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Land Rover North America, Inc. Reports July Sales

1 August 2000

2,168 Units-Best-Ever July Result for Discovery Series II

    LANHAM, Md. - Land Rover North America, Inc. has posted July sales of 2,168 
units.  This figure is the company's second best July sales result ever.  Land 
Rover has sold 15,150 vehicles so far this year-the company's second best July 
year-to-date sales result ever.  Furthermore, Land Rover sold 1,795 units of its 
Discovery Series II model in July for a year-to-date total of 12,063 units.  
These results, respectively, are the best July and year-to-date sales figures 
ever for the Discovery Series II model.

    SALES SUMMARY

                       JULY '00         JULY '99  Y-T-D '00         Y-T-D '99
    Range Rover           373             465       3,087             3,807
    Discovery
     Series II          1,795           1,670      12,063            11,890
    Total:              2,168 (+1.5%)   2,135      15,150 (-3.5%)    15,697

    NOTE: Range Rover sales include 4.6 HSE and 4.0 SE.

    Land Rover North America, Inc., established in 1986, imports and
distributes Range Rover and Discovery Series II vehicles manufactured for sale
in the United States by Land Rover Group Limited in Solihull, England.  Land
Rover's worldwide operations are wholly owned by Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,
Michigan.