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

INTO THE WILD • Ineos Grenadiers are now in production and getting delivered to buyers around the world. But just how capable are they? After a gruelling test on- and off-road in the Scottish Highlands, long-time Defender owner John Pearson delivers his verdict

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 opposite for details

STURGESS LEAVES THE FOLD

VETERANS’ MISSION TO HELP OTHERS • Charity for ex-Armed Forces members seeks support to sustain their Land Rover-powered operations

News in brief

A BIG YEAR FOR DUNSFOLD

JOHN DOWDESWELL, 1931-2023

ARSONIST STRIKES RICHIE’S SERIES

WHAT’S GOING ON • With daylight hours increasing at last, it’s getting easier to get out and make a day of it. Steady, though – the winter onslaught isn’t over yet! 

SCOTLAND HOSTS ‘WHO DARES WINS’

ADVENTURE CLUB

STUFF

USED & ABUSED MOROCCO ADVENTURE SPECIAL

‘Why wouldn’t Land Rover sell the old tooling for the Defender to Jim Ratcliffe? I think Ineos is probably on to something...’

‘The Land Rover brand, for me, is about Series trucks on safari in Africa – it’s about the SAS in Pink Panthers and Defenders’

‘I’m cautiously excited about the prospect of owning an EV at some point, especially if the infrastructure gets sorted’

75 YEARS OF EVOLUTION • How the Land Rover legend came to be

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 travelling from Warminster to Axminster via Beaminster.

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH • John Pearson continues his Moroccan adventure, visiting stunning scenery and a Bond villain’s secret lair – and having some fun in the monster Erg Chebbi sand dunes

A Series I to di for • So you want a Series I truck cab as a workhorse, but you also need power, economy and simplicity? Try this…

SERIOUSLY, SERENDIPITOUSLY, SCOTLAND • Revealed: how to accidentally go on holiday in a Series IIA, and then decide that it’s the only way to travel from now on

WOODEN WONDER • Restored Toylander made the perfect Christmas present for an upcoming fan

Vehicle Wring Products

James Taylor’s Roverphile

SCOUTING FOR LAND ROVERS • John Stapleton’s dodgy online bargain turned out to be a real diamond

BEAT THIS! • Mike Tokley’s ingeniously modified Ninety is an absolute beast; and by the time you read this, it’ll probably have evolved again

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

MUM AT THE WHEEL • Vicky deploys her Carawagon, knowing that nothing brings people...