http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/10356980/Land-Rover-Defender-production-to-end.html
"Motoring enthusiasts are mourning the end of the "Landy" after more than 60 years of serving the needs of farmers, explorers and devotees of off road driving.
After 67 years production of the iconic Land Rover Defender is to come to an end in just over two years.
The last of the vehicles, which have given decades of service to, among others farmers and safari guides, will roll off the production line in December 2015.
It is estimated around two million Land Rover Defenders have been bought since the car first appeared in April 1948, when it came in any colour as long as it was green.
Even the Queen has been pictured at the wheel of a Defender.
The Defender has as fallen victim to the tougher environmental and emissions laws across the world and any successor will have to be radically different from its predecessors.
Tata, the Indian owners of Jaguar Land Rover, have yet to decide what will replace the rugged but hardly comfortable vehicle.
A prototype successor was unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show. But no decision on a commercial version will to into production or whether it will be called a Defender has been made."
Sad
"Motoring enthusiasts are mourning the end of the "Landy" after more than 60 years of serving the needs of farmers, explorers and devotees of off road driving.
After 67 years production of the iconic Land Rover Defender is to come to an end in just over two years.
The last of the vehicles, which have given decades of service to, among others farmers and safari guides, will roll off the production line in December 2015.
It is estimated around two million Land Rover Defenders have been bought since the car first appeared in April 1948, when it came in any colour as long as it was green.
Even the Queen has been pictured at the wheel of a Defender.
The Defender has as fallen victim to the tougher environmental and emissions laws across the world and any successor will have to be radically different from its predecessors.
Tata, the Indian owners of Jaguar Land Rover, have yet to decide what will replace the rugged but hardly comfortable vehicle.
A prototype successor was unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show. But no decision on a commercial version will to into production or whether it will be called a Defender has been made."
Sad
