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If you are a fan of SUVs, you might have heard of the Honda Crossroad, a compact crossover vehicle sold in Japan from 2007 to 2010. But did you know that Honda also used the Crossroad name for a completely different SUV in the 1990s? The first Honda Crossroad was nothing more than a rebadged Land Rover Discovery, the iconic British off-roader. How did this happen? Let's look at the history of the Honda Crossroad and the Land Rover Discovery. The story begins in 1979, when Honda and British …

The idea for the first Land Rover came to Maurice Wilks, the engineering director of Rover, a British car company, when he sketched his design on the sand of Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey.Land Rover soon gained a reputation for making vehicles that could handle any terrain, and the first model was produced in 1948. It was nicknamed Huey, after its registration number HUE 166, and it was the start of a successful range of vehicles.The first Land Rover was unveiled at the Amsterdam Motor Show on Frida …