Land Rover Monthly January 2022

CHANGES in the media landscape were accelerated by the pandemic: the demise of paper continues while the reliance on tablets, laptops and phones increases. Video is king although people still crave human interaction. Where does that leave us and more importantly you? The best thing to ever happen to LRM in our nearly 25 years of existence has to be when niche publisher Warners Group Publications purchased us just over two years ago. Some of you would have noticed their stabilising influence on your favourite Land Rover magazine in that time. Drumroll please. It gives me great pleasure to announce that LRM has just acquired Mark Woodward’s very popular 4x4, Land Rover & Vintage Spares Day events which are held at the wonderful Newbury and Malvern showgrounds. Mark and his dedicated team…

LAND Rover Monthly is pleased to announce its acquisition of the event portfolio from Mark Woodward Classic Events. The deal includes the well-respected Malvern 4x4, Land Rover & Vintage Spares Day (plus Drive in Day) and the Newbury 4x4, Land Rover & Vintage Spares Day, home of the UK’s largest 4x4 autojumble. To all those fans of the previous shows, fear not, the format will remain the same – LRM knows how visitors love the fact it represents great value for money and appeals to all 4x4 enthusiasts. To that end there will still be hundreds of trade stands displaying their wares together with plenty of small clubs; its acquisition will simply mean more enthusiasts than ever will get to hear about the shows, and as a result they will be…

RETURNING for the first time since 2019, the Land Rover Run – organised by Grant Cotterell and Lynn Twit, was a runaway success. The event is now in its fifth year – for 2020’s get-together they organised a virtual ‘stay at home run’ on Facebook – so it seemed only fitting that this year it was called ‘the Freedom Run’. The 210-strong convoy, which saw Land Rovers of all types from Series Is to Discovery G4s and the latest Defender, travelled from Norfolk’s Pensthorpe Natural Park to Holkham Hall (pictured above), and raised £3300 in aid of The Fire Fighters Charity. It was the event’s biggest gathering yet and the weather gods were playing ball, allowing for some fabulous photo opportunities. They were also very fortunate to have been given access…

Not such a bargain I want to buy a Freelander 2 and as such have been looking in the usual places such as Autotrader, Gumtree and Facebook Marketplace. It says in your buying guide at the back of issue 289 that the maximum price to aim for is £10k. I saw some on dealer websites for over £22k on a 2014 plate, so not really the bargain you make it out to be. I have seen some 2014 HSEs at around £10k but with more than average mileage. Ian P Editor Patrick responds: A Freelander 2 is a great choice Ian. The secondhand market has seen a huge upsurge in prices because of the global shortage of microchips limiting supplies of new vehicles, thus inflating used values. Covid, of course, also hampered new…

Send us your shot Email your pics to patrick@lrm.co.uk and you could see your Landy in LRM!…

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