History of Land Rover: small beginnings - great results.

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Two engineers of the British company Rover, the Wilks brothers, a classic military Jeep Willys, gave their new car to the situation that developed in England after the war.

Although, as we know, the country suffered from a direct invasion of the enemy, heavy air attacks, bombing by V-1 missiles and V-2 ballistic missiles, the work of industry and the agricultural government to the destruction turned the island into a deformed power and the economy. England finally demanded the export of its products. What else could she have done to destroy Europe? The Rover Group company, which was founded in 1884 and created, among others, the bicycle in a short time, moved from bombed Coventry to Solihal, where it established the production of advanced car models. However, both the English themselves and their neighbors on the continent needed something else, which is evidenced by the simplicity of design and maintenance, and, more importantly, by the universality of the realities of these desperate times.

Spencer and Maurice Wilkes made a bet on the extremely simple and

passing vehicle

At the end of 1948, the car was presented at a show in Amsterdam. A resounding success. Until the end of the day, the brothers will produce a trial batch of forty-eight cars with engines, gearboxes and upgraded axles from the Rover passenger cars and sell them for 450 pounds of leather.

Usyogo three months after the cob serial production Pozashlyakhovik rose in 68 countries around the world.

You can see this: out of 48 pre-production cars produced from 1947 to 1948, eighteen are still living happily!

A car with a 48-horsepower, and a little later, a 50-horsepower engine, which weighs 1.2 tons, developed its goals based on aerodynamics

maximum fluidity 75 kilometers per year. Beyond the full extent of what is called comfort. It is open, with a short hood, with a soft awning top, without doors, stribucha on the beaters and extremely galas. Ale is popular with villagers, craftsmen, myslivtsy and just people who happen to live on filthy roads. The name Land Rover has long been firmly associated with off-road vehicles. Regardless of the ongoing developments and developments, the entire history behind the unique Land Rover vehicles clearly demonstrates the strength of the basic idea that underlies the same immutable goals and values and strict orientation I approach them until they are broken. It’s almost like the 50s.

250,000 Land Rover will be produced from the plant line in Solihal. In the 1960s, people began to drink All-wheel drive cars

And Land Rover has found itself at the forefront of a new market segment that is developing. Try to know better than a solution Rover's senior engineers were encouraged to develop a transport system that would increase comfort and In the post-war period, the axis has been released practically without change for 50 years, and its appearance is indicated by the very post-war sign.

The model, as before, is respected as the closest all-rounder in the world.

At the end of the 80s, Land Rover hits the world with a stunning premiere. Discovery was ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1989, marking the creation of a new niche - a comfortable 4-4 family car with excellent rear-end components. The addition of the Spartan utilitarianism of his successor appealed to various categories of fellow residents. In Europe, a budget version is available for sale - with a 2-liter gasoline engine. Until the mid-90s, the famous Range Rover, as before, was a competitor, and was the leading standard for all luxury vehicles.

U 1994 noviy vlasnik The BMW concern company is carrying out this radical renovation.

Discovery Series II was updated in 1998.

The car had a painted chassis, a unique 5-cylinder diesel engine, with a revolutionary (at that time) system of centerless injection pump injectors.

The problem of corrosion resistance of the body was also identified. The 2003 Discovery II is undergoing a facelift and is getting new “branded” models to introduce it to the new Range Rover family. And from the end of 2002, Land Rover begins production of the new flagship New Range Rover, which bears the stylistic decline of its predecessors, but is technically revolutionary among them. The outer frame, track suspension and archaic V8 engine from the 50s make New Range Rover a leader among the current luxury class riders. In the spring of 2004, Land Rover introduced a completely new model, the Discovery 3. Just as the New Range Rover is completely different from its predecessors, then with the Discovery 3, the new leader of the brand, the Ford company decided to create the car from a clean slate.

