Three Range Rover Diesel Hybrid prototypes complete 10,472
miles along the Silk Trail by traversing 13 countries over 53 days from
Solihull, UK, to Mumbai, India. It is the world's first ever hybrid expedition
along the Silk Trail and one of the boldest driving adventures ever pursued by
Land Rover.
Hostile conditions on the route included asphalt roads
riddled with vast and deep potholes, dusty desert trails in 43°C heat and
numerous miles of mud and gravel tracks and cattle trails. In addition, river
crossings, passes clinging to the edges of mountains partly blocked by rock
falls, the thin air of extremely high altitudes and the dense and erratic
traffic of Chinese and Indian roads all added to the test of man and
machine.
