The new fifth-generation Range Rover won the Production Car of the Year award from Car Design News, one of the most coveted awards in automotive design.

In 1998, Land Rover replaced the venerable 300tdi diesel motor with the Td5, a five-cylinder 2.5-liter engine that brought computer control to a Land Rover diesel for the first time. Now, in 2023, we are entering the era in which the Td5 is legal to import to America in Defenders and the earliest rest-of-world Discovery Series IIs.

Overland educator, off-road guide, and Land Rover owner Ron Harrington II has been announced as Tread Lightly!’s 2022 Ambassador of the Year, the highest honor from North America’s biggest off-road stewardship organization.

When is a Land Rover not a Land Rover? When it’s a Honda! From 1993-1998, Land Rover produced the Discovery I as the Honda Crossroad for the Japanese market, one of the more unusual examples of badge engineering in automotive history.

One of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s earliest Land Rovers, a 1953 Series I, is going under the auction hammer in February 2023. The vehicle, supplied by Land Rover to Balmoral Castle in early 1954, has some of the closest ties to the late Queen of any Land Rover that’s been sold into public hands.

There are a few places in the world where Land Rovers are intrinsically tied into the landscape, creating a sense of place in which the Best4x4xFar is a key element. This week, we’re taking a look at four of the most “Rover-y” places in the world.

The past few weeks have brought some changes and challenges for Jaguar Land Rover. CEO Thierry Bolloré resigned for personal reasons a few weeks ago, and production continues to be hampered by supply chain issues. However, on a bright spot, JLR is looking to hire for their growing technology departments from the many people let go from Silicon Valley companies in the past few weeks.

The new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport both earned the maximum five-star rating on the Euro-NCAP crash and safety test, continuing the Range Rover product family’s perfect five-star record on the test going back to the original 2011 Evoque.

Land Rover turns 75 in 2023, with celebrations scheduled around the world. The Association of North American Rover Clubs (ANARC), a new organization that unifies Land Rover clubs across the United States and Canada, is putting on a Diamond Jubilee event at Greek Peak Ski Resort in Cortland, New York, from June 14-17, 2023. Tickets are now available for a long weekend of Land Rover fun.

Land Rover brought the Defender lifestyle to New York's Hudson Valley on November 12-13. Destination Defender was a weekend-long celebration of all things Land Rover, tying together everyone from long-time club enthusiasts to first-time buyers.

Land Rover announced the winners of the Defender Service Awards, and five non-profits in the United States and Canada will take home a new Defender 130 and $25,000 to further their cause as a result of winning.

Land Rover headed for the hills of southern Vermont for this year’s versions of two of their trademark North American events. Both TReK and the Defender Trophy were held at The Equinox, where Land Rover has had an off-road driving Experience Centre since 1997.

The new Defender is one of the most durable and sturdy Land Rovers ever made, but it’s not technically bulletproof. A new kit from German armored car converter, Trasco Bremen GmbH, can help with that, making the Defender into an anti-kidnapping-grade safe haven.

Jaguar Land Rover has signed a deal with Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer that produces silicon carbide chips. The deal will supply chips for the inverters in the coming electric Land Rovers, and the chips will be produced in Wolfspeed’s brand-new facility in Marcy, New York.

Off-roading is immensely fun, as you and your Land Rover go bashing over hill and dale. But eventually, your vehicle will get stuck, and you will need to recover it. What do you need, and how do you safely use it? We have a basic guide to essential recovery equipment.