Land Rover Defender Lives On
Rejoice! Land Rover Defender will continue production until 2017.
It was feared that the niche Defender would go the way of the Dodo bird by 2012, but that is not the case. The auto maker reports their Defender range is likely to continue until 2017, or maybe later. An entirely new Defender design will replace its current model in 2015.
A shorter wheel-based Defender, called DC100, was previewed at the Frankfurt Motor Show. This, along with longer 110 and 130 variants, will include a 2.2-liter diesel engine.
“There are a number of changes to the legislation that mean we can keep the current Defender in production longer than we thought,” said a Land Rover source. We’ll keep you posted on all the latest from land Rover, and congrats to all the Defender lovers out there!
Source: AutoCar
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