The first of the new Range Rovers and the last second-generation Range Rover produced by Land Rover will join a cavalcade of historic vehicles to their final resting place at the Heritage Motor Centre, at Gaydon, Warwickshire.

Both vehicles will leave the Land Rover plant at Lode Lane, Solihull, at 10.45am on February 9.

Many other privately-owned Range Rovers will escort the vehicles to their future home at the Heritage Motor Centre.

Members of the Range Rover Register club are travelling in their treasured vehicles to Solihull from all corners of the country to take part in the cavalcade, which will leave the Land Rover plant and travel through the Warwickshire countryside to Gaydon. Travelling on the A41 road, they will pass through Knowle, Baddesley Clinton, Warwick and onwards to the museum near Gaydon.

On arrival at the Heritage Motor Centre, both Range Rovers will be presented to Julie Tew, managing director of the Heritage Centre, where the vehicles will be displayed alongside other significant Land Rovers, including the first production Land Rover from 1948 and the last Classic Range Rover, produced in 1996.

Ms Tew said: "We are honoured to be accepting these symbolic vehicles from Land Rover."

The second generation Range Rover was originally launched in 1994. Since the launch of this model, more than 167,000 have been manufactured at Solihull.