Land Rover North America is gearing up for the 2008 dealer TRĕK off-road competition, which is a sort of mini G4 Challenge specifically for dealer employees. According to the official website, all trials will take place at the same location (to be announced soon) and these teams will compete against others in their territory, which consists of dealers close to their geographic location.

TRĕK North America finals will take place in October/November in a secret location that won't be announced until just before the competition.

For more information and videos of past TRĕK events you can visit the official Land Rover North America TRĕK website at the LINK

The starting shot for the Transsyberia Rally 2008 powered by Sony Ericsson was fired today at 11:20 am in the Red Square in Moscow. After the opening speech by Moscow’s deputy mayor Juri Rossljak, the winning car of the Transsyberia 2007 rolled through the starting arch first. The vehicle with the number 1, a Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia, is steered by Ryan Millen – son of last year’s winner Rod Millen. Rubble, marsh, snow, sand and daily special tests lay between the 30 teams and their destination, the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. Due to heavy rain, which set in shortly after the start, the first special test is already turn out to be a demanding challenge for the participants.

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Two historic Land Rovers participated in the classic German road rally Silvretta Classic Rallye Montafon last week in celebration of Land Rover's 60th Anniversary. The oldest model, a 1948 Land Rover Series I, piloted by Land Rover's Technical Communications Manager and historian, Roger Crathorne, took center stage and the other Land Rover featured was the very first Range Rover produced "YVB 153H" from December 1969, driven by Land Rover Germany's Managing Director, Jeffrey L. Scott.

The rally stretched 627 kilometers and took participants up mountain roads to 2,383 meters above sea level. The rallys emphasis is on precision instead of speed as many of these vehicles will most likely return to museums and collections soon after the event.

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The Minnesota Land Rover Club has announced their first annual Mishupishu North Lakes Rallye, a two-part event scheduled for August 3-10, 2008. The first leg of the Mishupishu North Lakes Rally, named after Lake Superior's own Loch Nessie creature, is a weekend that'll be filled with off-roading, food, raffles and other events. It'll take place at the Sherwood Forest Camp Ground in Gilbert, Minnesota near the Iron Range Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.....

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In an expedition that spanned ten days and covered the Great Sand Sea, renowned adventurer Hesham Nessim tackled the harshest terrains Egypt could offer in the Discovery 3 - the award-winning and extremely capable family SUV from Land Rover.   

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Land Rover Club Slovenia recently celebrated Land Rover's 60th anniversary and their clubs 10th anniversary. Both of these special occasions were celebrated together with an expedition through the wilderness of Slovenia. Marjan Cukrov, President of Klub Land Rover Slovenija generously sent us full details from the expedition which you can read below. Foreword - Marjan Cukrov.

- 60th anniversary Expedition in Slovenia! 

By the end of 2007, friends at the Land Rover Club Slovenia had already begun thinking about the best way to celebrate the forthcoming 60th anniversary of Land Rover as well as the 10th anniversary of the founding of our club. After a brief questionnaire among the members, we soon found out that.....

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To celebrate the company’s 60th anniversary, Land Rover took 60 people on a journey from the desert dunes in Hatta to the sky above the rugged Hajar Mountains and back to Dubai in an unconventional mode of transport not normally associated with Land Rover - hot air balloons.

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Kristjan Vaarmann, President of the Eesti Land Rover'i Klubi (Estonian Land Rover Club) recently contacted us to share Estonia's Land Rover 60th celebrations and the Estonian Land Rover Club's 10th anniversary celebrations, which were jointly held in Habaja, Estonia.

The event took place on May 17th and began with a Land Rover parade from the capital Tallinn to the "Brithday party zone" at Habaja just 50km outside the city.

All sorts of Land Rovers were in attendance from modern vehicles to armored, fire and military Land Rovers as well as Estonia's oldest model, a 1956 Series 1 fire truck LINK .

In addition to the Land Rovers on display there was also other activities to enjoy such as the off-road competition, live music concert, drawing competition for the kids, bicycle jumping show and the British ambassador to Estonia, Peter Carter, also attended.

Kristjan sent us links to photo galleries from the celebrations which we've posted below.

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Four years after his remarkable 21,000-kilometre Dilmun to Dublin road journey, Bahraini travel enthusiast and publisher, Ali Mushaima, is set to take on another extraordinary driving feat. Taking this year's trip in an LR3, the award-winning and luxurious family 4X4 from Land Rover, Ali will be visiting 12 countries promoting friendship though his tour themed ‘Bahrain to Britain: Voyage of Discovery'.

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The Finals of Land Rover’s ultimate global adventure, the Land Rover G4 Challenge, will take place during 2009 in the most sparsely populated independent country on the planet – Mongolia. A blend of terrain offering arid steppes, mountains and the extreme climate of one of the world's largest deserts, the Gobi, makes Mongolia a natural fit with Land Rover's G4 Challenge.

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