United Kingdom · founded 1948

Land Rover Model History

The British 4x4 marque born from the 1948 Rover utility vehicle — maker of the rugged Defender and the luxury Range Rover line, now part of JLR.

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Series (I/II/III)
The original utilitarian Land Rover (Series I–III, 1948–1985) — the rugged farm-and-field 4x4 that founded the marque.
Off-road vehicle · 1948–1985
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Defender
Land Rover's go-anywhere icon — the coil-sprung Ninety/One-Ten of 1983, renamed Defender in 1990, reborn as the all-new L663 in 2020.
Off-road SUV · 1983–present
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Range Rover
The full-size flagship that invented the luxury SUV — a 1970 original that grew into Land Rover's range-topping 4x4 limousine.
Luxury SUV · 1970–present
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Range Rover Sport
The sportier, more driver-focused Range Rover — a best-seller for the brand since 2005, including the supercharged SVR.
Luxury SUV · 2005–present
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Range Rover Evoque
The small, style-led Range Rover — a 2011 design statement that became one of Land Rover's volume models.
Subcompact luxury SUV · 2011–present
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Range Rover Velar
A sleek, design-led mid-size Range Rover (2017) slotted between the Evoque and the Sport, named after the original Range Rover prototypes.
Mid-size luxury SUV · 2017–present
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Discovery
Land Rover's versatile family 4x4 since 1989 — a seven-seat, genuinely off-road-capable SUV across five generations (LR3/LR4 in the US).
Mid-size SUV · 1989–present
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Discovery Sport
Land Rover's compact, seven-seat-capable family crossover — the 2014 replacement for the Freelander.
Compact SUV · 2014–present
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Freelander
Land Rover's first monocoque, car-based compact SUV (1997–2014) — sold as the LR2 in North America for its second generation.
Compact SUV · 1997–2014
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Land Rover models

Series (I/II/III)

Defender

Range Rover

Range Rover Sport

Range Rover Evoque

Range Rover Velar

Discovery

Discovery Sport

Freelander