Asked nearly as often as who makes Land Rover is who makes Range Rover? Land Rover makes Range Rover models, but the confusion is understandable. British Leyland Motors Ltd. made Range Rover SUVs from 1970 until 1978, when the SUV division separated, naming itself Land Rover. However, the Rover name has a storied history going back to its roots in Warwickshire, England, in 1948.
Today, Land Rover, along with Jaguar, is owned by the Indian auto manufacturing behemoth Tata Motors. However, the name game has become even murkier because Tata Motors just rebranded Jaguar and Land Rover as JLR, with Jaguar, Range Rover, Defender, and Discovery as sub-brands. For our purposes here, we’ll stick with Land Rover.
Although many of its vehicles are still built in Great Britain, Land Rover has plants in four other countries, including India. Over the years, Land Rover has become synonymous with luxurious off-road capability.
In 2023, the brand sold 58,280 Range Rover, 28,702 Defender, and 9,680 Discovery models in the U.S.
Russ Heaps has produced automotive content for newspapers, magazines, and websites since 1987. Knight-Ridder recognized his contributions in founding and supplying content for the stand-alone auto section in the Boca Raton News with a Knight-Ridder Excellence award nomination in 1990. He began contributing advice and other automotive-related content to Cox Automotive as a contractor in 2010. Cox Automotive brought Russ on board as Senior Editor, Advice for Kelley Blue Book in 2022. Previously, he contributed financial and automotive content for Bankrate.com. He was also managing editor for Auto World and NOPI Street Performance Compact magazines for four years. His work has appeared in the Washington Times, the Miami Herald, the Palm Beach Post, and a host of other newspapers on a syndicated basis. Russ also has a deep background in travel as the supervising producer for the syndicated television series Discover America where he also wrote scripts and field-produced episodes. Additionally, he authored travel stories for AAA of the Carolinas Magazine. He graduated Wittenberg University with a degree in Political Science. His passions are friends, cars, bourbon, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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