Editing Land Rover (section)

=== BMW era ===
On 31 January 1994, [[Rover Group|Rover Group plc]], including Land Rover, was acquired by [[BMW]]. In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold on to [[Ford Motor Company]], becoming part of its [[Premier Automotive Group]]. The transition to BMW ownership only just preceded the introduction of the second generation [[Range Rover (P38A)|Range Rover]], prior to launching Land Rover's first [[unibody]] model, the [[Land Rover Freelander|Freelander]] in 1997. BMW was then responsible for much of the development of the [[Range Rover (L322)|Range Rover III]] – the first to have a monocoque structure and [[Car suspension|independent suspension]], introduced under Ford in late 2001.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.landrover.com/explore-land-rover/onelife/heritage/range-rover-history.html| title = Range Rover: A History - Featured Articles – Land Rover| access-date = 8 August 2020| archive-date = 30 October 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201030042131/https://www.landrover.com/explore-land-rover/onelife/heritage/range-rover-history.html| url-status = live}}</ref>