Some early cars had the old 2L petrol engine fitted. November, 250,000th Land-Rover produced. 2.25L diesel introduced. 500,000th Land-Rover produced. New dashboard, single concealed wiper motor.
Headlamps move to wings on export models.
New all synchromesh gearbox. 750,000th Land-Rover produced. 1,000,000th Land-Rover produced. Camel Trophy switches to Land Rover products - Range Rover in this instance. British Aerospace take over Rover Group.