It's exactly 70 years since the very first Land-Rover broke cover at the Amsterdam Motor Show – and the world hasn't been the same since.
What subsequently became known as the Series One was born on 30 April 1948, and within a few short years had transformed agriculture, overlanding and four-wheel drive motoring.
Of course, the Rover company originally intended the model to be little more than a stop-gap; a vehicle that would give a post-war motor manufacturer a much-needed boost before it rolled out a new range of motor cars.
Little did Maurice and Spencer Wilks realise that what began as a drawing in the Anglesey sand would become a motoring icon with hundreds of variations – loved, used and abused by millions around the globe.
To celebrate its 70th birthday, here are 10 of the most well-known, most intrepid and in some cases most bonkers examples of Solihull’s finest.
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