TRANSMOGRIFICATION

Although this is the March issue of LRW, such is the peculiarity of the publishing world that I’m actually writing this at the beginning of January. Dr Who has just gone through his 10th regeneration and Terry Wogan has been replaced by Chris Evans. The fi rst was followed by a comment from my eleven year old son that he wouldn’t bother watching anymore as he’s ‘not the real doctor’ and the BBC website was inundated with complaints to ‘Bring Wogan Back’

Although changing the editor of this magazine is not quite in the same ‘celebrity’ league it is still a personal and passionate subject so I hope your reaction won’t be the same as my lad’s when ‘his’ Doctor was replaced. Land Rovers are something that we are all passionate about, otherwise you probably wouldn’t be reading this.

Which brings us on to something we’ve been discussing recently: ‘What is a Land Rover? The little green truck fi rst revealed in Holland in 1948 is, without question, a Land Rover. It had no other name, no siblings and even the phrase ‘Series I’ hadn’t yet been invented. But what of the later vehicles, they have a green oval on the front grille but are they Land Rovers?

We also know a vehicle where the only Solihull component remaining is the LT230 transfer box but the owner still thinks of it as a Land Rover. And who are we to judge? Is that any less of a Land Rover than the all-electric push-button thing currently in development?

In the editor’s seat I can’t make the same judgements as you. I know which vehicles I prefer *cough*pre-electrickery*cough* but everyone has their favourites. In these pages we cover every type of Land Rover and every type of owner but I think you could start to see a stronger focus on ‘Real Land Rovers’ and ‘Real People’.

Editor
Simon W-H