1948: Land Rover is designed by the Wilks Brothers and is manufactured by the Rover Company

1958: Series II launched.

1961: The last Series II came off the production line.

1961: Seris IIA lanuched.

1962: Series IIA FC ( Forward Control ) launched.

1967: Rover becomes part of Leyland Motors Ltd, later British Leyland

1970: Introduction of the Range Rover

1972: The last Series IIA came off the production line.

1972: Series III launched.

1975: British Leyland collapses and is nationalised, publication of the Ryder Report recommends that Land Rover be split from Rover and be treated as a separate company within British Leyland

1976: One millionth Land Rover leaves the production line.

1980: Rover car production ends at Solihull, which is now exclusively for Land Rover manufacture. 5-door Range Rover introduced.

1983: Land Rover Ninety/One Ten/127 (Defender) introduced.

1986: British Leyland, now known as the Austin Rover Group, is privatised and becomes part of British Aerospace, and is now known simply as Rover.

1987: Range Rover is introduced to the U.S market

1989: Introduction of the Discovery (Disco I to enthusiasts)

1994: Rover Group is taken over by BMW. Introduction of second-generation Range Rover. (The original Range Rover was continued under the name 'Range Rover Classic' until 1995)

1998: Introduction of the Freelander

1999: Introduction of the second generation of Discovery (Disco II)

2000: BMW breaks up the Rover Group and sells Land Rover to Ford for £1.8 billion [1]

2002: Introduction of third-generation Range Rover

2005: Introduction of the third-generation Discovery/LR3

2005: Introduction of Range Rover Sport

2005: Adoption of the Jaguar AJ-V8 engine to replace the BMW M62 V8 in the Range Rover

2006: Announcement of a new 2.4 litre diesel engine, 6 speed gearbox, dash and forward facing rear seats for Defender. Introduction of second generation of Freelander (Freelander 2). Ford acquires the Rover trademark from BMW, effectively bringing it back home to Solihull for the first time since 1980.