For practical reasons – due to post-war shortage of steel and surplus of aluminium, brothers decided to use anti-corrosive aluminium alloys as body liner.
In 90’s Land Rover car brand had change its owner few times. In 1994 Rover Group and its Land Rover division was bought by German automotive industry giant BMW. In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold to Ford Motor Company. And in 2008, Ford sold Land Rover to Indian company Tata Motors.
In 1997 Land Rover Freelander was launched. More compact than Discovery, this sport utility vehicle became Europe’s best-selling four-wheel drive model. It was produced for 19 years, changing two generations.