The term Land Rover originally referred to a specific vehicle which was a civilian all-terrain utility launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show, on April 30, 1948.
It was only later, that it was used as a brand for several distinct four-wheel drive models.
Land Rover originally starting out as an internal division of Rover.
The first Land Rover was designed by Maurice Wilks in 1947.
A distinctive feature of the bodies was that it was constructed using a lightweight rustproof proprietary alloy of aluminium and magnesium called Birmabright.
In 1976 the one millionth Land Rover was produced.
Land Rover has had a number of owners, including British Leyland, British Aerospace, BMW and the Premier Automotive Group, a division of the Ford Motor Company.
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