Land Rover Mulls Defender Replacement, Pickup Version
How do you replace a classic? That’s the question puzzling Tata-owned Land Rover, as it begins considering replacement strategies for its iconic Defender SUV. According to Autocar, a concept is coming...
View ArticleLand Rover Defends The Faith
Often times concept vehicles portray an already-decided future direction. Other times, concepts are built to suggest one possibility in an ongoing debate about a model’s future. Land Rover has taken...
View ArticleForty Land Rovers Seized By Homeland Security In Ongoing Investigation
Hide your kids, hide your wives and hide your Land Rovers, because the federal government is rounding up a handful due to questionable importation paperwork. Jalopnik reports 40 Land Rover 90s, 110s...
View ArticleLand Rover Defender Production Extended Into 2016
Land Rover, just after building its two-millionth Defender (pictured), looks to be extending final production of the go-anywhere utility into January of next year. According to Automotive News Europe,...
View Article2,016,932 Land Rover Defenders Have Been Built So Far, And Then This Last One
The last Land Rover Defender rolled off the line Friday at the Solihull, UK facility, according to the automaker. The wildly uncomfortable, loud and grandfather to all Land Rovers will live on, albeit...
View ArticleFour Weeks in Africa with the Land Rover Defender
After 67 years, production of the iconic Land Rover Defender ends today. It’s an amazing feat that the Defender has lasted this long. It was a utilitarian vehicle developed at a time when going...
View ArticleWill an Outsider Build a New Defender? Over Our Dead Body, Says Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover isn’t about to have some upstart company build a new version of its iconic Defender. The automaker shot back at rumors of a third-party resurrection of the boxy, beloved SUV, Autocar...
View ArticleBritish Chemical Company Proceeding with ‘Defender-inspired’ Ride
Last year, we reported on how British chemical company Ineos had approached Land Rover, asking for permission to build a copy of its now-deceased Defender. Land Rover responded unequivocally, stating,...
View ArticleWant It? Can’t Have It: Land Rover to Build 400HP Defenders
The Brits get a bunch of good stuff to which Americans have no access. Yorkshire puddings. Grand Tour tapings. Walkers-branded potato chips from the makers of Lay’s. Okay, maybe the last one makes no...
View Article2020 Land Rover Defender Leaked … by Land Rover
Hoping to generate some buzz ahead of its reveal, Land Rover released an incomplete, low-resolution side-on image of the upcoming, reborn Defender on Tuesday. The model, which disappeared from European...
View ArticleDeluge of Details: New Land Rover Defender Leaks Have Emerged
A batch of new leaks on the Land Rover Defender have indicated that the model will come in a trio of body styles, one of which is supposed to seat eight, and offer quite a bit of variance between...
View ArticleNext-generation Land Rover Defender Leaked on Film Set
Not since James Bond traded in his .32 Walther PPK for a PPK/S in .380 ACP has the long-running film franchise generated so much buzz. The set of the upcoming film No Time to Die was the site of an...
View ArticleNew Land Rover Defender’s Teasing Begins in Earnest
With less than two weeks to go before its Frankfurt Motor Show debut, Land Rover has sent its upcoming Defender SUV on a road trip to the Rhineland. Kicking off the continental slog in a remote and...
View Article2020 Land Rover Defender Returns as Jack of All Trades
Land Rover’s Defender has returned and, based on the marketing materials furnished by the manufacturer, you’d think every model came with Jesus riding shotgun. The 2020 Defender is all things to all...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2020 Land Rover Defender 110
This is the most predictable Ace of Base appearance since the C8 Corvette earlier this summer. With a stout off-road presence and a dose of retro style, the Land Rover Defender was shown in production...
View ArticleLand Rover Developing Remote Driving for Defender
Jaguar Land Rover is reportedly working a system for the new Defender that would allow for low-speed maneuvers with all occupants outside the car. While it sounds like a good way to guarantee the...
View ArticleReturn of Defender Opens Door to Bargain-basement Land Rover, Report Claims
Maybe Land Rover isn’t so removed from its former parent, after all. Whereas Ford saw the resurrection of the Bronco nameplate as an opportunity to butch up an Escape, Land Rover apparently sees the...
View Article2020 Land Rover Defender Is On Sale, but Getting One May Be Tricky
Months ago, I was supposed to board a plane to Old Blighty to drive the new Land Rover Defender. Given the vehicle’s heritage and importance to the brand, I was excited to see if it was a worthy...
View ArticleJaguar Land Rover Boss Talks Defender, Getting It Right
This interview should’ve been posted months ago. I sat with Jaguar Land Rover North America Product Planning Director Rob Filipovic at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show (remember those?) to talk about the...
View ArticleFamiliar Faces: Ineos Debuts Grenadier Design
If it seems like years have passed since we’ve issued an update on Ineos Group’s attempt at building a Defender-inspired SUV, that’s because it has been. The British chemical conglomerate asked Land...
View Article(Not) For Your Eyes Only: Jaguar Land Rover Loses Bid to Squash Defender...
Imitation, as the saying goes, is the sincerest form of flattery, but Jaguar Land Rover’s been burned in the past, what with a certain Chinese automaker rolling out near carbon copies of its Range...
View ArticleIn Case You Needed More Defender Models, Land Rover Has You Covered
Land Rover lit up my inbox this morning with more news about the reborn Defender. It seems there’s just always more to talk about with the new version of the iconic SUV. The news for the 2021 model...
View Article1992 Land Rover Defender “Spectre” Movie Replica Created
A replica of the 1992 Land Rover Defender from the 2015 James Bond movie “Spectre,” has been created by Wilmington, North Carolina’s Osprey Custom Cars, specialists in restomodding classic Land Rover...
View Article2021 Land Rover Defender Corroded
2021 Land Rover Defender owners, are you unhappy with your SUV’s finish? Heritage Customs will give you corroded parts with real rust. Based in the Netherlands, designer Niels van Roij co-founded...
View Article2020 Land Rover Defender 110 SE Review – Charm Overcomes British Quirks
Like many folks, I was excited to hear that Land Rover was resurrecting the Defender nameplate. I grew up admiring the boxy go-anywhere Defenders of days gone by, and I was hoping Jaguar Land Rover...
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