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 • Even when we’re in a strop, we still produce the world’s best-selling Land Rover magazine

FULL CHARGE • John Pearson headed to Wales to off-road-test a 450bhp Tesla-engined Defender built by Electric Classic Cars – and we can confirm that he hasn’t stopped grinning ever since

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

ACT NOW TO SAVE OUR GREENLANING • Though paved with good intentions, DEFRA’s consultation could be leading down a dangerous road

News in brief

MURDOCH MEMORIAL BACK WITH A BANG • After a year off, the Barrie Murdoch Memorial Trial attracted a big entry. David Summerfield reports

PAY & PLAY? SAHARA DESERT? GREENLANE TOUR? YOU DECIDE!

ADVENTURE CLUB

WILD WALES SAFARI WEEKEND

STUFF • Latest products for your Land Rover

USED & ABUSED

THE ADVENTURER • ‘There’s a crossover between the way we use Land Rovers and the world of bushcraft – what was once termed “survival”’

THE KNOWLEDGE • ‘Some self-driving car users may think it best to let minor crashes simply happen, then it definitely can’t have been their fault’

THE TINKERER • ‘Maybe I should take my lead from the hare and the tortoise fable; so, just build up a nice standard Series Land Rover and ship it out’

TOWING WITHOUT A HITCH • Everything you ever wanted to know about pulling a trailer. Plus: we put Land Rover’s latest magic electronic towing aids to the test

THE LRO ADVENTURE TRAIL • The Lake District has been a tourist magnet for centuries – and it still is. But this leg of the LRO Trail takes you through the heart of the Cumbrian mountains on roads less travelled

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

Braking Bad fixed the oldskool way

American muscle • When your daily ‘drive’ is a 6300hp Merlin Mk4 helicopter, a humble 2.25 just doesn’t cut it. So Fred Durrant went and built this...

Leader of the pack • Simon Frogley is the first civilian to rebuild a 110 Wolf on a galvanised Richards chassis, as Mark Saville discovers

TURNING BACK THE CLOCK • After 12 years’ on-and off-road use, Jamie McGill spent three years restoring his V8 Range Rover to look just as it did when new in 1980

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

ICE-COLD IN ARCTIC • Ex-pat Ben now has his dream Defender for exploring Canada’s Northwest Territories

LAND ROVER PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2022

Dipstick’s Dirty Doings

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

LandRover Owner

‘I’VE GOT A NICE WARN GLOW!’ • Martin bags his dream winch for the 109 and sets about restoring it

‘AND IT’S GOODBYE FROM ME…’ • After almost nine years, Peter finally lets go of his pre-pro Freelander 2 – and it’s going to a good home. A very good...