Once they had a few prototypes, they went off on initial testing, which was road and trailer work around the off road at Motor Industry Research Association in Leicestershire. They had a proven engine and other proven components that existed already; it still put the vehicle through a full trials program.
In 1979 the Series III stage 1 V8 became the first Land Rover to have its press launch at Eastnor Castle, according. The vehicles at the press launch were all left hand drive, Swiss space machines. They went on a two week European tour demonstrate the vehicles. The demonstration fleet was then used for a long time at eastnor castle, until a batch of right hand drive vehicles become available.
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