Land Rover Monthly

The magazine that covers all you need to know about your Land Rover. Every month our team of experts will bring you inspiring features on inspiring UK and overseas driving and adventures, stunning restorations, technical knowledge and how-to instructions, news, views and opinions on all things Land Rover, old and new!

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Defender team recruits drivers and starts testing D7X-R prototype ahead of Dakar Rally debut in 2026

Two new model variants for the ‘forgotten’ Land Rover

Electric Range Rover testing

Upgrade time for Defender

Electric Freelander destined for the UK?

Peeling back history

Land Rover Monthly

YOUR PICTURES

PRODUCTS

Dodging a bullet?

Spray can calamity

The fleet grows again

Scratching the itch

Making plans

Keep on truckinʼ

Hoard no more

WHEELS AND TYRES ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW • They’re probably the most crucial part of your Land Rover’s on- and off-road ability. Neil Watterson brings you everything you need to know about tyres and wheels

WINTER RATINGS

OFF-ROADING CONSIDERATIONS

THE GREAT SERIES TYRE DEBATE

PUNCTURE REPAIRS

BALANCING TYRES

SECONDHAND TYRES

TRAILERS

WHEELS

ALLOY OR STEEL?

WHEEL INTERCHANGEABILITY

HOW WIDE CAN YOU GO?

BEST OF BRITISH • By fusing classic Land Rover looks and practicality with an unburstable engine from a JCB digger, DieselPump UK’s Luke Dale has built the ultimate do-it-all Defender

WHO SAYS JCBS AREN’T FAST?

THE SILK TRAIL EXPEDITION • In 2013 three prototype Range Rover L405 Hybrids set off on a mammoth drive from Solihull to Mumbai. One of them, Prototype 2, survives today in the Dunsfold Collection

SEE IT AT DUNSFOLD

CAPTURING THE ACTION

DEAD IN THE DRIVEWAY • The story of how one call to the LRM editorial office led to a very rare Range Rover 35th Anniversary Limited Edition joining the Dunsfold Collection

A DAY WITH T ELLIOTT LAND ROVERS • Greg King spends a day with Bob and Terry Elliott of T Elliott Land Rovers, to see what’s involved in retailing Defenders

LANDROVER LIFE

Get out and enjoy it

Great British Coastal Journey • This is the honourable story of 71-year-old agricultural contractor Derek Hernaman who raised over £15,000 for charity by taking on a 4000-mile coastal excursion in his 1956 Series I while towing an even older Safari Minor caravan

About George

About Mildred

Thank you

Going out with a bang • An end-of-life British icon invades an all-American tradition

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Tried & Tested • There’s nothing quite like assessing products in real world conditions

It’s Trophy time! • Land Rover Life’s Helen Tait Wright reports on an eventful Santana Trophy from behind the wheel of Purdey, her 110

Tiny trialling • Martin points his Freelander north and spends a day at the UK Scaler Nationals

The art of craft • With a custom chassis on order, Trevor then had to work out how to fabricate custom front and rear fuel tanks

Bon appetit • Sam Jeffries from Goolwa Pipi Co. explains why Defenders are the only vehicles for their clam harvesting job

GOOD SHOW! • Couldn’t make it to our Big Weekender? Here’s what you missed…

EVENTS

Belts and chains

CREATING A CUSTOM EXHAUST • Martin heads to Demand Engineering to see just what goes into making a stainless steel exhaust system from scratch

REPLACING A 300Tdi TIMING BELT • Replacing a timing belt is a fiddly and exacting job, but with a methodical approach it’s a...