By February 2012, one million Discoverys of all types had been built and a special ceremony was held at the Solihull factory to celebrate the occasion. This Russian specification car was the one millionth Discovery to come off the production line.

Once the celebrations were over, the one millionth Discovery embarked on an 8000-mile drive called the Journey of Discovery. It was accompanied by three similar vehicles and, for part of the way, by a Series I 86" model.

The route took them from Solihull to Beijing via Geneva, arriving in April in time to go on display at the Beijing Motor Show. Sponsorship along the way raised £1,000,000 for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.