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Advertising refering to Australian Military Land-Rovers

Over the decades Land-Rover's marketing departments around the world have emphasized the military role of Land-Rovers to build up a tough and "legendary" reputation. Nearly all the Land-Rover adverts are aimed at influencing the bulk of 4x4 vehicle buyers, labelled "recreational users", using imagery from the "rural and military users", i.e., the original or core Land-Rover users for which the Land-Rover was designed. Are they "over the top"? Maybe...

Seen any other adverts? Please send them in. Collected so far:

  • 7/1976 fold out 4 page insert in Overlander magazine (vol 1, no. 1) celebrates Series 3 contract.
  • 1988 magazine 1 page advert celebrating JRA successful tender for ADF fleet contract.
  • 1988 magazine advertorial.
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1976 adv refers to ADF Series 3 contract
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1976 adv page 2

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1976 adv page 3

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1976 adv page 4

Pacific Defence Reporter, December 1982

This advertisment is an advertisment for the then new 6x6 Land Rover and it's off road capability.

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The Australian - Defence Review. October 1982

This advertisment The Land Rover 4x4 and 6x6 Stage II, one of the few places I have seen the 110 called this. Possibly it was written before it was decided to call it the One Ten ??

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Pacific Defence Reporter, December 1983

This advertisment celebrates a 25 year old association with Land Rover and talks about the new contract with the Department of Defence

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Defence Magazine, December 1983

This advertisment talks about the launch of the One Ten Heavy Duty 6x6, certainly a difference in naming from the 1982 advertisment in the Australain Defence Review.

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Combat Arms, 1983

This is a fascinating advertisment showing drawings of a number of Land Rover Military vehicles from 4x4 Gunships to the 4 door Range Rover.

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1988 adv refers to ADF Perentie contract
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1986 adv placed in Army (RACT) circular
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Bushdriver magazine advertorial
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A 1958 advertisment noting the 10 year lead that Land Rover have in respect to 4wd technology, presumably in reference to the Army wanting a new 4wd at the time.
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A 1958 advertisment noting the 10 year lead that Land Rover have in respect to 4wd technology, presumably in reference to the Army wanting a new 4wd at the time.
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A 1959 advert from April noting that land rover had been selected by the army.

 

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