The Land Rover factory just built the 1 millionth Discovery model. To celebrate, and to demonstrate the Disco's versatility, LR sent three Discos, including # 1,000,000, off on a "Journey of Discovery," an 8000 mile jaunt across Europe and Central Asia to Beijing, China. The team will follow a small part of the route taken by a Land Rover team in 1955.
From the photo above, it looks like preparations for the trip include a roof rack and somewhat more aggressive tires.
The LR team's goal is to arrive in China in time for the Beijing Auto show in seven weeks. A second goal of the trip is to raise £1million (GBP) for the international federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, a long-time partner and beneficiary of Land Rover.
I expect that LR has arranged for journalists to accompany the team for portions of the trip. So I expect more details to be made public over the weeks to come.
Here's the LR web page announcing the trip.
http://www.landrover.com/gl/en/lr/1-millionth-discovery/english/
From the photo above, it looks like preparations for the trip include a roof rack and somewhat more aggressive tires.
The LR team's goal is to arrive in China in time for the Beijing Auto show in seven weeks. A second goal of the trip is to raise £1million (GBP) for the international federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, a long-time partner and beneficiary of Land Rover.
I expect that LR has arranged for journalists to accompany the team for portions of the trip. So I expect more details to be made public over the weeks to come.
Here's the LR web page announcing the trip.
http://www.landrover.com/gl/en/lr/1-millionth-discovery/english/