Tests and Features

When you test drive an SUV in summer, the chances of being able to put the all-wheel drive to the test are relatively slim. We tried in vain to find a back road in poor condition or an abandoned field. Indeed, most people who buy this type of vehicle do …

In the gloomy dampness of a war-ravaged England, two brothers by the name of Spencer and Maurice Wilks cobbled together a properly English four by four using bits of everything from disused US Army Willys Jeeps to Rover cars to British fighter planes. The result was an incorrigibly slow but …

Land Rover’s sales figures have never been very high, which is not surprising when you consider the starting price of their Range Rover models. Let’s face it, these are some pretty pricey vehicles. But their latest entry-level model, the Range Rover Evoque, was introduced last year to help the brand …

For years, the Land Rover name was associated with a rural way of life. Their ads showed stylish people dressed in Barbour coats and Wellington boots stopped in a field next to a Land Rover or a Range Rover. Usually, a dog, generally Labrador, sat quietly next to his master.

No brand suffers the undeserved reputation of Land Rover. Even the slightest mention of the storied brand’s name to most folks, and odds are that the conversation will rapidly digress into a discussion of their reliability… or supposed lack thereof. But here’s the God’s honest: that’s a load of bovine …

When shopping for a luxury SUV, very few people think immediately of Land Rover. Like Jaguar, the English manufacturer is now owned by the Indian automaker Tata and is no Johnny-come-lately. For decades, Land Rover has offered vehicles capable of taking on both the African jungle, thanks to its off-road …

When it comes to the automotive marketplace, there exists no brand with the untarnished cachet of that from Solihull, England. Rolls Royce has found a competitor in the Mercedes-funded Maybach brand, BMW’s once-dominant M-division competes daily with products bearing badges from AMG, Quattro, and V, and even Ford’s Mustang, the …

Easily the most British of all British brands, Land Rover is trying to weather the storm. Indeed, most high end manufacturers have suffered through some hard times these last several months, and it’s a safe bet that there’s more to come. When hundreds of workers are laid off by a …

I love Land Rovers. In fact, I am writing this review on a laptop which has a particularly dashing picture of my own 1973 Land Rover Series III 88” station wagon as the wallpaper. I own no less than three Land Rover articles of clothing, and use a pen from …