Land Rover Monthly September 2020

WHAT an issue to be a reader of LRM! For the month of September, we are the biggest Land Rover magazine in the world. You are holding in your hands 196 pages of the finest Land Rover content on the planet. It just gets better. On the same day this specific magazine went on sale our new website went live. How good is that? Just click on landrovermonthly.co.uk to check it out. Magazines definitely need an online and social media presence. We already had a strong Instagram and Facebook presence so a brand-new website was the next logical piece of the puzzle. The website is not replacing the magazine, it is merely making it a better and more complete product. We have been extremely busy during the lockdown, getting the…

FINALLY images of the INEOS Grenadier have been revealed… And it looks great – perhaps something that Land Rover’s design boss Gerry McGovern should have penned. But is there still a market for this type of car given that Land Rover killed off the original Defender partly because the market for ultra-rugged vehicles had dried up? On the contrary chairman of INEOS Group, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, says the Grenadier project started “by identifying a gap in the market, abandoned by a number of manufacturers, for a utilitarian off-road vehicle”, and when you consider that the famous 4x4’s fate was mainly sealed by European laws on safety and emissions, then this may not be such a huge gamble after all. In the official press release from INEOS Automotive in the reveal…

FOR anyone who has purchased the new Defender and are looking to go overlanding in it (who isn’t thinking of 4x4-based adventures in these unprecedented times?) then you may be interested to know that Land Rover and Autohome have developed a state-of-the-art roof tent, which can be put up in seconds with one simple movement. Sounds great, right? The downside is that it only sleeps two adults – but for any couple seeking short overnight camping trips or even lengthy overland expeditions you’ll be doing it in complete comfort, with a full-size luxury cotton mattress, pillows, LED lighting and a rear canopy. It ain’t cheap mind – with a price tag of €3081.96 (just shy of £2800 at the time of writing). The roof tent is said to feature an…

WITH car subscriptions forecast to account for 10 per cent of European and US sales by 2025, JLR has got ahead of the game with ‘Pivotal’. An all-inclusive, no-commitment premium subscription, the new service offers an alternative to the traditional vehicle ownership and leasing plans. You pay a single monthly payment and it covers the rental cost, insurance, tax, servicing and repairs – all that’s left to pay for is fuel! There are multiple membership tiers available and members can put their subscription on hold from month to month. The benefit of this is that members can change their vehicle every six months, to suit their changing lifestyle, whether that’s a new job, growing family or the need for greater flexibility. At the moment the Land Rover models available include…

LAND Rover has confirmed the versatile and durable Defender Hard Top will be launched later this year, combining all-terrain capability and cargo space that owners of the previous generation 90 and 100 loved so much, but with 21st century connectivity and comfort. The Hard Top name dates back to 1950, when the introduction of demountable Hard Tops gave early Series Land Rovers added security and protection from the elements. New Defender Hard Top continues this ethos, sharing its fixed metal roof and silhouette with the iconic original. The Defender Hard Top is being developed by Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations, who promise ‘to maximise the functionality and usability of the new Defender’s cargo area, with tough materials and clever storage solutions to ensure it surpasses the capability of any previous…

TO FEATURE YOUR PRODUCTS IN LRM EMAIL PATRICK@LRM.CO.UK LIGHT YOUR RACK PRICE: From £57.50 CONTACT: frontrunner.com Exciting news. The new ORAM 40” LEDriving® FX1000-CB SM driving light (containing 40 long-life OS-RAM high-power LEDs) is now exclusively available from Front Runner? Why you may ask? The light can be mounted onto a Front Runner Slimline II roof rack by using the special Front Runner bracket and mounts. Best of all it has a front cover so you can hide the light bar or protect it when off-roading. Bracket and shield are £57.50 while the Light Bar is £572.50. The driving light combines near and far field illumination, the so-called Combo Beam. Therefore, the light bar achieves a range up to 635 m. The light bar has double ECE-Certification which allows a…