Question by Kisa S: Land Rover?
So, I’m planning on buying this car. It’s a ’95 land rover Discovery V8I. Does anybody know anything about them? Like how safe are they? How often do they mess up and how much are repairs? What’s the gas mialage? Or anything else like that.

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Answer by bracken46
The Discovery II’s (1999-2004) are a much, much better car. I’m inclined to say the Discovery Series I is fairly unreliable and rather expensive to maintain. They have the older-style fuel injection that Rover switched out for Bosh in 1999. The 95 is barely OBDII, and bound to have been abused.

The Discovery II’s made improvements to the body, engine and suspension. They have more creature comforts and are in general more reliable. If you must have a newer Land Rover, a Disco II is the way to go. But expect to go through the usual: Headgaskets at 60-80,000 miles, major services every 30,000 miles, ABS valve block issues etc.

And either way, I would get a pre-purchase inspection done by a shop that knows Discoveries. It is an extremely good idea. The car you buy could bite you hard in the wallet if you don’t. A PPI also gives you a starting point for bargaining.

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I personally think that Land Rover has really nice SUV’s & OEM Land Rover Wheels , but that’s just me. I mean, they look like luxurious SUV’s that I’d want everyone to see me in. Anyway, Land Rover & the Factory Land Rover Rims are headquartered in Gaydon .. which is in the United Kingdom. These headquarters specialize in four-wheel drive vehicles. They’re owned by Tata Motors, which forms part of the Jaguar Land Rover branch.

Land Rover & Land Rover Wheels were initially manufactured as only one vehicle .. which was known as Land Rover. It was launched by the Rover Company in 1948 & has been developed into a brand that has a wide range of four-wheel drive models. These cars include the Defender, Discovery, Freelander, & even the original Land Rover – which are all equipped with nothing but the best OE Land Rover Rims . All Land Rovers, as of now, are assembled in Halewood, United Kingdom and Solihull, United Kingdom. All their research is done in Gaydon, where their headquarters is located. Last year alone, Land Rover sold 194,000 cars world wide.

Land Rover has had a lot of owners throughout the years. In 1967, Land Rover & all of its Factory Land Rover Rims joined Leyland Motor Corporation. Then in 1968, Leyland Motor Corporation united with British Motor Holdings to eventually form British Leyland. When the 1980s rolled around, British Leyland was broken-up & divided into the Rover Group .. which was later on acquired by British Aerospace. If you think that’s a lot, there’s more coming. In 1994, the Rover Group was inherited by BMW. Six years later, in 2000, the Rover Group was broken up by BMW and then Land Rover was sold to the Ford Motor Company. They became part the Premier Automotive Group. In June of 2008, Ford sold Land Rover and even sold their Jaguar Cars to Tata Motors.

That’s more a lot, right?

The first Land Rover & Land Rover Wheels were designed in 1948 in the United Kingdom. It was designed by a man named Maurice Wilks, who was the chief designer at Rover on his own farm in Newborough, Anglesey. Some people speculate that the car was inspired by the World War II Jeep that he just so happened to use one summer at his holiday home that was in Wales. The very first Land Rover prototype was built & manufactured on a Jeep chassis. There is a distinctive feature in both of their bodies, they were built from a type of aluminum called Birmabright.

On March 26, 2008, Ford announced that they had come to an agreement to sell its Jaguar & Land Rover operations to Tata Motors. The sale was final on the 2 of June in 2008 – so just about three months after.

Land Rovers & even the 2002 Range Rover Wheels were manufactured at the Solihull plant, which is a plant near Birmingham. The manufacturing of the Freelander was relocated to the Jaguar car factory at Halewood .. which is near Liverpool. The Defender models are produced under a certain license at several locations that are worldwide. These locations include Spain, Iran, Brazil, & even Turkey. In May earlier this year, Tata Motors stated that they plan to build Land Rovers, Land Rover Wheels , & even Jaguars in China since they plan to cut costs & just expand sales. Even if it was made in China, I’d still buy the car.

Kep and Grant of Southern California Land Rover tackle “Sidewinder” in the Corral Canyon OHV area in Eastern San Diego County, CA. The trail was difficult, but a great trail. Grant tipped his Land Rover Discovery over on one difficult obstactle. No one was hurt and we were able to winch him back onto his wheels and continue.
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Question by williamjtorres: land rover?
to all the people who have knowlege of cars. i am going to buy a 2000 land rover discovery with 50,000 miles for ,000 are does good realiable car, and who is range rover made by? its is a american or japaness?

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Answer by carl l
Actually it’s English.

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Question by Roli O: Does any one know a site where i can shop for land rover parts?
Hi I’m trying to buy a 2002 land rover discovery it looks like a good deal but it doesn’t have the head lights I’m trying to see where i can shop for these in the houston area or on the internet please recommend good sites for me.

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Answer by brayden
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-42,GGLJ:en&q=land+rover+parts

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