The new third generation Disco with a Range style design has taken over independent suspension. The frame integrated into the body allowed the center of the shaft to be lowered. In off-road water, the Terrain Response electronic aid is activated, under different views pokrittya. Then, in 2005, a new favorite of Land Rover owners appeared - Range Rover Sport

Since the 60s of the last century, Land Rover has been rich and often passed from hand to hand: British Leyland (1968-1998), British Aerospace (1988-1994), BMW (1994-2000), Ford (2000-2008).

And we have announced that the Indian TATA has bought a British all-terrain vehicle from the Jaguar company. The Indians paid $2.3 billion, in addition to recovering $600 million from the Jaguar and Land Rover Black Oval pension programs, taking away $1.7 billion. In addition, the Ford concern promised to provide additional engines, platforms, other components and technologies - during the transition period, Ford was obliged to finance Jaguar and Land Rover dealers around the world.

We can proudly say that Land Rover has come a long way from a simple and utilitarian product since 1948. before automobile legends.

Few competitors can boast the same level of recognition and passion as Land Rover cars. However, the main confirmation of the correctness of Land Rover’s values are the cars themselves: this may sound absolutely incredible, but two thirds of all Land Rover cars produced are still in use! For the sake of the directors of Tata Sons and Tata Motors, Mr. Ratan Tata said that the offending companies should preserve their unique

Special features . However, the zashlyakhoviki spend less time on the widespread stagnation of aluminum and the advancement of hybrid technologies. In addition, Land Rovers are working on replacing the legendary Defender with a larger, modern-day rogue under the code name Project Icon. What's wrong, show me the time.

Since 2008, the Land Rover company belongs to the Tata Group, which is now the Indian manufacturer of automobiles Tata Motors.
The first Land Rover car was based on an American military vehicle Willys jeep.

In wartime Britain, there was an important situation with metal, and aluminum would be in short supply, as would spare parts for aircraft. The Wilks brothers were able to dismiss the difficulty of the Meteor Works plant and praise the project for the production of simple new-wheel drive cars with an aluminum body. Even before the official registration date of the Land Rover company in 1947, a pre-production prototype of a new car borrowed from Center Steer was ready.

The car has a chassis of the same type, an engine and transmission of a passenger rover, a body made of green-colored paint from military aircraft.
Having prepared 25 final essays new car and having renamed the new product into a Land Rover, the creators presented their pozashlyahovik at a car exhibition in Amsterdam.

This car, as the history of the Land Rover company indicates, has attracted great interest among drivers and cross-border motorists. At the first release (1948), the number of released Land Rover saddlebags was comparable to all Rover passenger sedans that came off the assembly line. And in 1949, the company was sold twice as much as before, at least before. In 1950, the first generation of Land Rover became aware of modernization. We have improved the all-wheel drive system (it is now important to choose between
rear wheel drive
), with an increase in the working volume of the engine, versions with different wheelbases appeared.

In 1957, diesel engines began to be installed on Land Rover liter engine, and fate later appeared gasoline unit for 2.3 liters.
In 1959, the production of pozashlyakhoviks exceeded 250 thousand. exemplars, the car was well appreciated by fire fighters and fire fighters, military and civil services.

Over the course of 70-80 years of the 20th century, Land Rover and Range Rover have been steadily undergoing modifications and improvements, the company’s cars have taken part in the Paris-Dakar rally and specially created extreme vehicles for Land Rover riders verta Range Rover - Camel Trophy (1080-2010).

In 1989, a third model appeared - Land Rover Discovery.
1990 – the classic Land Rover takes on the new name Defender.
In 1993, the British company came under the control of the German BMW.
Around 1994, another generation of Range Rover appears, the premium SUV becomes more luxurious and expensive.

In 1997, a new Land Rover was created, the company's first model with a body - the Land Rover Freelander. Danish car usheres in the era of crossovers.
Land Rover Defender 90 will allow passengers to climb the most famous mountain in Europe - Elbrus (5642 meters), thereby achieving their extraordinary adventures.
In 1998, the Land Rover Defender was subject to significant modernization and renewal, and sales of the 2nd generation Land Rover Discovery began.

