Land Rover Through The Years

Land Rover through the Years

by

Bellamy Swain

During the course of the second World War, the Rover Company\’s factory in Coventry was destroyed, this forced them to move to another location and start another automobile factory from scratch. They then created the Land Rover Subsidiary, and because of the limited resources and limited steel rations, they were forced to create a smaller, more economic car that utilized another alloy for its body frame.

The designer of the Land Rover Maurice Wilks wanted to create a 4 wheel drive like Willy\’s Jeep but mainly for agricultural purposes. After a few months of making plans and prototypes they\’ve finally made a vehicle not relying on Jeep parts and has proven to be more efficient. They intended to use the money they made from this to restart their luxury car line. But they found out that the Land Rover was making more sales than their Rover cars.

EARLY MODELS

Series I The first car in production, it was originally designed for farm and light industrial use and had a steel box chassis and aluminium body.

Series II Improved car design, curved side windows and rounded roof which is still the design used for modern Land Rovers, and the first to use the 2.25L petrol engine.

Series IIA The same design as the Series II but features a 2.25L diesel engine.

Series IIA Forward Control The first Land Rover export type vehicle, mounting the cab over the engine to have more space at the back.

Series IIB Forward Control Similar to the IIA Forward Control but utilized a 2.6L diesel engine and fitted with an improved heavy duty wide-track axles for better stability.

Series III Same engine and body and little cosmetic changes, but is the first Land Rover feature synchromesh on four gears and also has improved engine power. Most common Series vehicle with around 440,000 built and the 1 millionth Land Rover in production was a Series III.

Stage One V8 Built using the same components as Series III and Forward Control it is made from the first stage of investment by the British Government to improve the Land Rover. Its improvements made it the first Series III vehicle to have a permanent 4 wheel drive, and later on gave birth to the Land Rover 90 and 110)

PRESENT MODELS – UK

Land Rover Defender initially called Land Rover 90 and 110 which reflected its 110 inch and 93 inch wheelbase. It featured modernized mechanisms including a coil springs, modernised interior and a permanent 4WD system and also a 4-cylinder engine which later on was upgraded to a turbodiesel engine.

Land Rover Range Rover a luxury type off-road vehicle which is the flagship model and later on became a separate brand name but is still under Land Rover.

Land Rover Discovery introduced in 1989, this vehicle has undergone 4 generations with improvement on its engine and cosmetics on each generation.

Land Rover Freelander a compact sport utility vehicle and is now on its 2nd generation it differs from the other SUV because it uses a monocoque structure rather than the traditional body-on frame design

RANGE ROVER MODELS

Range Rover Sport started production in 2005 and also on its 2nd generation which featured a supercharged 4.2L all-aluminum Jaguar AJ-V8 engine, cross linked air suspension and the Land Rover patented Terrain Response System.

Range Rover Evoque the latest Range Rover model and is a compact crossover utility vehicle (CVU), production started in 2011 and was made to meet requirements for lower carbon dioxide emissions and fuel economy.

Ever since its creation by the Rover Company, Land Rover has undergone different ownerships, the Rover Company was bought by BMW in 1994 and later in 2000 the Land Rover was sold separately by BMW to Ford and in 2008 Tata Motors purchased Jaguar Motors and Land Rover from Ford.

Bellamy owns 3 cars, one of them being a Land Rover Discovery, and has since been visiting a

Land rover parts shop

for parts to replace the old ones. He also recently bought

Rover v8 Engine Parts

.

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