Land Rover’s victory
Land Rover has done a great job and performed well at the recently concluded Malaysian Rain Forest Challenge 2007. Because of that, Land Rover’s sole agents in Sri Lanka, Frontier Automotive, celebrated the victory of the British off-road vehicle manufacturer because Sri Lankan Team No. 101 “Team Frontier Automotive - Land Rover” Indika Sanjaya and Navin Marapana ended up as 1st Runner-ups in the Diesel Category. The Malaysian Rain Forest Challenge 2007 is actually considered the toughest and most internationally represented 4×4 event in the world.
The Sri Lankan team had been sponsored by a number of organizations in which Frontier Automotive was the main sponsor. Other sponsors include the Sports Ministry of Sri Lanka and Gamini Lokuge Minister of Sports and Public Recreation, Thilanga Sumathipala - Chairman BPO Services Pvt Ltd and Cashian Herath.
Land Rover has garnered a lot of winnings during this celebrated 4×4 event as Land Rover vehicles got the first, second, third, and fifth spots.
Sheran Fernando, CEO of Frontier Automotive, said, “Land Rover’s dominance on the results board was significant and in fact Land Rover won the team Prize for the event and took first place in the category for Novices as well.”
The Sri Lankan Team of Frontier Automotive and Land Rover which is composed of Indika Sanjaya and Navin Marapana won 1st Runner-Up award in the Diesel Category in the said toughest 4×4 event in the world.
Fernando said of the duo, “The duo improved on their previous performance to emerge runners-up only 23 points behind the winners Team Demark in a hotly competed tenth anniversary edition of this challenging international competition which had to go into evacuation mode titled the Monsoon War Zone - The Great Escape.”
Fernando added, “Having been edged out in a prematurely ended competition; will they go back to claim their first palace in 2008 is a question only time will tell, however we at Frontier Automotive will be behind them all the way.”