Celebrating the legendary Land Rover Series

By CARSIFU | 19 May 2015


PETALING JAYA: About 100 Land Rover enthusiasts made their way to Sime Darby AutoConneXion’s Jalan Ipoh showroom in Kuala Lumpur as it was the venue for the Series Land Rover May Day Drive hosted by Jaguar Land Rover (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (JLRM), the exclusive importer of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in Malaysia.

The drive was organised by the Land Rover Owners Malaysia (LROM) Club in honour of the iconic Land Rover Series models, the predecessor of the Defender model.

The original Land Rover Series 1 was born in 1948 and is celebrated all over the world as a true workhorse.

The event was even more significant as Jaguar Land Rover United Kingdom has announced that the last of the current Land Rover Defenders will roll-off the production lines by the end of the year, marking the end of an era.

Syed flagging off the Series Land Rover May Day Drive convoy from the Jalan Ipoh showroom
Syed (left) flagging off the Series Land Rover May Day Drive convoy.


The Series Land Rover May Day Drive saw seven Land Rover Series 1, 2 and 3 models embark on a 1,000km drive from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Terengganu and back. The convoy was flagged off by JLRM managing director Syed Mudzhar Syed Ali at the stroke of midnight.

Syed said that the company was happy to support the event as the ubiquitous all-aluminium Land Rovers were instantly recognisable icons of the brand.

“For the past six decades, the Land Rover Series models and subsequently, the Defender, have played crucial roles in nation building all over the world. The model was and remains the mainstay of many security forces, development agencies and service organisations due to its unmatched off-roading capabilities and almost unbreakable design and construction. They are true workhorses,” he said.

According to LROM president Rate de Silva, the drive was successfully completed with no mechanical issues, except for a tyre puncture, despite heavy traffic and adverse weather conditions.

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