The last Land Rover production lines, the famed 4x4 off-road vehicle that has been
made for almost seven decades, has rolled off the production line in Britain.
More than two million of the boxy vehicles have been produced at the plant
over the past 68 years, and fans range from farmers to Queen Elizabeth II, who
has been photographed driving them over the decades.
Dozens of workers at the Jaguar Land Rover plant near Birmingham in central
England cheered Friday as the last one was presented with its lights flashing
and horn blaring.
Jaguar Land Rover did not say why the model is being discontinued. Jim
Holder, editorial director of motoring magazines including Autocar, said it
could be because the model can no longer keep up with emission and safety
regulations.
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