Keats described Autumn rather romantically as the season of “mists and mellow fruitfulness” but it can also be the season of mud and extreme bogginess! No problem if you own a Land Rover or Range Rover : These utterly British icons have sold all over the world.

Often copied, seldom equaled. Some ten years after the demise of the ‘classic’ Defender tracing its roots back to day-one we welcome all the traditional and modern sons of Solihull.

The museum's collection boasts and early Land Rover Series One model with permanent four-wheel drive and freewheel device and the later, full permanent 4WD, Land Rover 90 made famous by the detective drama 'Vera'. It features an automatic transmission conversion as the show's star held an automatic driving license.