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Written by Ollie Marriage
Today is world Land Rover day. This is an actual thing it"s 71 years exactly since the original Land Rover was first shown at the Amsterdam Motor Show. The unkind might suggest it"s taken Land Rover 71 years to work out how to replace the Defender, and they"d have a point. Although the Defender has been massively updated across its life, philosophically it remains the same a semi-agricultural farmer"s aid. A tool to put in a barn alongside the cows and combine. The trouble is the farmers have moved on to quad bikes and pick-ups, and the Defender has eased into later life lifting lighter loads towing portaloos and battling Chelsea width restrictors. Soon we"re going to find out exactly how Land Rover is planning on positioning its replacement. In the meantime, we have news on this 71st anniversary. The new Defender has completed 1.2 million development kilometres. Near enough three quarters of a million miles.
Date written: 30 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
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Today is world Land Rover day. This is an actual thing it"s 71 years exactly since the original Land Rover was first shown at the Amsterdam Motor Show. The unkind might suggest it"s taken Land Rover 71 years to work out how to replace the Defender, and they"d have a point. Although the Defender has been massively updated across its life, philosophically it remains the same a semi-agricultural farmer"s aid. A tool to put in a barn alongside the cows and combine. The trouble is the farmers have moved on to quad bikes and pick-ups, and the Defender has eased into later life lifting lighter loads towing portaloos and battling Chelsea width restrictors. Soon we"re going to find out exactly how Land Rover is planning on positioning its replacement. In the meantime, we have news on this 71st anniversary. The new Defender has completed 1.2 million development kilometres. Near enough three quarters of a million miles.
Date written: 30 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15553