Land Rover celebrates its 70th anniversary with a visit to the “Land of Land Rovers”

The remote Himalayan region is the setting chosen by Land Rover to continue its 70th Anniversary celebration events. Don’t miss the spectacular journey made by these historic Land Rover.

Known as “Land of Land Rovers”, the remote location deep in the Himalayan mountain range has been chosen as the setting for filming the new video that forms part of the 70th Anniversary celebrations of Land Rover. Here, a fleet of more than 40 original Land Rover vehicles, built in the 1950s, serves as the means of transport for the local inhabitants on their daily journeys.

The spectacular 31-kilometre route is the one often driven by the inhabitants of the villages of Maneybhanjang and Sandakphu in their Land Rover vehicles, which face dangerous stretches with dizzying climbs, dense vegetation and very treacherous weather. Sandakphu sits perched high in the mountains, more than 3,600 metres above sea level, and is accessible only via this rocky track, which is a real challenge for the legendary Land Rover.

In addition to the impressive image gallery, we recommend that you don’t miss the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNXU1IR2LR8

Some milestones in the history of Land Rover

1948: Launch of the Land Rover Series 1 at the Amsterdam Motor Show
1958: Presentation of the Land Rover Series 2, with a more refined design
1970: The original Range Rover (Classic) goes on sale
1971: Launch of the Land Rover Series 3
1976: The milestone of 1,000,000 Land Rover built is reached
1979: A Range Rover wins the first Paris-Dakar Rally
1981: Presentation of the 4-door Range Rover
1989: The third model in the range, the Land Rover Discovery, is presented
1990: Relaunch of the original Land Rover, renamed Defender
1994: Second generation of the Range Rover
1997: The new Land Rover Freelander arrives
2001: Third generation of the Range Rover,
2004: Presentation in New York of the third generation of the Discovery
2005: Launch of the new Range Rover Sport
2006: Presentation of the Freelander 2
2009: The fourth generation of the Land Rover Discovery arrives
2010: The Range Rover Evoque debuts, the first premium compact SUV
2012: Fourth generation of the Range Rover, the first SUV built in aluminium
2013: New generation of the Range Rover Sport
2014: The Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division is presented
2014: Launch of the Discovery Sport, a premium 7-seat compact SUV
2015: Presentation of the first convertible SUV: the Evoque Cabrio
2016: The last Defender rolls off the assembly line
2017: Land Rover presents the fourth Range Rover, the Velar
2018: The brand’s 70th Anniversary.

“Land of Land Rovers” image gallery