<P> Initially the engines used were modified versions of standard Rover car petrol engines, but the need for dedicated in - house units was quickly realised . The first engine in the series was the 1.6 - litre petrol of 1957, and this design was improved, expanded and modified over several versions, culminating in the 300Tdi of 1994, which ceased production in 2006 . Over 1.2 million engines in the series have been built . </P> <P> From 1998 the Td5 engine was fitted to Land Rover products . Whilst this 5 - cylinder turbodiesel was unrelated in any way to the 4 - cylinder designs and was originally intended for use in both Rover Cars and Land Rover 4 × 4s it only reached production in its Land Rover form . It was produced between 1998 and 2007, and 310,000 Td5s were built . </P> <P> Production of these engines originally took place at Rover's satellite factory (and ex-Bristol Hercules engine plant) at Acocks Green in Birmingham whilst vehicle assembly took place at the main Rover works at Solihull . After Land Rover was created as a distinct division with British Leyland in 1979 production of Rover cars at Solihull ceased in 1982 . A new engine assembly line was built in the space vacated by the car lines and engine production started at Solihull in 1983 . The engine line at Solihull closed in 2007 when Land Rover began using Ford and Jaguar engines built at Dagenham (diesel engines) and Bridgend (petrol engines). </P> <P> Some Land Rover engines have also been used in cars, vans and boats . </P>

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