70 years of Land Rover, one unique broadcast

Land Rover will mark its 70th anniversary with a global broadcast celebrating the world’s favourite 4x4s and the people who love them.
Starring the cars and the people who make and drive them, the online programme will pay tribute to seven decades of adventure, humanitarian aid, and hard work across classes and cultures around the world.
The broadcast is at 20:00 BST on Monday 30 April (3:00 AM Manila Time on Tuesday 1 May)—70 years to the day since the first Land Rover made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show. It will tell how Land Rover began as a utility model at the end of the Second World War and grew to become the world’s favourite 4×4, with more than seven million sold.

Expect great models from the past as well as inspirational people behind the legend and a look to the future, with a level of insight only available direct from the factory.
Jaguar Land Rover CEO Prof Dr Ralf Speth said, “Land Rover was born with the launch of a single vehicle. Today our family of SUVs is testament to the pioneering spirit of innovation that has characterised Land Rover for seven decades. Our family of Defender, Discovery, and Range Rover models provides unrivalled capability, versatility, and luxury, giving us the perfect foundation for another 70 years of success.”

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“Land Rover is so much more than just the most capable all-terrain vehicles. It connects people through a passion for adventure and for making more of our world. From our employees to customers and enthusiasts, this is a family that makes Land Rover special.”
A vehicle lineup including HUE: the first prototype Land Rover, the original two-door Range Rover and the seven-seater Discovery, as well as expedition-proven models from across the decades, will share the stage at the Land Rover Classic Works in Coventry. The current range, including the sector-defining Range Rover Evoque and Velar SUVs, will also be on screen as Land Rover celebrates its lifelong status as a favourite among celebrities, politicians and royalty.

The year of 70th celebrations has already begun and one of the vehicles from the start of the story will star in the show. In January, Land Rover revealed plans to sympathetically renovate the world’s most historically significant unrestored model—one of three pre-production cars from the original Amsterdam launch.
Now in the hands of the experts at Land Rover Classic, it will take the stage alongside its closest modern relative—the exclusive 405PS Defender Works V8 revealed earlier this year. Only 150 of the powerful 70th edition models will be produced and each of the specially engineered V8 derivatives will be built under the same roof, by Land Rover Classic’s team of expert engineers.
70 YEARS OF LAND ROVER TIMELINE

1948    Land Rover Series I launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show
1953     Long Wheelbase version of the Series I is introduced
1956     Oxford and Cambridge teams complete on London to Singapore expedition in Series I
1958     Land Rover Series II unveiled with more refined design
1970     Original two-door Range Rover (the Classic) goes on sale
1971      Land Rover Series III launched
1972     Range Rover crosses Darien Gap on 18,000-mile Trans-America expedition
1976     1,000,000th Land Rover built
1979     A Range Rover wins the inaugural Paris-Dakar rally (and again in 1981)
1981     Land Rover begins legendary partnership with Camel Trophy
1981     Four-door Range Rover released
1989     Land Rover Discovery, the third Land Rover model, goes on sale
1990     Original ‘Landie’ relaunched and renamed Defender
1994     Second generation Range Rover launched
1997     All-new Freelander is unveiled with innovative new technology: Hill Descent Control
2001     Third-generation Range Rover with all-round independent air suspension revealed
2003     Inaugural G4 challenge sees 16 teams traverse USA, South Africa and Australia
2004     Range Stormer Concept previews performance Range Rover and three-door body
2004     Discovery 3/LR3, the third-generation Discovery, launched at New York Motor Show
2005     All-new Range Rover Sport unveiled
2006     Freelander 2/LR2 launched. The first Land Rover to be manufactured at Halewood
2007     LRX concept car previews design language of a new luxury compact SUV
2009     Fourth generation of the Land Rover Discovery introduced
2010     Range Rover Evoque, the world’s first luxury compact SUV, makes global debut
2012     Fourth-generation Range Rover introduced – the first all-aluminium SUV
2013     New generation of Range Rover Sport unveiled at New York Motor Show
2014     Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division is officially launched
2014     Range Rover Sport SVR debuts, the fastest, most agile, most powerful Land Rover
2014     Discovery Vision Concept previews design vision for new family of Discovery vehicles
2014     Launch of Discovery Sport, a new premium compact SUV with 5+2 seating
2015     Trio of end-of-line Defender editions revealed with biggest sand drawing in UK
2015     Exclusive Range Rover SVAutobiography long wheelbase launched in New York
2015     Evoque Convertible becomes world’s first luxury compact SUV convertible
2015     One-of-a-kind Land Rover ‘Defender 2,000,000’ sells for £400,000 at charity auction
2016     Last Defender rolls off the production line
2016     All-new Discovery with world-first remote Intelligent Seat Fold technology launched
2017     Land Rover launches the fourth Range Rover, the Velar
2018     Limited Edition Range Rover SV Coupé debuts at Geneva Motor Show