Land Rover Defender LXV celebrates 65 years of Land Rover

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.

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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 at the Packington Estate, near Solihull, with Land Rovers (and Range Rovers) new and old, their longest serving employee – Roger Crathorne – in attendance and a special ‘HUE’ birthday cake being flown in by Lynx helicopter by the Royal Navy ‘Black Cats’ display team.

As part of the celebrations at Packington Estate – which was the original testing ground for the 1948 Defender prototypes – Land Rover are launching a celebratory Defender special edition – the Land Rover Defender LXV – based on the standard Defender and available in five different body styles and with the 2.2 litre diesel engine and 6-speed manual ‘box.

The Defender LXV gets the sort of toys no one could ever have envisaged on those early Defenders, including a Santorini Black or Fuji White paint job with Corris Grey roof, grille and headlight surrounds, full leather seats with orange contrast stitching, lots of ‘LXV’ badges and even the option of a Union flag on the back.

John Edwards, LR’s Global Brand Director, said:

Land Rover is celebrating 65 years of proud heritage. It is in fact a dual celebration, as March saw Land Rover deliver the strongest ever monthly and quarterly sales performance in its history.

Since 1948, every component in our vehicles has been designed and engineered with intent and Land Rover continues to this day, to build the world’s most capable all-purpose vehicles. A blend of refinement, performance and unmatched all-terrain capability make Land Rover vehicles distinctive and unique, ready to tackle the world’s most challenging and inhospitable terrain.

And what better way to celebrate than the Land Rover Defender LXV with its clear links back to where Land Rover began?

The Defender LXV will go on sale later in 2013 with prices announced in August.