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autor: LR_Olek » czw gru 20, 2007 10:23 pm
to w ogole,to powinien znac na wyrywki kazdy czytacz forum...
i dodatkowo rozrozniac poszczegolne modele w bezksiezycowa noc w przeciwslonecznych okularach
[edit] Company timeline
A Land Rover dealership in San Jose1948: Land Rover is designed by the Wilks Brothers and is manufactured by the Rover Car Company
1958: Series II Launched
1961: Series IIA began production
1967: Rover becomes part of Leyland Motors Ltd, later British Leyland (BL) as Rover Triumph.
1970: Introduction of the Range Rover
1971: Series III launched.
1975: BL collapses and is nationalised, publication of the Ryder Report recommends that Land Rover be split from Rover and be treated as a separate company within BL and becomes part of the new commercial vehicle division called the Land Rover Leyland Group
1976: One millionth Land Rover leaves the production line.
1980: Rover car production ends at Solihull with the transfer of SD1 production to Cowley, Oxford; Solihull is now exclusively for Land Rover manufacture. 5-door Range Rover introduced.
1983: Land Rover Ninety/One Ten/127 (Defender) introduced.
1986: BL plc becomes Rover Group plc
1988: Rover Group is privatised and becomes part of British Aerospace, and is now known simply as Rover.
1987: Range Rover is introduced to the U.S market
1989: Introduction of the Discovery ("Disco I" to enthusiasts)
1994: Rover Group is taken over by BMW. Introduction of second-generation Range Rover. (The original Range Rover was continued under the name 'Range Rover Classic' until 1995)
1998: Introduction of the Freelander
1999: Introduction of the second generation of Discovery (Disco II)
2000: BMW breaks up the Rover Group and sells Land Rover to Ford for £1.8 billion [6]
2002: Introduction of third-generation Range Rover
2005: Land Rover 'founder' Rover, collapses under the ownership of MG Rover Group.
2005: Introduction of the third-generation Discovery/LR3
2005: Introduction of Range Rover Sport
2005: Adoption of the Jaguar AJ-V8 engine to replace the BMW M62 V8 in the Range Rover
2006: Announcement of a new 2.4 litre diesel engine, 6 speed gearbox, dash and forward facing rear seats for Defender. Introduction of second generation of Freelander (Freelander 2). Ford acquires the Rover trademark from BMW, who previously licensed its use to MG Rover Group.
2007: May 8 4,000,000th Land Rover rolls off the production line, a Discovery 3 (LR3), donated to The Born Free Foundation.
2007: June 12 Announcement from the Ford Motor Company that it plans to sell Land Rover and also Jaguar Cars. This effectively dissolves the Premier Automotive Group (PAG) which previously included Aston Martin, until it was sold into private ownership by Ford in March 2007; at this time Ford has made no announcement regarding Volvo Cars.
2007: August India's Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra as well as financial sponsors Cerberus Capital Management, TPG Capital and Apollo Management expressed their interest in purchasing Jaguar Cars and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company.[7][8]