Land Rover Parts Blog

Petrolheads enjoying one of their first tastes of proper adrenaline-fuelled entertainment in a good while at the weekend got an early look at the high-performance version of the new Land Rover Defender.

A giant of British motoring, an icon, a classic. These descriptions are applied to many vehicles, but few if any fit them all better than the Land Rover Defender.

New four-cylinder petrol plug-in hybrid engines are the highlight of the revamped range of Range Rover Velar models, and they have been picking up plaudits from motoring journalists.

So what’s the fuss all about?

Lockdown might have put the kibosh on many a travel plan - but there’s a silver lining in every cloud, and in this case it’s meant plenty of LRParts customers have unexpectedly had more time to spend on their beloved Land Rover vehicles.

While the Defender couldn’t quite manage to strike a blow for the bigger beasts in the motoring world by winning the prestigious 2021 Car of the Year crown, as voted by motoring journalists, it earned some major consolation in the shape of a resounding thumbs-up from one member of the judging panel.

The partnership between JLR and a group of industry specialists aims to show that state-of-the-art, modern lightweight materials can be used to make cars of the kind JLR is known for, but which are much more environmentally responsible, thanks to having much lighter.

Land Rover (and its sub-brand Range Rover) have rightly become iconic names, occupying a special place in the history of cars. Read our article about where your favourite Land Rover models are made.

From 31st December the UK will no longer be in the EU. As a company LR Centre Ltd are committed to making this transition as seamless as possible, however we do rightly have concerns about delays with European road deliveries.

Our physical trade counter is currently closed until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted on 3rd December 2020. Our online store is open and processing orders as usual.

It’s going to be a different Christmas this year, for sure. As our contribution to helping you make the transition to shopping online - and to give you a few ideas if you need to drop some hints to your own nearest and dearest - we’ve pulled together a list of 10 Land Rover-related things which can be bought through our site at LRParts.net, and which would make a gift you, or the Landy-owner in your life will appreciate.