Land Rover announces final year of celebration for long-serv

[Walterke]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/special-land-rover-defenders-announced-final-year

The three models have been conceived to each “celebrate a different element of the vehicle’s versatile character”, according to the company. The models are called the Autobiography Edition, Heritage Edition and Adventure Edition. Each is powered by a 2.2-litre diesel engine.

Land Rover vehicle line director Nick Rogers said: “Coming up with a single identity was impossible, so we developed three very different interpretations of the Defender.”

The Autobiography Edition is priced from £61,845 and is set to go on sale in April. It gets a power upgrade (from 121bhp to 148bhp), a rise in torque (from 265lb ft to 295lb ft), duo-tone paint and LED headlights.

The upper bodywork, bonnet, grille and headlamp surrounds are in Santorini Black. It features side steps, privacy glass and a metal filler cap. Full Windsor leather covers most of the cabin, including the dash and rooflining, while the seats feature semi-aniline leather with contrast stitching. The Autobiography will only be produced as the 90 Station Wagon and just 80 examples will be built for the UK.

A total of 400 examples of the Heritage Edition will be made, each priced from “around £27,800”. It will go on sale in August and be available as a 90 Hard Top, 90 Station Wagon and 110 Station Wagon.

It features Grasmere Green metallic paintwork, white roof, silver front bumper and “heritage grille and headlamp surrounds”. Aluminium brightwork is used in the cabin and the model gets ‘HUE 166’ graphics, which reference the registration of the first pre-production Series 1 Land Rover.

The third model is the Adventure Edition, which will be made in a run of 600 vehicles in either 90 Station Wagon or 110 Station Wagon forms. It will cost from £43,995 when it goes on sale in August.

Available in Corris Grey, Yulong White or Phoenix Orange paintwork, the 90 Station Wagon version gets the same uprated engine as the Autobiography. Befitting its extreme off-road character, it has an “expedition roof rack, snorkel and rear access ladder”, as well as underbody and under-sill protection.

Inside, it is trimmed in Windsor leather and gets aluminium brightwork.

Land Rover has honoured the Defender with this short video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4roB2KHK3PE

Speciaal voor de persoon die interesse heeft voor een 110 station wagen adventure limited edition, Je mag maarliefst 137 duizend euro aftikken! En speciaal voor het rijk 81 duizend euro bpm

[Ron63]

Leuk speelgoed, ik zal het varken eens op zijn kop houden.
Wie weet zit er genoeg in

Groet Ron

[ppw]

tja, 45.000GBP is hier helaas ruim €120.000 met dank aan Nederlandse belastingklimaat
http://www.autoweek.nl/auto/67656/land- ... gon-x-tech

[kuyperh]

Dat "final year" voor de Defender, daar is de editor van Land Rover Owner International nog niet zo van overtuigd. Ik citeer:

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Defender production ending at Solihull in December has led to a surge in orders, and we're reliably informed that time is rapidly running out for buyers to order anything other than one of these limited-editions to their own specification. If you haven't ordered yours, you'll need to be quick!
That said, Land Rover has now confirmed that (surprise, surprise) it's looking at continuing current-model Defender production overseas, for markets outside the EU: India perhaps? You might not be able to get one from your local main dealer, but I predict a healthy 'grey import' market as a result. You didn't think the Defender would really roll over and die without a fight, did you?
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Kortom, mr. Mike Goodbun voorspelt de huidige Defender nog een zonnige toekomst!

[ppw]

HearHear
Like the Embassador!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador

[tim]

You didn't think the Defender would really roll over and die without a fight, did you?

Hoe mooi verwoord..

[Roger B.]

grey import....

als een fabrikant een auto niet goedgekeurd krijgt......moet een particulier het dan wel voor elkaar krijgen?

als vanaf volgend jaar (ik zeg maar iets) airbags verplicht zijn, en de defender heeft die niet, dan krijg je ook vanaf volgend jaar geen defender uit timboektoe geimporteerd als ie van 2016 is zonder airbag....

dus moeten het weer trucjes worden met chassisnummers uit eerdere jaren om de auto op papier van voor die tijd te laten zijn

[Ron63]

Grijze import hoeft niet per definitie met trucjes, er gelden genoeg ontheffingen.

Vaak genoeg kentekens onder ogen gehad met ontheffingen, oa voor gordels, koplampen en uitstoot.

Groet Ron

Ps: Wat men ook wel deed was eerst Spaans of Duits kenteken en dan naar Nederlands, is in ieder geval geen appeltje eitje.

[kuyperh]

Ik dacht het wel... Productie gaat gewoon door. Er is markt voor 20.000 exemplaren per jaar, ontwikkelingskosten nul, arbeidskosten aanzienlijk lagen dan in de UK. Zo'n cash cow laat je niet gaan. Nu alleen nog importeren in de EU.... maar daar is iemand nu al over aan het nadenken, schat ik zo in.

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The final Solihull-built Land Rover Defender won’t necessarily be the last to be built !

Rumours are circulating that production of the current Defender could shift to Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in Pune, India, after UK production ceases in December this year, according to unconfirmed reports from CNBC-TV18 news channel.
 
Increasingly stringent EU safety and emissions regulations are forcing the vehicle out of production in the UK, but moving assembly to India (where JLR already assembles the Freelander 2 and Range Rover Evoque) could enable the Land Rover Defender to continue production for export to non-EU markets.
 
Details of next-generation Defender replacement remain under wraps, but it is expected to go on sale in 2018.
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bron: LRO magazine, mailbericht van de hoofdredacteur

[Edward]

De productie zal vast doorgaan, die T2 is ook pas net uit productie.

Maar vergeet maar dat je die in Europa ingevoerd krijgt.