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!
MEET THE TEAM • It takes a load of special people to create the world’s best-selling Land Rover magazine
EDITOR’S WELCOME
GET IN TOUCH: • It’s never been easier to drop us a line. We still get letters too – our address is on p177
World of Land Rovers • Send usyour pics, win SEALY kit!
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‘OKAY–BUT NEXT TIME, TAKE IT FASTER’ • Jérôme André grapples with a rally-spec Land Rover that seems to deliver limitless performance
Airborne transmission
TECH SPEC
About the owner
Brace, brace, brace!
No-nonsense interior
Jérôme’s verdict
Defender’s first Tusk • The New Defender has completed testing to support lion conservation
LEGO LAND ROVER ON ITS WAY
The race is on for Freelanders
Tickford trimmed
MENDING BAD WAYS
Oxford readies for the off
News in brief
Stuff • Latest products for your Land Rover
Used & Abused • Stuff the LRO team have put to the test
BRAWN IN THE USA • When tracking down the perfect petrol engine to re-power diesel Defenders, M&D Engineering struck gold across the Pond
Keeping it in the family
The Director
MODIFICATIONS
What’s it like to drive?
‘Welcome to my office’
THIS RUN IS ON US! • South Devon has a thriving community of greenlaners – some of whom planned a route especially for LRO readers. And a belting route it is too!
Greenlanes you can drive too
GREENLANE CODE • Please follow these guidelines when driving byways or UCRs (unclassified county roads).
Useful contacts
One steppe BEYOND • Delve deep into Georgia and you find a land of huge vistas and legendary adventure
GEORGIA – NEED TO KNOW
‘MINE’S DONE 100k MILES’
BUYING RANGE ROVER EVOQUE 1 • Believe it or not, the oldest baby Range Rover is now eight years old – so there’s a lot you need to know if you want to treat yourself to a good secondhand one 2011-on FROM £10,655
MARTIN SAYS…
PETER SAYS…
VINCE SAYS…
ESSENTIAL CHECKLIST
CRAWL OF the wild • Blend a heathy dose of epic Californian wilderness with a big handful of white-knuckle rock crawling, and you have the recipe for an unforgettable off-road adventure
MY CAMEL’S BIG THIRST • Sam’s currently shipping around the desert in a 20-year-old V8
GREEN AND SHINY • James makes wheely good progress with the Range Rover
EXHAUSTING JOB • Mark picks a nice sunny day to replace the exhaust – how hard can it be?
Our Land Rovers month in pictures
A lovely little track-day car • This supercharged 4.2-litre L322 is destined for a different kind of paddock to most Range Rovers
Suspension hack: how we did it
Work in progress • Michael is hooked on improving his much-loved, daily-driver Ninety
Star Letter writer wins one year’s breakdown cover
Coming around
JOHN PEARSON OUR MAN AT LARGE • John gives some...