In 2000 years, Land Rover has taken over the ownership of Ford Motor Company. Before speaking, the same share included Lincoln, Volvo, Aston Martin and Jaguar. In 2001, the production line produced 3 million Land Rover vehicles, Land Rover Discovery 2 recognitions
stealing a car
With 4x4 all-wheel drive, Auto Express magazine reported the premiere of the new 3rd generation Range Rover.
2003 - the Rover Freelander was restyled.
At the 2004 New York Auto Show, a premiere display of the Land Rover Discovery3 was organized.
In 2005, after modernization and restyling, another version of the pozashlyakhovik with a shortened body appeared - the Range Rover Sport. Rick 2007 - start of sales of Freelander 3. 2009 appeared in the fourth
Rover generation

Discovery. In 2011, there is a new addition to the line – in the form of the compact luxury crossover Range Rover Evoque. Currently, Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles are represented in Russia and SND countries with models that are produced: Defender 90, Defender 110, Freelander 2, Discovery4, Evoque, Range Rover and
Sport Range

Rover. The outbreak of Land Rover and Range Rover worms is occurring at UK businesses in the areas of Solihal and Hallwood. The third Freelander in Great Britain is being deployed in Aqaba (Jordan) and Pune (India). Production car, presentations at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show, dropping the name Range Rover. It has a three-door body with aluminum panels, a spring suspension (instead of spring suspension in the modern utilitarian ""), disc brakes and a constant new drive . Standing under the hood

gasoline engine V8 with a volume of 3.5 liters and a power of 135 liters. With.

Throughout the years, Range Rover has been gradually modernized. In 1981, they began to produce a five-door modification of the pozashlyakhovik, and later versions appeared with more explicit and expensive interior enhancements. In 1984, the engine was modernized and the fuel pressure system was removed, and its output increased to 155 forces.

In 1986, the Range Rover began to be equipped with an Italian 2.4-liter VM turbodiesel (112 hp), and later the volume increased to 2.5 liters (power increased to 119 hp). In 1992, this unit was replaced by a Rover turbodiesel engine with a volume of 2.5 liters, which develops 111-122 liters. With. Gasoline versions were also refined: in 1990, the rock of the zashlyakhovik was removed new motor

V8 3.9, and in 1992 - a 4.2-liter V8.

For a long time, all Range Rovers were equipped with several accessory parts. manual boxes transmission In 1982, buyers began to get the three-speed Chrysler automatic as an option, and in 1985, four-speed automatics began to be offered. The excessive “mechanics” in 1983 was replaced with a new, five-speed gearbox.

In 1992, a version appeared with a wheelbase lengthened by 203 mm.

The third generation of the pozashlyakhovik, which arrived on the assembly line in 2002, was created with the participation of the BMW company, which also owned the British brand.

The Range Rover has a steel body, which, with aluminum hanging elements, is completely independent of air suspension, automatic transmissions and a host of electronic systems. Under the hood of the car were Bavarian engines: an in-line six-cylinder turbodiesel with a volume of 2.9 liters (177 hp) or a petrol V-like engine with a volume of 4.4 liters and a power of 286 hp. With. Resentment was fueled by a five-step automatic machine.

In 2005, after Land Rover was sold to Ford, power units BMW was replaced with Jaguar V8 petrol engines: a 4.4-liter engine developing 306 hp.

s., and the 4.2-liter with a compressor – 390 horsepower.
The automatic transmission has become six-speed.

The same Range Rover has removed the updated design, and across the river they began to install a new diesel engine - V8 3.6 with a capacity of 272 liters.

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The first Land Rover was born in post-war Britain in 1948, during a period of serious steel shortages.

The whole thing was brilliantly simple, the “working horse” was carefully crafted from aluminum.

