Land Rover Monthly

Safari in style

IN 2023 we will celebrate 75 years of Land Rover, the makers of the finest 4x4s by far. It seems like only yesterday that I was at JLR’s Classic Works when they shot the special video to celebrate 70 years of the brand. Over the years Land Rover have launched various special editions to celebrate historic milestones. We had the SVX Sixtieth Anniversary SE Defenders to celebrate 60 years of Land Rover. They only produced 1800 of these Santorini Black Defenders in both 90 and 110 versions. These were sold around the world. I remember my school mate Kevin Wright purchased one of them.

Then in 2013 when Land Rover celebrated senior citizenship they showed us the Defender LXV Celebration Special Edition

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