Land Rover: 65 Years of the 4 x 4 Workhorse

(Hardback, Revised, Updated ed.)

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The Land Rover has become an icon across the world, famed for its classic design, its practicality and its longevity. In this revised edition of his acclaimed book, first issued as Land Rover - 60 Years of the 4 x 4 Workhouse, James Taylor charts sixty-five years of Land Rover development in comprehensive detail, bringing the story right up to date with the latest Defender variants. Contents include: Prototypes and development vehicles Standard production models The special editions Land Rovers built outside the UK Special conversions Military variants AUTHOR: James Taylor has been writing professionally about cars since the late 1970s, but his specialism has always been the products of the old Rover company and of the Land Rover company that grew out of it. He has written for specialist Land Rover magazines both at home and abroad, and was the editor of one of them for ten years. He has acted as a consultant to Land Rover itself and is widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent historian of the marque. 476 colour photographs

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James Taylor has been writing professionally about cars since the late 1970s, but his specialism has always been the products of the old Rover company and of the Land Rover company that grew out of it. He has written for specialist Land Rover magazines both at home and abroad, and was the editor of one of them for ten years. He has acted as a consultant to Land Rover itself and is widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent historian of the marque.