Gallery: Land Rovers in the Camel Trophy over the years

The new Land Rover Defender Works V8 Trophy is a long name for a car that celebrates a long history. It pays respect to the Land Rovers that competed in the gruelling Camel Trophy - the annual competition held for 20 years from 1980 that lionised the 4x4 prowess of Britain's finest.

Land Rover recently released a load of archive pics from the Camel Trophy, and they're too good not to share.

Here we go...

Pictured: Camel Trophy, Sumatra, 1981

Camel Trophy, Amazon, 1989

Guyana, 1992

Guyana, 1992

Guyana, 1992

Guyana, 1992

Sabah, Malaysia, 1993

Sabah, Malaysia, 1993

Sabah, Malaysia, 1993

Argentina, 1994

Argentina, 1994

Mundo Maya, 1995

Kalimantan, 1996

Kalimantan, 1996

Kalimantan, 1996

Mongolia, 1997

Mongolia, 1997

Mongolia, 1997

Mongolia, 1997

Mongolia, 1997

Tierra del Fuego, 1998

Tierra del Fuego, 1998

[Year unknown]

[Year unknown]

1989 Camel Trophy winners Bob and Joe Ives