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May 20, 2013

Land Rover Defender LXV celebrates 65 years of Land Rover

Photo Land Rover Defender LXV

The Land Rover Defender LXV is a special edition Defender launched to celebrate Land Rover’s 65th Anniversary at an event at the Packington Estate near Solihull. The Land Rover Defender – in one shape or another – has been with us for 65 years, so Land Rover is busy celebrating their 65th anniversary with an event [...]

Land Rover Defender to be built in Sri Lanka

Photo of 2012 Land Rover Defender

The Land Rover Defender is to be built outside the UK in a new plant in Sri Lanka to produce Defenders for the region. No, this isn’t news that the 2015 Land Rover Defender will be built in Sri Lanka. But the iconic original will. Land Rover are assisting and training staff at a new [...]

New Land Rover Defender will be “…the bollocks, the absolute dog’s bollocks”!

2012 Land Rover Defender Photo

Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern has made it clear that the new Land Rover Defender – due in 2015 – will be a car that will be a perfect replacement for the iconic Defender. It’s not often you get a proper statement of intent on a planned new car, but Land Rover’s design director Gerry McGovern [...]

2015 Land Rover Defender WON’T look like DC100 Concept

Photo of Land Rover Defender DC100

Gerry McGovern - Land Rover’s Design Director – has said the 2015 Land Rover Defender won’t look like the DC100 Concept. Land Rover has been busy over the last year taking the concept for the 2015 Defender – the DC100 and DC100 Sport – round the world’s motor shows to get feedback for the replacement for [...]

Is this the 2015 Land Rover Defender DC100?

China Patent Office image of 2015 Land Rover Defender

We have a photo of the 2015 Land Rover defender from China’s Patent Office. Is this the first view of the production version of the new Defender? We reported just last week that Land Rover are planning the replacement for the iconic Defender to be a world car and will be selling Defenders in the US for [...]

2015 Land Rover Defender heading for the U.S.

Photo of Land Rover Defender DC100 Sport

Land Rover has revealed that when the 2015 Defender arrives it will be a world car and sold in the USA. The 2015 Land Rover Defender (well, 2015 is planned but it could be 2016, 2017…) is planned to have much wider appeal than the current, still quite utilitarian, Defender range. So it’s not a [...]

Jaguar Land Rover celebrate James Bond SKYFALL & 50 years of Bond films (video)

Photo of Land Rover Defender SKYFALL

Jaguar Land Rover are celebrtaing 50 years of Bond films – and the new James Bond film SKYFALL – at this year’s Paris Motor Show. We reported last year that Jaguar Land Rover looked like they’d got some decent product placement in the latest James Bond film (SKYFALL – known then as ‘Bond 23′) and [...]

2013 Land Rover Defender gets a bit more appealing

2013 Land Rover Defender image

Land Rover has updated the Defender for 2013 with new colours, new premium seat design and upgraded in-car entertainment. Last year Land Rover updated the Defender with the 2.2 litre diesel engine to make it fit for the latest Euro 5 regs and in then process made the iconic (yes, it’s appropriate) Defender instantly more appealing. [...]

2013 Range Rover: Is this the end of ‘Real’ Land Rovers?

Photo of New Range Rover Off Road

The new Range Rover is finally here, but does its arrival herald the end of Land Rover as we know it? We’ve seen pictures of the long-overdue new Range Rover and fans of the brand will surely have breathed a sigh of relief when they clapped eyes on it. Well, certain fans will have. You [...]

Land Rover Defender 90 XS by Chelsea Truck

Photos of Land Rover Defender 90 XS by Chelsea Truck

The Land Rover Defender 90 XS by the Chelsea Truck Company (owned by Kahn Design) is a nice titivation of Land Rover’s iconic off-roader. Kahn Design turn their hand to modifying Land Rovers for the residents of Cheshire, Surrey and Essex – the most recent being the Evoque RS250 Vesuvius Copper – but, under the guise of [...]