Land Rover
Land Rover is a British car manufacturerwith its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drivevehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover(JLR) group. It is the second oldest four-wheel-drive car brand in the world (after Jeep).
The Land Rover name was originally used by the Rover Companyfor one specific vehicle model, named simply the Land Rover, launched by Rover in 1948. Over the following years it developed into a marque encompassing a range of four-wheel-drive models, including the Defender, Discovery, Freelander, Range Rover, Range Rover Sportand Range Rover Evoque. Land Rovers are currently assembled in the company's Halewoodand Solihullplants, with research and development taking place at JLR's Gaydonand Whitleyengineering centres. Land Rover sold 194,000 vehicles worldwide in 2009.
Land Rover has had several owners during its history. In 1967 the Rover Company became part of Leyland Motor Corporationand in 1968 Leyland Motor Corporation itself merged with British Motor Holdingsto form British Leyland. In the 1980s British Leyland was broken-up and in 1988
The Land Rover name was originally used by the Rover Companyfor one specific vehicle model, named simply the Land Rover, launched by Rover in 1948. Over the following years it developed into a marque encompassing a range of four-wheel-drive models, including the Defender, Discovery, Freelander, Range Rover, Range Rover Sportand Range Rover Evoque. Land Rovers are currently assembled in the company's Halewoodand Solihullplants, with research and development taking place at JLR's Gaydonand Whitleyengineering centres. Land Rover sold 194,000 vehicles worldwide in 2009.
Land Rover has had several owners during its history. In 1967 the Rover Company became part of Leyland Motor Corporationand in 1968 Leyland Motor Corporation itself merged with British Motor Holdingsto form British Leyland. In the 1980s British Leyland was broken-up and in 1988
