Land Rover Monthly February 2018

On Sunday December 10 large parts of Great Britain woke to a fairly decent covering of snow. It was our first proper fall of the winter, creating chaos on the roads and closing hundreds of schools in the process. It snowed for most of that day in my village. While the police urged motorists not to travel unless their journeys were absolutely necessary, I (carefully) drove my Land Rover to the next village for a pub lunch. I do love my Sunday roasts. On the way we stopped at one of the steepest hills in Bedfordshire. About 20 kids were zooming down it on their sledges before taking the slow walk to the top to do it all over again. My Defender was the only vehicle in attendance. That day…

IF YOU Google ‘Daniel Morgan’ and ‘Land Rover Series III’ the top link (at the time of writing) is Land Rover UK’s PR Twitter account sharing a video of his 1972 Series III pulling an arctic lorry up a hill. Despite it only being two days since the incident passed, the video had close to 46,000 views, while on his Facebook page it had 1.3 million views. That is what you call going viral! The 21-year-old takes up the story: “We woke up to nearly seven inches of snow on Sunday [December 10] where I live in Bromsgrove, West Midlands. My girlfriend and I went to check up on my Nan and then as we were coming back saw a few people in trouble. I had already towed a BMW…

HAVING RECEIVED acclaim for its Flying Huntsman 110 6x6 Double Cab Pick Up and Wide Body models, Kahn’s latest coachbuilt 6x6 is set to become a reality very soon, bringing (in their words) “an element of adventure, engineering and romanticism to even the most seasoned of Defender owners and enthusiasts” Having created a vehicle to rival some of the most outrageous models from Jeep Wrangler, Mercedes G Wagon, and indeed, Range Rover, this teaser sketch is very much a statement of intent. According to a report in Top Gear magazine, it will get a 6.2-litre LS3 V8 with 500 bhp; the brakes and suspension will get a boost in performance too, and the overall width will be increased by six inches. More information will be released in the coming months.…

IS THIS what the new Defender will look like? The first spy shots of the long-overdue model have finally appeared, and the motoring press have got rather excited, but here at LRM we reckon this is a ‘mule’ – in other words it has got the new vehicle’s running gear, but not the bodywork. Instead, a crudely butchered Range Rover body has been dropped on to disguise it. From side-on, with half of its back doors, it looks like a big chunk of the body has been chopped out to suit a wheelbase similar to the outgoing 90, although rumours from Solihull claim it is unlikely that such a short wheelbase will make production. According to a report in Auto Express, who published the spy shots, JLR executive Dr Ralf…

WITH PRICES starting from just under £168k, the new Range Rover SVAutobiography is a bit out of reach for us mere mortals – unless we win the lottery that is. So what do you get besides a vehicle that is lovingly hand-finished by the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO), then? For starters, it has huge reclining seats with hot stone massage function and heated calf and foot rests. As passengers stretch out in the 1.2 metres of leg room they can also make use of electrically deployable tables, 10-inch touchscreen entertainment screens and a concealed refrigerator (perfect for cooling the champers). They don’t even need to wait for a chauffeur to close their door, as there’s a button inside to do it. For those who can afford it,…

KELMARSH 2018 Tickets are now on sale for what is promising to be the largest Land Rover festival in the UK this summer. Taking place over the weekend of July 27 to 29, the event is returning to Kelmarsh Hall, where people are welcome to camp over for up to five nights at their excellent facilities. With more than 100 trade stands, it is a great opportunity to grab a bargain, and with technical demonstrations, over 80 Land Rover club displays and an awesome off-road course, it is set to be a real winner. New for 2018 will be a massive free kid’s entertainment zone with big top marquees, talent shows, circus skills, bubble discos, crazy bikes and a trapeze workshop. They won’t want to leave. It seems Kelmarsh Land…