As the company moves more and more towards electrified and connected vehicles, Jaguar Land Rover opened a new laboratory in Gaydon, England to test their new vehicles’ systems for electrical and radio interference.

The Defender Service Awards, which gave a Defender 110 to seven non-profit community organizations in 2021, is back this year. With some tweaks, and some new big-name corporate partners, the program aims to make an even bigger impact on communities.

A Toronto man recovered his stolen Range Rover using an Apple AirTag tracker after having a previous Range Rover stolen and never recovered from his driveway.

The overland world has exploded in the past few years, turning what was once just fancy backcountry car camping into one of the outdoor industry’s most significant segments. It’s also generated a large community - a multi-marque group of off-road camping enthusiasts. One of the longest-standing establishments connecting this community is the Overland Adventure Rallies, a series of three events in the USA and Canada.

As the aftermarket modifications market for the classic Defender heats up (even years after it went out of production), Land Rover’s in-house off-road tuner, Bowler, is getting in on the action, offering a big and burly “Defender Extreme” modifications suite.

Land Rover’s reliability record has been the butt of a thousand jokes. For years, they’ve lingered at the very bottom of JD Power’s Initial Quality Rankings, one of the major consumer barometers of new vehicle quality. But things are getting much better, and in the 2022 survey, Land Rover is firmly in the middle of the pack, closer to the industry average than they are to the bottom.

The What3Words location system is coming to PiviPro-equipped Land Rovers, introducing the global location pinpointing service to hundreds of thousands of globetrotting vehicles.

The new Defender will be an official partner of the 2021 Rugby Women’s World Cup, to be held in October and November 2022 in New Zealand. After decades of supporting the men’s event, Land Rover is sponsoring the women’s tournament for the first time.

Kingsley Holgate’s Cape Agulhas-to-North Cape Expedition from Africa to Europe hit its halfway point of their 19,000-mile journey, having entered Europe with their new Defender 110s.

Jaguar Land Rover is preparing for another big showing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, highlighting the three vehicles they launched within six weeks: the new Range Rover Sport, the Defender 130, and the Jaguar F-Pace SVR 1988 Edition.

The “spiritual successor” to the classical Defender, the Ineos Grenadier, is getting closer to production and sale in North America. As they get ready to see American roads, we’re learning more and more about the Grenadier, and how its position in the market has evolved.

Land Rover celebrated Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last weekend, commemorating her seventy years on the throne, taking part in the Jubilee Pageant with a parade of historic Land Rovers down The Mall in London, following the route of Her Majesty’s coronation parade in 1953.

In 2010, some Canadian adventure motorcycle enthusiasts planned an informal rally across Eastern Ontario, which they dubbed the Roaming Rally. Twelve years later, the tenth running of the event brought forty 4x4s of all marques and forty motorcycles together to explore a network of idyllic backcountry roads within spitting distance of Canada’s national capital.

The new Defender family is complete with the launch of the Defender 130, the third size of the already-modern-icon 4x4. With seating for eight and an extended cargo area, it offers a distinct option in the Defender family and fills a large family vehicle niche Land Rover has never truly filled.

With the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, Land Rover has begun to move away from their venerable AJ-V8 powerplants. The new Rangies use BMW’s N63 twin-turbo V8, an engine new to Land Rover but with a long history in BMWs.