While most cars’ ‘safe operating angle’ is far less than five degrees, let alone 30, Land Rover isn’t here to be like most other automotive manufacturers. And although the Series I off-roader has been designed and built as a short-term venture to keep the Rover car company busy and in business throughout the depressed post-War years, the small company from Newborough, Anglesey, has a successful future ahead of it — one that not only includes a Royal Warrant from King George VI but also a devoted following from British and international fans alike. We’d like to wish a very happy 70th birthday to Land Rover — may you have at least another 70 years of pushing the boundaries of possibility.

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