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THIRTY YEARS OF THE LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

his year, we’re using our adventures in Land Rover Discoverys to highlight their achievements over the past three decades. First launched at the 1989 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Discovery soon became the Land Rover of choice for the Camel Trophy. This gruelling endurance event tested adventurers to their limits, putting them and the Discoverys through their paces every year as they explored regions such as the Amazon, Siberia, Madagascar and Australia. The brawny off-roaders in their instantly recognisable

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