Make Money Advertising - History of Land Rover Cars

He is still known as the inventor of the modern bicycle; starley died in 1901. By then 'Rover' (which means a bike in polish) was an established brand name. He expanded his business by introducing safety cycles followed by 'Rover Safety Cycles' and soon established 'Rover Cycle Company Limited', in 1884. Starley founded a comapny 'Starley and Sutton Company' with William Sutton. In England, starley set up his business of manufacturing sewing machines in Coventry which is a city in West Midlands. Mr. The history of Land Rover goes back to 1860 and it was initiated by J.K Starley.

Most of the best Land Rover models were and still are its SUV's. Wilks specialized the production of cars to prestige cars and he introduced various modern operations and management systems and made the business process efficient. This struggle lasted until Spencer Wilks became the Managing director in 1933. It was struggling to survive; rover suffered a lot during this phase. Rover had built a good name for itself and was growing successfully until it was struck with the depression of 1930s. 'Rover Cycle Company Limited' was changed to 'Rover Company Limited' and it started to specialize in manufacturing cars, in 1906. Rover started to build his first car, starley was succeeded by Harry Smyth and in 1904.

Land Rover - A Beginning

1948-1957 series I,

This marks the birth of the Land Rover. This was basically to save coats involved in making left-hand and right-hand drives for export. All the early versions of the Land Rover had a centrally-mounted steering wheel and had a steel box section chassis. This solved their problem of export efficiency and scarcity of steel. Which was lightweight rust-proof, the Unique selling price of the Land Rover was that it was constructed from 'Brimabright aluminum' and 'magnesium proprietary alloy'. Inspired from the 'Willys Jeep' used in the World War II, maurice and Spencer designed the Land Rover in 1947, using the abundant aircraft aluminum left after the world war II. They realized that now they can't get enough steel sheets to keep their production going. Rover had created a good name and a market for itself in the local regions but it had not had the exposure to exports, after the World War II.

After this the second body option 'Station Wagon' was introduced.

1958-1961 series II,

That Land Rover emerged as a strong contender in the 4-wheeler market, it was now. And a more responsive ride because of the tighter turning radius, improved stability, longer wheelbase, had a more powerful engine, it was now larger in structure. The centrally mounted steering wheels were scrapped and changes were made in the old design and new engineering refinements were adapted, in 1958.

Features

* Size: 88 inches and 109 inches

* Petrol Engine: 2.25 liter

* 10 Seater Layout + 12 seater option on the top.

* Category: Minibus.

1962-1970 series II A,

000 pieces a year, land Rover had started to sell about 60. Body configuration were now made available from the factory. There were minor changes in the series II and Series II A.

Features

* 2.25 liter Diesel Engine

* 2.6 Liter Straight Six Petrol Engine

* Standard-fit Serve-assisted brakes

1962 series II A FC,

It was based on the Series II A structure but this time the cab was positioned over the engine to give a better load space. Series II A Forward Control was launched, in 1962.

Features

* Tires: 900x16

* Deep Dish Wheel rims

1966 series II B FC,

The production of this vehicle ended in 1974. But this one had an added 2.25lt diesel engine, it was again similar to the Series II A FC. Series II B Forward Control was launched, in 1966.

Features

* Heavy Duty Wide-track Axles

* Front Anti-roll Bar

* Revised rear springs above the axle

* 110 inch wheelbase

1971-1985 series III,

The instrument cluster was shifted to the driver's side and five-bearing crankshafts were added to the engines. It was the first model to have featured the synchromesh on all four gears. The engine compression was increased from 7:1 to 8:1. The metal grille was replaced with the plastic ones. The headlights were shifted to the wings. Series III's body and engine were same as the II A's.

Milestones

1947: Marks the birth of The Land Rover.

1948: Land Rover is exported to over 70 countries after the success in the Amsterdam Show.

1954: Land Rovers with wheel base 86" and 107" were introduced.

1958: Land Rover Series II was introduced.

1961: Land Rover series IIA was introduced.

1962: A 12 seater station wagon body was introduced to save taxes and the first 'forward control' vehicle was introduced.

1966: Land Rover Series IIB was inaugurated.

1967: Land Rover merges with Leyland.

1968: The 1 ton version of the Series IIA 109" is introduced.

1970: Range Rover was introduced.

1971: Land Rover Series III was introduced.

1972: V8 powered Forward Control 10" is introduced and gains military demands.

000 mark, 00, 1976: Land Rover crosses the 10.

This model gave more space for expansion of the engine. 1979: Land Rover launches a V8-engined Stage One 109".

1988: Land Rover is taken over by British Aerospace.

1990: Land Rover launches a new 4x4 model named 'Discovery'.

This model was aimed to target the SUV demands. 1994: Land Rover is now taken over by BMW and a new model of Range Rover 'P38 Range Rover' was introduced.

1997: 'Freelander' was introduced with a monocoque body.

1998: Discover Series-II was launched.

2000: Land Rover is taken over by Ford.

'Range Rover Mk III' was launched, 2002: Another remodeled version of Range Rover.

Discovery 3 was launched, 2004: A remodeled version of Discovery 2.

2005: The Range Rover Sport was introduced and its engine was replaced with the Jaguar AJ-V8 engine.

2006: Freelander 2 was introduced.

And Rover, lanchester, which are Daimler, the deal gave Tata rights to three British brands. Ford agreed to sell it to 'Tata Motors', 2008: After the Ford's announcement to sell Land Rover and Jaguar was made.

Vintage Land Rovers are still in demand, and even after being almost 60-70 year old. Land Rover successfully belongs to Tata Motors, since 2008, after having changed many owners.