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The Defender rides once more
The end of the road for the iconic Land Rover Defender? Not quite; Michael Harvey exclusively reveals plans for its future
Michael Harvey
By Michael Harvey
January 29, 2016 07:45
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Reports of the death of the Land Rover Defender - the last official car came off the line this morning - may have been (somewhat) greatly exaggerated. Land Rover has announced that 25 more cars will after all be built at the classic Land Rover’s Solihull home. Only they won’t be new Land Rovers but original Series 1 cars. These have been acquired by the company’s new heritage division and given a ground-up restoration by a small crew of technicians picked from the assembly line and based in a new facility adjacent to the original line, which has been building Land Rovers since 1948.

Priced around Ŗ60,000 (although Land Rover is not confirming that yet) the cars will not be updated in any way but restored to original Series 1 specification, complete with torquey little 1.6-litre engines. Customers will be allowed to specify trim and paint items, such as they are. The team does not intend to fully paint the cars, leaving the interiors unpainted just as they were in the Forties. The heritage business will be then be open for existing owners to send their cars back to their place of birth for restoration.

Since Telegraph Luxury first broke the news confirming the end of the car’s 68-year life on our first day of the site going live, demand for the vehicle has skyrocketed; it was granted a month’s stay of execution to meet orders. But all the new cars are gone now, and have been for some time to be honest. The last car - the 2, 016,933 if you want specifics - will drive off the line just after 10.00am this morning. It will be kept in Land Rover’s heritage collection. The two-millionth car - specially badged and trimmed and assembled with help from alumni in Land Rover’s world - was sold at auction last year, raising Ŗ400,000 for the Born Free conservation foundation.

Conservation work, like relief, exploration, life-saving, peacekeeping and keeping rural communities functioning (and let’s not entirely forget the Defender’s military role) has been the cars stock-in trade since its conception, as myth has it, drawn in the sand on a Welsh beach two years after the end of the Second World War. What started life as a pragmatic new model for the Rover Car Company, inspired by the Jeep and facilitated by the abundance of cheap aluminium (not longer required for building warplanes) and green paint became the seed DNA of a brand that last year sold over 400,000 cars.

The first Land Rovers cost just Ŗ450, the same company will now sell you a Range Rover SV Autobiography for a smidge under Ŗ150,000. And it’s no less capable on mud, snow and sand. In fact, it’s probably more so. The company is more than aware however that it cannot drift too far from its moorings and that the Defender will need to be replaced sooner rather than later. This is expected to be some time next year - at least that’s when we’ll get to see the first glimpses of it. Sales might be the year after.

Land Rover says it’s committed to three families of cars; luxurious Range Rovers, leisure-orientated Discoverys and utility Defenders. Oh yes, there won’t be just one new Defender, then again there was never just one old Defender. The new cars won’t be - can’t be - as utilitarian as the old; they are as unpleasant to drive as they are lovely to look at. Anyone who tells you otherwise is an incurable romantic, not that they will be able to hear you tell them that; Defenders are quite extraordinarily noisy.

They’re dirty too and in not fit state to be modified to meet coming emissions regulations. Safety legislation meanwhile is the reason the Defender hasn’t been sold in the USA in many years. The car could have continued a little longer, but sooner or later a decision to end production had to come. “It’s just time…” an insider told us two years ago.

The Defender, the definitive Land Rover, has had the most extraordinary life, proof that truly great design is pretty much timeless. The last car, with it’s simultaneously perfect and exaggerated proportions coming off the line today looks as good as the first car did back in the summer of 1948. But there is nothing to mourn here, most of the two million plus cars still exist somewhere and Land Rover’s new heritage programme is dedicated to their conservation, bringing them back to life pretty much in the same spot their were born. This really isn’t the end of the story, merely its first instalment.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/motor ... -2016.html
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Solihull to begin restoration of older Land Rovers

By: Theo Ford-Sagers

Date: 29.01.2016



It’s true! Although production of the ultimate utility vehicle is over, a team of Defender builders will stay on to breathe new life into older Series Land Rovers and Defenders.
Solihull to begin restoration of older Land Rovers
For the first time, Land Rover plans to offer Series vehicles for sale that have been restored at Solihull. Though not quite on this scale…!



Land Rover’s ‘Heritage Restoration’ programme was announced today at Solihull as the final Defender drove off the assembly line.

Ten existing Defender engineers, with a combined 172 years experience building Land Rovers, will be accompanied by two others to form an elite team of restoration experts.

Among them will be Tony Martin, a lifelong employee of Solihull with a unique honour – Tony’s father and grandfather both built Land Rovers under the same roof, making his new job the restoration of vehicles that his father and grandfather helped to build. The perfect occupation, right?

The team will be based in Solihull's Block 35 in an area formerly used to install engines in Defenders, their first task being to rebuild early Series Land Rovers for sale.

Tim Hannig, Director of Jaguar Land Rover Heritage, said: ‘Land Rover Heritage will be offering cars, services, parts and experiences for all owners and fans around the world. Our new restoration service and the sale of expertly restored Series I vehicles is just the start of making sure than classic Land Rovers are not only part of our past but part of our future.’



http://www.lro.com/news/land-rover/1601 ... nd-rovers/
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Land Rover Classic Division Create 25 “new” Cars
12th April 2016
Land Rover has announced that it will produce 25 factory restored version of its famous 4×4 the Series 1 which appeared in 1948.


Costing between Ŗ60,000 and Ŗ80,000, the cars will not be complete new-builds but existing Series 1s hand-picked by Land Rover Classic’s team of experts for authenticity and then subjected to a full restoration at the factory to the original 1948 specification.

In mid-March, Jaguar Land Rover renamed its Heritage business as Jaguar Land Rover Classic. It is a division of JLR’s Special Operations and is dedicated to providing cars, services, parts and experiences to owners and fans of classic Jaguars and Land Rovers around the world.

Tim Hannig, director of Jaguar Land Rover Classic, said: “The launch of the Reborn initiative represents a fantastic opportunity for customers to own a valuable and collectable automotive icon. Reborn showcases Land Rover Classic’s expertise in restoring and maintaining our loyal customers’ prized Land Rovers.”

Available as an 80-inch or 86-inch chassis model and a choice of five period finishes, including Light Green, Bronze Green, RAF Blue, Dove Grey and Poppy Red. