It seems that it just can't keep up with modern emission and safety standards.
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End of an Era
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End of an Era
Today marks the end of production for one of the most iconic, recognisable, versatile and just downright useful cars ever built, the Land Rover Defender.
It seems that it just can't keep up with modern emission and safety standards.
It seems that it just can't keep up with modern emission and safety standards.
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Aye... kinda sad. I remember when its ability to not roll over was demonstrated to me on a steep hillside in Scotland.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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It seems that it just can't keep up with modern emission and safety standards.
Call me odd but lets play 'spot the 4x4' that would pass this (to me) essential test on farm vehicles?I remember when its ability to not roll over
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That's the least they should do. And it's alright to replace an old model with a new, overhauled, s.o.t.a design model, but I think we all know, how this will play out. With an overpriced nice to look at, but expensive to maintain piece of junk, that make a quite nice city cart, but isn't replacing the outdated working horse.Land Rover will replace the Defender with an all-new version.
It's always the same. Outdated model gets replaced by an new version "of it", that doesn't match the specifications/reasoning behind the old model. See "VW Käfer"(Beetle) and "VW New Beetle". They are nothing alike either.