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Council Vote – Ends Wednesday December 12th

Submit 5 AZLRO member names to serve on the AZLRO council.

Send your vote to the council vote email address: council@azlro.org

YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR NAME WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR 5 VOTES OR YOUR INPUT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE TALLY.

Click through for a roster of eligible members.

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2008 Council Vote – Instructions

Each official club member will be allowed to submit 5 names for the AZLRO council. The five individuals with the most votes will be elected to the council.

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Land Rover Reveals 60th Anniversary Defender Special Edition

Lucky Brits:

Gaydon, Warwickshire, 21 November 2007 Land Rover will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a new special edition of the iconic Defender the SVX.

The Land Rover Defender SVX was unveiled for the first time by Zara Phillips at the British Red Cross Ball in London earlier this evening. The world’s first SVX has been donated by Land Rover UK to the British Red Cross to auction at the ball.

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1st Annual Arizona Land Rover Rally

2007 Arizona Land Rover Rally

Visit the official site to register and get more information: azlandroverrally.com

Registration Deadline – Please register no later than October 15, 2007 to ensure a spot.

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Small changes for big Range Rover in 2008

It’s had a lot of challengers, and to stay at the top, Land Rover has been rolling out consistent updates to its flagship Range Rover model. Last year it was the upgraded engines: the 305-hp 4.4-liter V8 and the supercharged 400-hp 4.2-liter V8. For this year, the Range Rover gets upgrades to the interior and to its traction systems.

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Next Range Rover to go upmarket, downmarket and lighter-weight

With Ford selling off parts of its Premium Automotive Group (PAG) one at a time, it remains uncertain if Land Rover and Jaguar will end up under the same ownership in the future. In the meantime, Land Rover is collaborating with Jaguar on a future flagship model that will draw on Jaguar’s expertise to produce a new Range Rover with a lighter-weight construction that could expand both upmarket and down.

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Ford retains KPMG to have a look at Jag’s and Rover’s books

Ford isn’t wasting any time or taking any chances with the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover. The Blue Oval has hired accounting firm KPMG to go over the English carmakers’ books to get them in shape for sale. Specifically, KPMG is tasked with getting the automaker’s financial paperwork ready for examination by potential buyers, and to give ‘a clear picture of Jaguar and Land Rover’s performance as businesses separate from the influence of Ford.’ KMPG’s duties will also include […]

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LRNA to Use Natural Disasters as Backdrop for New Ads

From Brandweek/Adweek: a new marketing campaign for Land Rover that leaves a bad taste in our mouth. Ad agency Young & Rubicam Brands took the Land Rover LR3 to actual disaster areas and filmed it among the wreckage to create spots that present the SUV as a ‘hero car’. The campaign’s theme is called ‘Created for the one,’ the idea being that the Land Rover LR3 was designed to handle that one unexpected event like a snowstorm, flood or hurricane.

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The new Range Rover: Coming with aluminum!

Imagine you’re overweight. A friend of yours tells you about a diet he got great results from. If you do the one simple thing he did, you’ll lose around 1,000 pounds. You’d try it, wouldn’t you? That’s what’s in store for the next generation Range Rover, with plans to give the Posh-UV an all-aluminum chassis.

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Land Rover Produces 4 Millionth Vehicle – Gives it Away

Over the past half century Land Rovers have become synonymous with naturalists and peacekeepers the world over. The Land Rover factory in Solihull, England turned out the first of those famous off-road vehicles 59 years ago and yesterday, the four millionth example of the breed rolled out the plant and into the hands of the Born Free Foundation. Since these vehicles have so often been used explore and film nature, the historic model will be used to help preserve it.

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