Global Expedition

'Global Expedition' Tracked Land Rovers

Details: Category: Tracked and Half Tracked; Last Updated on Monday, 16 May 2011 19:30; Written by Site Admin; Hits: 5494

'Global Expedition' Tracked Land Rovers

In 1997, Land Rover agreed to sponsor an expedition conceived by Sir Ranulph Fiennes to drive around the world. Three Defender 110's were equipped for the trip, scheduled for 1998. This trip was to be called 'Global Expedition'.

The tour was to cover more than 37000 km via London, Moscow and the Bering Strait, before going down again towards the United States. A scouting mission was carried out, and the Mattracks equipped Land Rovers were tested in Alaska for durability in these harsh conditions. When BMW took over at Land Rover however, the trip was cancelled, and these tracked wolf spec. machines were now redundant. Soon after, a group of Rover employees were to do a trip to commemorate 50 years of Land Rover, the launch of Freelander, and take in 50 countries in 50 days - the Fifty/50 Challenge. At least one of the expedition vehicles was painted gold, the tracks were removed, and a few other modifications were carried out allowing it to be used as the support and communications vehicle to the three Freelanders used in the event.

Global Expedition Tracked Land Rover.
The Fifty/50 Challenge tracked and untracked.