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

DRIVEN TO EXTREMES • New L663 Defenders are an increasingly popular sight on overland adventures – but just how good are they when the going gets really demanding? Russ Dykes took his D250 90 to Morocco’s Atlas mountains and Sahara desert to find out

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

SCOTLAND’S 4x4

SCRAPPAGE IS BACK – WITH A TWIST

News in brief

NEW MODELS CRASH AND PASS

JOHN BILTON, 1942-2022

ADIEU, BOLLORÉ

HILL COUNTRY ROVER RALLY, TEXAS

WHAT’S GOING ON • Quiet time of year? Not a bit of it – there’s plenty happening, so pack a coat and a flask, fire up the Land Rover and get out there!

ADVENTURE CLUB

STUFF

USED & ABUSED

SUBSCRIBE NOW TO LRO AND SAVE UP TO 52% • Never miss an issue of Land Rover Owner! Every issue is packed with inspiration and advice from our very own Land Rover experts

THE ADVENTURER

THE KNOWLEDGE

THE TINKERER

the LRO Adventure trail • The UK has some fantastic roads for us to drive. Many are greenlanes, allowing us to get away from regular traffic; others are joyous tarmac ribbons that snake over hills and across wild moors. In every instalment of this series we’re visiting sections of what will join up to make the massive LRO Adventure Trail – a3800-mile, family-friendly route through England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This month we’re in the heart of England – exploring the best Northants and Warks has to offer.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW • LRO’s greenlane star rating takes into account length, scenery, terrain, driveability, local interest and the all-important ‘wow’ factor.

THE ULTIMATE SAFARI • To celebrate his 40th birthday, Pieter Botha decided to head out on an epic road trip to explore all of his favourite locations in southern Africa

South Atlantic Challenge

Trail blazer

LET’S TRY AGAIN • After enduring the heartbreak of having two Defenders stolen, Tim Greenfield went looking for a Land Rover he wouldn’t need to stress over

James Taylor’s Roverphile

GOING BEYOND • Long-time Land Rover fan Richard had decided – the time had come to get a Defender. And, boy, what a Defender he ended up getting 

G4 AND AFTER • Father and son Richard and Andy bought their first Land Rover together – from G4 Challenge competitor Brian Reynolds. Andy relates the story

SIMON’S IM-PULSE BUY • Meet the reader who has taken a standard ex-military Defender ambulance and transformed it into a cracking camper

I DID ACTUALLY READ IT, Y’KNOW… • Email, tweet, post online – and, hey, you can even write a proper letter! But do get in touch to have your say

Dipstick’s Dirty Doings

‘I WANTED A FREELANDER, BUT...’ • Theo surprises himself by changing tack and buying a gorgeous TDV8 Range Rover L322 in arguably the best colour: Rimini Red

FUN IN THE SUN • Sam Watson samples two great Land Rovers on a visit to Malta – an island where the love affair with the Green Oval is a...