Land Rover Monthly Winter Special 2020

THE LRM Land Rover buying guide issue always sells well. One of the reasons for this is that it hits the supermarket shelves in the middle of winter, when buying a Land Rover is more important than buying a Christmas tree or fat turkey. As it’s permanent 4WD (well most of them are), a Land Rover could save your life when you need to negotiate snow-covered passes or flooded lanes. For this buying guide we have not only identified the 15 Land Rovers which we know will sell well in 2020, but we have also written about relevant considerations when deciding to splash your hard-earned cash on a Land Rover. These include HP versus PCP, how to save on insurance and road tax and whether to rebuild or scrap your…

IN a world-first, Jaguar Land Rover is developing Lightweight Electronics in Simplified Architecture (LESA) research technology – currently used in flexible wearables and curved OLED TVs – for its car interiors. This has the potential to radically change cabins of the future and would offer customers greater ability to tailor their cars to suit their needs. So how does it work then? The system uses computer animated drawings (CAD) to virtually ‘unfold’ a part into its 2D structure. The required electronic circuit, ordinarily wired into a traditional ECU, is then printed onto the flat surface, and components are mounted, before the CAD is folded back into its original 3D. The part is then manufactured with the electronics printed into the structure. JLR has successfully trialled LESA technology on an overhead…

WITH the clocks turning back the nights are drawing in, which means one thing according to a survey report from Skytag – an increase in Land Rover theft. In fact, the stolen vehicle recovery company always sees a rise in thefts during the winter months with the additional cover of darkness and noise from wind and rain providing ideal conditions for the car thief to operate. With October proving to be their busiest month, with an increase in thefts compared with this time last year, Skytag has a fantastic offer for LRM readers. You will be required to pay a subscription payment but Skytag is offering a free tracker worth £249. With an 11 minute recovery record and unique features such as monthly operation checks and direct police access to…

ONCE again the 2020 Billing Off Road Show will be held on June 27 and 28 and it’s looking like it will be even bigger and better than previous years. There are over 70 traders signed up already while the Club Area has had a massive boost with 20 new clubs applying, and with almost all 33 of the clubs from this year committing to attend as well it should be well supported. Challenge South West will once again be showing off their new winch challenge vehicles in the Demonstration Arena, with passenger rides on offer. As the only show to offer two on-site off-road courses, sporting all types of terrain, if you didn’t get the chance the sample the Riverside Course (open on Friday) or the Lakeside Course (open…

OVER the course of 2016 and 2017 JLR applied for the registration of six three-dimensional shapes of its Series I, Series II, Defender 90 and 110 models (the latter two shapes with and without a rear mounted spare wheel). INEOS contested this application in defence of its own commercial interests and in early October of this year, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) found in favour of INEOS on the basis that the shapes were insufficiently distinctive in character. By November 2015, INEOS knew that JLR intended to cease mass production of the Defender vehicles. It contacted JLR to discuss whether it was willing to sell tooling and other production equipment so that it could continue to manufacture the Defenders. However, JLR later wrote to INEOS making it clear that…

THE 25th official James Bond film No Time To Die is the first movie to feature the New Defender, as it is tested by the 007 expert stunt team in the most extreme off-road conditions. In a teaser video, released to announce its continued partnership with EON Productions, fans are treated to a unique, behind-the-scenes view of stunt co-ordinator Lee Morrison and stunt driver Jess Hawkins at work. You can watch it here: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=eelYBoBxf-I&feature=youtu.be. Lee Morrison, James Bond Stunt Co-ordinator said: “Designing and co-ordinating the action sequences for the Bond franchise requires a non-compromising mindset. We needed an unstoppable vehicle to help us battle against the elements, steep descents and river crossings so we chose the new Defender. I’m beyond impressed that the Defender is not only back but…