Brothers Spencer and Maurice Wilks, who worked for the British automobile company Rover, created a new car symbol that exudes pragmatic simplicity and rugged reliability.

The car was a great success, as a result of which, until the mid-fifties of the last century, the Land Rover brand began to be clearly associated with the concepts of durability, durability and phenomenal abrasion resistance.

The military and civil servants of the rural government, as well as the workers of the ritual and civil services, found in Land Rover the very features they needed in a car.

Until 1959 The 250,000th Land Rover has already rolled out of the Solihull plant (West Midlands), and the foundation for future market dominance has been laid. The famous Defender, Land Rover's base model, is conceived as a universal, reliable car of the post-war period, the axle has been produced virtually unchanged for 50 years, and its appearance is reminiscent of the very post-war image.

In 1997

Behind it comes the Freelander - a compact car that focuses on sports and, finally, has taken the lead in Europe in terms of sales of the 4x4 class.

In 1994, the BMW concern added the English company Rover Group, and with it its subsidiary Land Rover, which had previously specialized in off-road vehicles.

At this time, the prestige of the department, as before, is even higher. The Range Rover model is famous for its competitive position, and the leading standard for all luxury vehicles. In 1994 they renovated the rise.

It comes with three types of engines - V-like 8-cylinder displacement 4.0 or 4.6 liters with a power of 190 or 224 hp, as well as a turbocharged BMW diesel with a volume of 2.5 liters and power u 136 k .With.

For middle-class buyers, a compact Land Rover – Freelander is produced. This model has independent suspension of all wheels and transverse movement of the engine. There is a 4-cylinder petrol engine diesel engine working volume 1.8-2.0 liters.

Continue to release without changes Discoveri and Defender.
India (Pune)
China.

In Russia, this car model is installed differently.

Some people in power like a car, while others complain about the unreliability of a poshashlyakhovik.

Exterior and interior

This model of car can be sold all over the world. The first pozashlyakhovik was born in the release of the distant fate of 1997. Most of the cars had five doors, and now they started releasing a three-door version.

The British Land Rover Freelander of another generation has gained light in 2006. In 2010, it went through a restyling, so every car has changed a little. There, they destroyed the Land Rover Freelander 2, they bought the buyers and destroyed the car with rubbish. The dimensions of the “British” 2014-2015 are: 4500 mm 2195 mm 1740 mm. The wheelbase dimensions are 2660 mm, and

ground clearance the transport duty is set at 210 millimeters. there is an electric drive.

Updates "British" now has keyless access.

All car seats have clear upholstery and all necessary functions (adjustment, heating).

There’s a place in the middle of the zashlyakhovik to grind everything, there’s so much room here.

Technical characteristics

Now about the brand, the internal “stuffing” of the machine.
This is due to the fact that the suspensions on cars have become permanent.
Natomist Freelander 2 has removed a bunch of new systems:
Hill Descent Control.

This is the fact that the Land Rover Freelander 2 is chosen, having played an important role in the creation of the model.

The virobnik corrected the shortcomings of the front and introduced light-colored improvements to the backrest, more reliable and safe.
The “British” with two gasoline and two diesel power plants are hitting the Russian market:
two-liter diesel engine (240 hp, paired with a six-speed automatic transmission);
petrol 3.2-liter (233 hp with a six-speed automatic transmission, maximum speed – 200 km, fuel consumption – 15.5 liters);

2.2-liter diesel (190 hp and 9.6 liters in mixed mode, and locally - 13.5 liters); 2.2-liter (150 hp is consumed in a mixed cycle of 6.5 to 7 liters of fuel, paired with a six-speed automatic transmission). The complete set of this pozashlyakhovik is as follows:

SE (RUB 1,842,000)
XS (RUB 1,574,000)
HSE (RUB 2,080,000)
S (1,363,000 rubles).
The most expensive “British” is the Land Rover Freelander 2 HSE.
The interior of this car is decorated with yellow leather or Alcantara.
The machine is packed with the latest functions and options.