Local Jaguar Land Rover Columbia Wins Regional Land Rover North America’s TReK Off-Road Driving Competition
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) Jaguar Land Rover Columbia took first place in the regional competition of the Land Rover TReK 2020, Land Rover North America’s off-road driving skills competition.
Represented by Dustin Nielsen, Jeffery Thomas and Matt Wheeler, Jaguar Land Rover Columbia competed against 52 teams in six waves, with 10 in their wave. Their team will now go on to compete against five other regional teams in California in January.
Land Rover TReK 2020 is a two-day competition, comprised of a regional event and final event, for Land Rover retailer staff designed to educate and challenge sales, service and technician personnel with a variety of first-hand off-road experiences and challenges. The competition combines skills testing in off-road driving, navigation and team collaboration to test some of the best off-road driving experts across the U.S. and Canada.
“The TReK off-road competition began in 1996 as a team-building event for Land Rover North America employees and we are honored and excited to be participating in the official relaunch of the event after over a decade of waiting,” said John Guth, General Manager of Jaguar Land Rover Columbia. “Our three-person team showcases our greatest talent and is a true representation of our entire staff. We are so excited to be moving on to the final competition.”
The competition is being held this year during the launch of the highly anticipated New Land Rover Defender. The previous generation model of the Defender ceased global production in 2016 and has been absent from the U.S. market for more than 20 years; last being offered for the 1997 model year.
For more information about Land Rover TReK or the New Defender, visit LandRoverUSA.com.
For more information about Jaguar Land Rover Columbia, visit https://www.jaguarcolumbia.com/ or https://www.landrovercolumbia.com/.
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