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14 unusual facts about Land Rover


Billing Aquadrome

It is also home to a variety of shows throughout the year, which are often car or motorsport related, such as the world's largest annual Land Rover show and the American Car Show.

Dick Cepek

In 1958 he purchased a Land Rover, which he used to explore the California desert.

Elmdon, West Midlands

Elmdon Parish Church dates from 1780 and overlooks the Rover Works, home of Land Rover since 1946.

The northern suburbs of Solihull as far as the Coventry Road, and the entire Land Rover factory, are built on land once part of the estate.

Fore people

Transportation in the region improved to such a degree that it was possible to drive a Land Rover or motorbike to Purosa among the South Fore by 1957.

Heavy Young Heathens

In addition, they have composed music for commercial campaigns by Land Rover, Chrysler, Vans shoes and more.

Jatco

When it was still the transmission manufacturing division of Nissan, it partnered with Mazda, and thus Jatco, had long been supplying Nissan, Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, Suzuki, BMW, Volkswagen, MG Rover Group and Land Rover.

Land Rover

Land Rovers are currently assembled in the company's Halewood and Solihull plants, with research and development taking place at JLR's Gaydon and Whitley engineering centres.

Lemington Glass Works

A door has been inserted on the northwest side because the cone is now used as a showroom by car manufacturer Land Rover and Stanegate Stoves and Cookers.

Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel

In 2006, a Land Rover television commercial and print campaign was produced using G-Cans as a location.

Robin Roe

He only left the scene after being forcibly turned back by another officer, after he had been shot at and his personal Land Rover struck by machine gun fire.

Tixover

One of the country's most popular off-road driving centres is at Tixover Quarry, which is used by many Land Rover clubs for days out, and by Land Rover Owner Magazine for vehicle tests and photo shoots.

Tokyo Friend Park 2

Prizes range from a high variety of electronics to a Land Rover.

A preset number of contestants (typically 4) compete for prizes that range from Foot baths, Massage chairs and Big screen televisions to new vehicles (typically a Land Rover).


Corporate Magic

Other major projects include the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular, Coca-Cola's Centennial, the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th Anniversary Jamboree, international product launches for Mazda, Land Rover and Jaguar, annual corporate gatherings and awards programs for Prudential Financial, Xango and Rite Aid, and several projects for the Dallas Cowboys.

Helen Svedin

Svedin has been in advertisements of Ana Sousa, Arena, Don Algodón, Friday's Project, Giorgio Armani, Guess?, Isdin, Kia Motors, Land Rover, L'Oréal, Luciano Padovan, Nike, Vista Alegre, and Schwarzkopf.

Jacques Nasser

Under Nasser's watch, Ford acquired Volvo Cars and Land Rover and placed them under the newly Premier Automotive Group in order to expand its market share in the luxury segment.

John Tipler

He has been writing books since 1990, with over 30 published on a variety of motor vehicles, including Morgan, TVR, Lotus, Caterham and Alfa Romeo sports cars, Land Rovers, Triumph and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, plus several on Lotus formula 1 cars, as well as biographies of racing drivers Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Ayrton Senna.

Johnny K. Larsson

He specialised in the harmonization of design guidelines, requirements and quality assurance for joining methods with Renault Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, Land Rover and Jaguar Cars.

Rock crawling

Vehicles commonly used include Jeep (the Chrysler and the Mitsubishi Varieties), Lada Niva, Nissan Patrol, Toyota pickup truck, Land Rover, Ford Bronco, Suzuki Samurai, International Harvester Scout and especially the Mercedes Unimog due to its portal axles and greatly increased ground clearance.

Rover Company

The Land Rover became a runaway success (despite Rover's reputation for making upmarket saloons, the utilitarian Land Rover was actually the company's biggest seller throughout the 1950s, '60s, and '70s), as well as the P5 and P6 saloons equipped with a 3.5L (215ci) aluminium V8 (the design and tooling of which was purchased from Buick) and pioneering research into gas turbine-fueled vehicles.

Russ Swift

Typically they use a completely standard Mini Cooper S and/or a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, though Russ has performed in countless other vehicles, including Peugeots, Vauxhalls, Nissans, MGs, Land Rovers, Black Cabs, Subarus, and 13-tonne lorries.

Silvio Pereira

He was accused of receiving a Land Rover from a supplier of Petrobras and of receiving, together with other leading members of the party, illegal withdrawals from the accounts of Marcos Valério.

Steve Slater

In 1995 Slater moved to Malmö, Sweden, where he acted as a marketing and promotions manager for the Mantorp Park motor racing circuit group and clients such as Mobil, Land Rover and Volvo as well as developing the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

ZF 4HP22 transmission

Introduced in 1980, it was produced through 2003, and has been used in a variety of cars from BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Maserati, Peugeot, and Volvo.

ZF 9HP transmission

Land Rover & Jeep will demonstrate the world's first nine-speed automatic transmissions for a passenger car at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.