago on Autoblog

If you're like us – and odds are very good you are – you have an evergreen problem. Namely, getting your significant other to feel one-tenth of the excitement about cars that you feel. Sure, you've tried explaining that while you almost drove off the freeway, it's okay because you ...

**Jaguar and Land Rover design sleighs for Santa part of Car's annual design entries** 2 months ago on Autoblog

For the past couple of years, Car magazine has gathered renderings from designers envisioning Kris Kringle's sleigh. Last year it was Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Ford, and Nissan. This year, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Audi, Land Rover, and Jaguar submitted their Santa-ships, and the results are predictably ...

Land Rover releases Freelander 2 Sport for UK loyalists 2 months ago on Autoblog

Another week, another special edition for the UK. New for 2010, the Land Rover Freelander 2 Sport attempts to be equipped as regally as its name suggests, with either a Santorini Black or Lago Grey paint job decked out with color-keyed exterior trim, a rear spoiler, and 19-inch diamond-turned ...

Onyx slams 2010 Range Rover, lets the boys be boys 2 months ago on Autoblog

Since we're getting close to the time frame seen in the movie Demolition Man, you might want to start shopping for a car that can prepare you for Stallone and Snipes blasting it out in the streets. Irish tuning house Onyx could have what you seek with its new 2010 Range Rover Sport and Range ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1980 Range Rover 6x4 custom pickup is full of hot air 3 months ago on Autoblog

So you've got a hot air balloon and a Range Rover, no problem so far. Then, one day you catch the "you got chocolate in my peanut butter" fever, and it's time to create a Rover/Balloon mash-up. Your handy pile of old money means that the Rangie goes off to a bespoke vehicle specialist, said to ...

LA 2009: Land Rover brings Autobiography package to 2010 Range Rover Sport 3 months ago on Autoblog

We can't figure out exactly what the name Autobiography is supposed to convey, but Land Rover seems to think it's a fitting name to put on its top-of-the-line Range Rover models. Last year, they pulled the wraps off the Range Rover Autobiography at the British Motor Show, and this week at the ...

REPORT: Tata Motors back in the black as Jaguar/Land Rover fortunes improve 3 months ago on Autoblog

While many confusing car-related things have happened in the upper strata of the Autoverse over the last few years (Aston Martin and Ferrari both being impart owned by Middle Eastern concerns, Aston Martin not being bankrupt) perhaps the most shocking and disconcerting was Ford's sale of Jaguar ...

REPORT: Ex-Opel chief Carl-Peter Forster may take over at Jaguar-Land Rover 4 months ago on Autoblog

It appears that outgoing Opel chief Carl-Peter Forster may have already lined up a new gig for himself. According to The Times of London, Forster will become an employee of Tata Motors and take the top job at Jaguar-Land Rover. If this appointment comes through, it will be something of a ...

REPORT: Land Rover replacing 61-year-old Defender model 4 months ago on Autoblog

There aren't very many vehicles on our blue planet that have soldered on for 61 straight years, but the Land Rover Defender comes up on the short list. The Defender is reason numero uno why Land Rover has the off-road superstar status that it does, but the Detroit Free Press is reporting that the ...

Funny Car Commercial of the Day: Careful what you put in your mouth 4 months ago on Autoblog

It's a classic scenario: You visit someone's house for the first time... say, on a first date. You find yourself with a little alone time as your host tends to a few last-minute items before you take off together – and you get a little nosy. It's all right, we've all been there. Be it in ...

VIDEO: Year Over Year: 2010 Range Rover Sport destroys 2009 model in 0-100-0 dash 5 months ago on Autoblog

The 2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged is hugely improved over the old model – and we were fans of the old model. When we drove the normally aspirated model in 2008, we dug it except for the idiosyncratic interior. The 2010 Supercharged model not only features a redesigned cabin, but 517 ...

Land Rover reportedly puts plans for seven-seat LR2 on ice 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Land Rover LR2 looks nice enough and it has some offroad chops, but during our time with the British SUV we weren't exactly thrilled with its on-road capabilities. We're not so sure an extra row of seating would have helped the baby Rover's disposition, but if a news item from Autocar is to be ...

2010 North American Car of the Year nominees announced 5 months ago on Autoblog

Here in the car journalism biz, this is that time of year when everyone is evaluating all the recently introduced cars to determine which ones truly stand out. Here in town, the crew from Car and Driver are doing their 10 Best testing this week. Elsewhere other magazines are doing their own ...

Holland & Holland Range Rover by Overfinch: Gun and booze hauling reaches its zenith 5 months ago on Autoblog

This, friends, is how one rolls. Behold the Holland & Holland Range Rover by Overfinch, a joint effort between the gunmaker, Land Rover's bespokery and, well, Bacchus. One hundred tweed-wearing pheasant slayers will have the opportunity to drive this sybaritic super sled to the hunting ...

