Land Rover Owner

LRO is the world's biggest magazine dedicated entirely towards the Land and Range Rover enthusiast. Every issue you'll find our team of experts writing inspirational features on: - Adventure! Off-road adventures in some of the world's most spectacular countryside - Restoration! Inspiring tales of old Land and Range Rovers lovingly rescued and restored... - Maps! Tough tracks with OS maps for you to try - Rare models... find something unusual in every issue - Land Rovers and spare parts for sale... a fantastic range of parts & vehicles for sale, every month Plus the latest club news and events from around the world. Love Land Rovers? Love LRO!

WELCOME • The LRO team get straight to the point to bring you the world’s best selling Land Rover magazine

BLACK TO THE FUTURE • Dan Clark has restored a tired Defender 110, creating a modern classic for the next generation. All we can say is – lucky next generation

THE RESTORER

WORLD OF LAND ROVERS • Send us your pics – we’ll publish as many as we can fit in! PLUS Great prizes for the best two in each issue – see over for details

NEWS

News in brief

THE FAST & THE ECO-CONSCIOUS • Editor Watty gets behind the wheels of the V8 and PHEV Defender L663

TAKE ONE WEEKEND, AND MAKE IT BIG! • The Range Rover P38 Owners’ South Coast club did exactly that – as member Andrea Brewer reports

GET BACK OUT THERE BUT CHECK BEFORE YOU GO...

ADVENTURE CLUB

STUFF

USED & ABUSED • Tested by the LRO team

THE KNOWLEDGE

THE ADVENTURER

THE TINKERER

THE STRAIGHT LINE CHALLENGE • In a tale of endless winching, deep mud, water, rocks and bent panels, we attempt to sross Tixover quarry in a dead straight line

YOU CAN DRIVE IT TOO

OUR ‘CHALLENGE’ TRUCK

THE LRO ADVENTURE TRAIL

WHILE YOU’RE THERE • Places to stop along the route – the LRO Adventure Trail is about more than just the greenlanes.

AUTONOMOUS ZONE • Will a Land Rover ever drive off-road by itself? This Range Rover Sport is at the frontier of research that could make such a thing possible

Power for the people

Hard to let go • Rob Marsden thought it would be good to get a few of the earlier Range Rovers. But now there are over fifty, as a stunned Peter Galilee discovers. It’s time to downsize…

What a Scream! • The visceral howl of Bryan Bush’s supercharged Series IIA is not a cause for concern but a celebration of 328bhp of fury being unleashed. Mark Saville experiences it in all its glory

Fames Taylor Roverphile • More archive gems and rarities from the world’s leading Land Rover historian

GREECE IS THE WORD! • Michael and Megan fulfilled a promise to themselves when they undertook an epic road trip to the Ionian islands in their Discovery 2

GAME OF 2 HALVES • German enthusiast Bernd’s 130 is a works van during the week and a camper for weekends away and longer trips

LAND ROVER PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2021

Higher purchase

Dipstick’s Dirty Doings

YOUR THOUGHTS Readers’ letters, rants & raves • Email, tweet, post online – and, hey, you can even write a proper letter! But do get in touch to have your say

LAND ROVER OWNER INTERNATIONAL

‘I’LL SEE YOU IN THREE DAYS’ • Car-cleaning is defintely not a quick job if Peter’s doing it

‘YES, OF COURSE YOU CAN DRIVE!’ • Neil takes on the role of off-road ambassador at a club driving day

WORKSHOP • The best Land Rover technical know-how in the business

WIPERS AND WIRING • Autosparks wiring loom and wiper components complete bulkhead build-up

TOP TOOLS • Certain tools make life so much easier when working on your Land Rover. Here are Martin’s must-haves

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