Around 185 anniversary editions, based on the original, will be built at the company's headquarters at Malvern Link, in Worcestershire.

Some of the cars are destined for the US market.

Production of the current Plus 8 model is due to end next year, and it is thought the anniversary edition will become a collector's item.

The car, seen by the company as its definitive model, is powered by a Land Rover V8 4.0 litre engine.

More than 6,000 Plus 8s have been built since the model was launched in 1968 and nearly all of them are still in service.