There are a few notable motoring milestones being celebrated this year. Mazda’s much-admired RX-7 turns 40, which you can read more about by clicking here.

Sportscar maker Porsche turns 70 this year (click here to view a Porsche highlights gallery) as does SUV specialist Land Rover.

International celebrations

Land Rover may be a British brand (now owned by Indian firm Tata) but the marque is well-liked the world over. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Land Rover, 632 vehicles set a new Guinness World Record in Bad Kissingen, Germany for the largest parade of Land Rovers.

Over 1 500 customers joined the record-breaking 7,4 km parade, to beat the previous record of 516 Land Rovers set in Portugal in 2014.

Among the variety of models were many classic Defender models. They were accompanied by Land Rover Discovery, Discovery Sport and Freelander models and the complete Range Rover line-up: Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Evoque and Velar.

Jan-Kas van der Stelt, Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover Germany, said:

“It was a fantastic atmosphere on the day and a great pleasure for us to celebrate the 70th anniversary of our brand with more than 1,500 enthusiastic Land Rover fans, friends and families. We thank everyone who helped us to bring this together.”

Guinness World Records sent an official adjudicator, who observed and controlled the strict criteria. To set the record, all Land Rover vehicles had to be constantly in motion throughout the parade whilst there could be no more than a gap of two vehicle lengths between cars.