Land Rover is one of the most popular car brands in the world and is one of the costliest automobile vehicles. Large number of people all over the world use Land Rover and many people dream of having one because moving on the street sitting on a Land Rover is a matter of prestige and gives a royal feeling. Land Rover is one of the oldest car brands in the world but is still one of the best selling cars in the world, specially in all parts of Europe. Speaking about Land Rover first of all it has to be mentioned from where it originated. Land Rover is a car brand that originated from Gaydon, England in United Kingdom. Actually Land Rover is an UK based all terrain and multi purpose vehicle (MPV) manufacturing company. Land Rover started its operation way back in the year 1948 and launched an all terain vehicle of the same name. The first Land Rover car manufactured by the company was launched at Amsterdam Motor Show on April 30, 1948 and successfully attracted thousands of eyes. Later the company launched Land Rover as a specific car brand. At present several models of Land Rover brand are available all over England and are sold in large numbers. The history of Land Rover is very interesting. When it started its operation in the 40's, Land Rover was a part of the The Rover Car Company or Rover and was planned as an unit which would focus on manufacturing a range of four wheelers for other automobile majors of that time like British Layland, BMW and British Aerospace. Maurice Wilks, the chief designer of The Rover Car Company was the designer of the first model of Land Rover. Maurice Wilks designed the car in the year 1947 at his own farm in Newborough, Anglesey. The main manufacturing unit is located at Solihull plant in the Birmingham region in England. Since then several new models of Land Rover has been lauinched in the markets and have been very well accepted by people all over the world. Detailed information on some of the most popular Land Rover models are given below: Series I: the first Land Rover model which was designed by Maurice Wilks and launched at Amsterdam Show in 1948 was a part of Series I models and was named as the The Land Rover. Series I Land Rover was inspired by the look of British military jeeps and was the smallest models among all that have been launched till now. Series I quickly gained popularity in UK and overseas. Series II: Series II Land Rover cars were launched in late 1950's and were little larger then Series I models. The specialty of Series II models was a large petrol engine and new styles. Series IIA: Series IIA cars of Land Rover were launched in United Kingdom in late 1960's and people noticed few change in the look and styles. It was because at that time the company was going through financial crisis at that time. However the company satisfied people with its Series III models that were launched a little later. There was vast change in looks and styles of the cars. To know more about famous brands of car click on the website.