60th Bday of Land Rover
- Thread starter Blair G
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MuddyMudskipper
Camp Ninja
Who would have thought they would be where they are now.
Andrew Walcker
Mod Emeritus
:birthday.sml: :friday:
kd_walmsley
Observer
I will be at Eastnor Castle for the anniversary show on Saturday if anyone wants to get together for a pint.
Cheers,
Kevin
Cheers,
Kevin
MuddyMudskipper
Camp Ninja
kd_walmsley said:
Well since I won't be able to make it out to England this weekend, you'll have to take some pics of the festivities and post them up please. That will give the other poor sods like myself the opportunity to be there vicariously through you.
Enjoy.
Michael Slade
Untitled
kd_walmsley said:
Be sure to give their senior designer a kick in the nuts for me if you find him.
MuddyMudskipper
Camp Ninja
Michael Slade said:
OUCH! The wedding veg?
RoverMack
Adventurer
Blair G said:Today was the day the first Land Rover was shown. Pretty cool!
On NPR (KCRW) yesterday and to-day there was a Land Rover sponser announcement (advertisment) celebrating LR's 60th birthday which said there are 70,000 LR's on military or foreign aid duties around the world...... and i imagine non of these LR's were ever available in America, i also wondered how many Toyotas are on foreign aid / military duties around the world.
overlander
Expedition Leader
RoverMack said:
Excuse me...NAS 110...500 in 1993, thank you very much.
James86004
Expedition Leader
There was a cool full page ad in the Wall St Journal for Land Rover's 60th. The copy reads:
We've been submerged, frozen in ice, caked in mud, shot at, lost in the desert, run on banana oil, abused by royalty and rock stars, dropped from airplanes, driven to the ends of the earth and somehow, we still managed to make it to our 60th birthday.
It is accompanied by 60 photos of everything from Series Ones to current models.
We've been submerged, frozen in ice, caked in mud, shot at, lost in the desert, run on banana oil, abused by royalty and rock stars, dropped from airplanes, driven to the ends of the earth and somehow, we still managed to make it to our 60th birthday.
It is accompanied by 60 photos of everything from Series Ones to current models.
RoverMack
Adventurer
overlander said:
I think you missed the point, NAS spec LR 110 and 90's were built for the American market starting in 93, But these trucks are not the same spec as those used by military and foreign aid organizations, (most obvious being diesel engines) and they are NOT available new from LR's current model range.
I do not hate modern LR's, but as LR celebrates its 60 years,celebrate their heritage and quote "70,000 LR's in currently in use with military and foreign aid organizations" my point was none of those vehicles are actually currently available in the US and that while LR celebrates their heritage, their new models (LR3, LR2, RR and RR Sport) available in the US are NOT exactly in demand by foreign aid organizations and the military!
overlander
Expedition Leader
RoverMack said:
Ok, I'll give you that one.
RoverMack said:
Aside from a "handful" of us who care, nobody else who drives a Land Rover cares. Anybody who would drive a RR Sport thinks the heritage is an interesting footnote to Land Rovers history, but thats about it. I think the models you mentioned fit perfectly into the US market and probably kept LR viable through some pretty lean times.
Blair
RoverMack
Adventurer
Blair G said:
True, including the Freelander (which was not a American market success) but it did ensure the company's financial survival.
Off-Road Adventures the 4wheel parts free magazine included a two page article (lifted from LR's own material) on "Land Rover Turns 60" including the historical Jeep / Land Rover connection.