JLR opens visitor attraction at Solihull to celebrate Range Rover

Jaguar Land Rover has opened a new visitor attraction at its Solihull manufacturing plant to celebrate 50 years of the Range Rover.

The car has been manufactured in the West Midlands since 1970 – but its history goes back to 1967.

The new exhibit will be a chance for visitors to see its journey from the first prototype in the mid 1960s, through to the introduction of the newer models.

The Range Rover family contributes £10 billion annually to the UK economy and is Britain’s largest luxury export.

Nigel Blenkinsop, Operations Director at Solihull, said: “Here, we have invested over £2bn in recent years to enable us to triple production.

“Our business is now Britain’s number one car manufacturer.”

The opening of the Range Rover exhibition coincides with the opening of Velar manufacturing tours at Solihull.

Velar is the third new model in a year to be launched at the plant, following the Jaguar F-PACE and new Discovery.

The Solihull plant has contributed to the company doubling its sales and employee numbers in the past five years.

For further information: http://www.solihull.landroverexperience.co.uk/manufacturing/range-rover-story.html

(Image: Range Rover in production 1979).