Q 01/05

Which ex-military American vehicle did Maurice Wilks run on his Anglesey farm, the seed of the first Land Rover?

A) Willys Jeep

B) Dodge Power Wagon

C) Studebaker US6

D) GMC CCKW truck

Answer · why

A) Willys Jeep

A Willys Jeep on the farm was the template: Rover's 1947 Centre Steer prototype was built on a Jeep chassis with the engine and gearbox of a Rover P3 ...

Q 02/05

Why did the earliest Land Rovers of 1948 come only in various shades of light green?

A) Army camouflage regulations

B) Cheapest pigment available

C) Surplus aircraft cockpit paint

D) Spencer Wilks's favourite colour

Answer · why

C) Surplus aircraft cockpit paint

Surplus aircraft cockpit paint was what Rover could get after the war. The light green lasted only about a year: after a big Army order in 1949, Land ...

Q 03/05

Why did Rover build the first Land Rover's bodywork from Birmabright, an aluminium-magnesium alloy?

A) Farmers asked for it

B) Steel was rationed

C) The Army demanded it

D) It was easier to paint

Answer · why

B) Steel was rationed

Steel was rationed in post-war Britain, so Rover hand-made the panels from Birmabright instead; the rust-proof alloy body became a Land Rover hallmark...

Q 04/05

The first Land Rover was shown to the world on 30 April 1948 at a motor show in which city?

A) Geneva

B) Amsterdam

C) Copenhagen

D) Brussels

Answer · why

B) Amsterdam

Amsterdam's show crowd saw a stopgap that Rover meant to build for only two or three years, to earn cash until car-making recovered; it went on to out...

Q 05/05

Which museum displayed an early Range Rover as an 'exemplary work of industrial design'?

A) The Louvre

B) The Prado

C) The Uffizi

D) The Hermitage

Answer · why

A) The Louvre

The Louvre showed the Range Rover in the early 1970s, even though its much-admired shape was drawn largely by the engineering team rather than by Rove...