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• 1948 : The first creation Land Rover is produced at the Amsterdam international motor show on April 30. The motor vehicle is prepared with permanent four-wheel drive, a canvas roof and optional doors.
• 1950 : A metal hardtop is presented as an alternative to the canvas roof.
• 1954 : The first 107-inch, long-wheelbase model is presented.
• 1956 : Both short- and long-wheelbase Land Rovers gain two inches to become 88-inch and 109-inch models, are produced.
• 1957 : The first diesel-powered Land Rover is launched.
• 1958 : The Land Rover Series II, with more advanced styling, is introduced.
• 1959 : The 250,000th Land Rover is launched In November.
• 1962 : The Land Rover Series IIA is produced.
• 1966 : In April, the 500,000th Land Rover is introduced.
• 1968 : The Series IIA's headlamps are stimulated from the radiator grille to the front fenders to meet the new lighting regulations of a number of export territories.
• 1970 : Land Rover's Range Rover is produced. The vehicle is prepared with permanent four-wheel drive, a V8 engine, solid axles and coil springs.
• 1971 : The Land Rover Series III is produced in October with a synchromesh gearbox, a new radiator grille and an all-new interior.
• 1976 : June observes the 1,000,000th Land Rover roll off the line.
• 1978 : Land Rover Ltd. is created, with plans to double creation by the 1980s.
• 1979 : The 109-inch Land Rover V8 is produced.
• 1982 : The Land Rover Series III County station wagon becomes offered, quality a more refined interior.
• 1983 : The 110-inch wheelbase Series III (the '110' model)-with a new coil-spring suspension, five-speed gearbox, one-piece windscreen and power steering-is launched.
• 1985 : The 90, a two-door version of the 110 that employs all of the 110's refinements, is introduced. Land Rover vehicles are being sold in 120 countries.
• 1986 : Range Rover of North America, Inc. creates its headquarters in Lanham, Maryland.
• 1987 : The first U.S.-specification Range Rovers go on sale in the United States on March 16.
• 1988 : Land Rover is bestowed with its fourth Royal demand by HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, joining guarantee from HM Queen Elizabeth II; HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; and HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. Land Rover is the only motor vehicle producer to possess all four Royal Warrants.
• 1989 : The two-door Discovery the first all-new Land Rover in 19 years-is launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show with a new turbocharged, direct injection diesel engine.
• 1990 : The Defender range, based on the Land Rover 90 and 110 Series, is introduced.
• 1991 : The four-door Discovery is launched in Europe.
• 1992 : Range Rover of North America, Inc. be converted into Land Rover North America, Inc.Land Rover Defender 110, with a 3.9 liter V8 engine and a limited creation run of 500 units, goes on sale in the U.S. on August 1.
• 1993 : Range Rover County LWB (long wheelbase) with its revolutionary Electronic Air Suspension (EAS) method is launched and Defender 90 is produced in the U.S.
• 1994 : Rover Group is obtained by BMW Group An all-new Range Rover is launched at the Paris Motor Show.Range Rover County Classic is established to continue the unique vehicle's time-honored design.
• 1995 : Range Rover 4.0 SE is launched in U.S. in March. In September, Range Rover 4.6 HSE is launched in the U.S.
• 1996 : The first-ever automatic-transmission Defender 90 becomes presented.
• 1997 : Land Rover introduces Freelander, an all-new four-wheel-drive range, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It is presented in the U.K. late in the year in two- and four-door models. Freelander is the first manufacturing vehicle ever to offer Hill Descent Control (HDC), a system that helps to maintain best vehicle speed and driver control while the motor vehicle is descending steep, slippery slopes.
• 1998 : In a feat billed as the 'The World's Longest Test,' two new Land Rover Discovery Series IIs place off from the Land Rover assembly place in Solihull, England, en direction to the Paris for the 1998 Paris Motor Show. They take the long way: a tour around the world. The first full re-engineering of the all-new Discovery Series II features Land Rover's exclusive Hill Descent Control (HDC) and Active Cornering Enhancement (ACE), a first for volume-production sport-utility motor vehicles.
• 1999 : Discovery Series II come into the North American market in January. Land Rover North America place an all-time sales record, reaching 29,380 motor vehicles, a 37 percent increase over calendar year 1998.
• 2000 : In June thirty years since the introduction-more than 425,000 Range Rovers have been launched. Land Rover introduces 400 special-editions. Land Rover Group, Limited, a newly formed company disconnect from Rover Group, is purchased from BMW AG by the Ford Motor Company for $2.7 billion (3 billion Euros.) The transaction is done on June 30, 2000. Robert A. Dover is named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Land Rover Group, Ltd.