Tata confirms closing of Jaguar or Land Rover plant 5 months ago on Autoblog

When the economy gets dinged, luxury vehicles gets massive dents. Jaguar and Land Rover haven't been the most profitable aut for a while, and parent company Tata is studying which of two plants it would shut to try and stem some of the losses; Solihull or Castle Bromwich. It sounds drastic, ...

Surprise! Land Rover confirms two-door LRX for production 5 months ago on Autoblog

Land Rover has today confirmed what we've long expected – the popular LRX Concept from the 2008 edition of the Detroit Auto Show is headed for production. The British-born automaker doesn't actually say the new 'ute will be called the LRX when it hits the market in 2011, but it will ...

REPORT: Land Rover to debut LRX next June for 2011 launch 6 months ago on Autoblog

Land Rover is set to celebrate the first 40 years of its eminently capable Range Rover line next June. What better birthday present to itself than to unleash a new model that's set to bring its wares up to date with the modern realities of fuel efficiency and a reduced environmental impact? The ...

Tata gets private-sector loan, doesn't need UK government money 7 months ago on Autoblog

Tata's target was £1 billion ($1.65B U.S.) in loans to keep the JLR group going. And while Tata is in talks with the U.K government about providing a large chunk of that, some of the government's terms -- like veto power over management decisions-- prevented Tata from pulling the trigger. ...

Land Rover increases production of new Discovery and Range Rover Sport 7 months ago on Autoblog

It's a little difficult to keep track of what's happening at Tata and JLR these days. While the XF sales continue apace and the XJ is promising, the JLR division lost £673.4 million pounds ($1.11B U.S.) last year, and parent company Tata was $520 million in the red at the end of its 2008 ...

Jaguar/Land Rover reportedly chalks up $1.1B loss 7 months ago on Autoblog

The steep downturn of the world's luxury automotive markets has taken a toll on Jaguar/Land Rover, and the company's bottom line has taken a huge hit as a result. Automotive News is citing a Financial Times report that says Tata Motors' British luxury marques lost 673.4 million pounds ($1.11 ...

British government drags its feet, Tata threatens to cancel Indica EV for the UK 7 months ago on Autoblog

In January, the UK government set aside £2.3 billion for loan guarantees to help automakers start producing electric cars on the island. In April, Tata applied for £10 billion from the program to build its Indica Vista EV. Last week the Indian firm was told that it would be another ...

Tata considers more Jaguar/Land Rover cuts after massive loss 8 months ago on Autoblog

India's Tata Motors has reported a net loss of $520 million (25.05 billion rupees) for the fiscal year ending in March of 2009. Over the same period one year earlier, Tata managed to earn 21.68 billion rupees in profit. What gives? Naturally, the global economic meltdown didn't do the automaker ...

REPORT: Compact hybrid Range Rover LRX gets green light 8 months ago on Autoblog

Automakers that hope to continue doing business over the next few years need to be increasingly aware of their fuel consumption, emissions and environmental credibility. In deference to this fact, Auto Express in the U.K. is reporting that Land Rover is moving forward with plans to launch the ...

Land Rover takes the Defender to new heights with Fire & Ice editions 9 months ago on Autoblog

It doesn't get more back-to-basics than the Land Rover Defender. While most of the world's most hard-core off-roaders – Toyota Land Cruiser, Mercedes G-Wagen, Hummer H2 – have all gone luxed-out, the Defender soldiers on as the bare-bones option. Essentially the same body-on-frame ...

Review: 2009 Land Rover LR2 HSE is naughty by nature 9 months ago on Autoblog

Land Rovers have always gone their own way – often literally. While off-roading demands a low center of gravity and muddy trails would seem to warrant hose-out interiors and body-on-frame-construction, the British automaker has long contented itself building tippy-looking unibody boxes ...

Tata looking to raise £1 billion to keep Jaguar, Land Rover going 10 months ago on Autoblog

We don't know how many times through the millennia one gentleman has told another, "Be careful with her – she's beautiful, but she's expensive." We would like to know if Alan Mullaly offered that warning to Ratan Tata (above) before the latter bought Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR). As with the ...

Rumormill: Jaguar to build extended range-EV version of new XJ in 2011 11 months ago on Autoblog

Jaguar is apparently planning to attack the upstart Fisker Karma head-on with an extended range electric version of the all-new XJ. The completely reworked XJ is due to arrive in July and hit dealers in December with a look heavily influenced by the smaller XF. A year later, the Indian-owned British ...

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