{"product_id":"the-land-rover-story-isbn-9781910505359","title":"The Land Rover Story","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Land Rover Story \u003c\/i\u003eis a roller coaster ride through the life and times of Land Rover. Fast-paced and entertaining, it brings alive all aspects of Land Rover from its humble beginnings in 1948 to today’s world-wide renown, with the vehicles — successes and failures — and people at the centre of the story. \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 1940s.\u003c\/b\u003e How the Land Rover came about; the Wilks brothers; the Centre Steer enigma; development and production; launch and reaction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 1950s.\u003c\/b\u003e Rapid development and evolution of the original; successes and dead ends; worldwide reach; early expeditions; weird and wonderful modifications; the Series II.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e Consolidation and further developments; Series IIA; military models; initial development of the Range Rover; search for a V8 engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 1970s.\u003c\/b\u003e The Series III; Range Rover’s popularity but lack of investment; Land Rover abandons US market; the British Leyland story; escape from BL and Michael Edwardes, saviour of Land Rover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e British Aerospace ownership; Land Rover grows as most of Britain’s car industry self-destructs; emergence of the coil-sprung models; make or break time with launch of Discovery (Europe’s best-selling 4x4).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 1990s\u003c\/b\u003e. Tdi engines; Defender and its development. BMW ownership; second-generation Range Rover P38; Freelander; second-generation Discovery; Td5 engine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 2000s.\u003c\/b\u003e Ford takeover, alliance with Jaguar, shift towards luxury; third-generation Range Rover L322; the G4 Challenge; Discovery 3, Range Rover Sport, TDCi Defender, Freelander 2, Discovery 4.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe 2010s.\u003c\/b\u003e Tata takeover, upsurge in sales and profits; Range Rover Evoque and Victoria Beckham; Range Rover 4; Range Rover Sport 2; Discovery Sport; Discovery 5; Range Rover Velar; DC100 concept; end of Defender production; rise of Defender as a fashion icon; and much more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Evro Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897276854501,"sku":"NP9781910505359","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_93856747-1bf8-49ac-9eb9-04c76427648d.jpg?v=1773106369","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-land-rover-story-isbn-9781910505359","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}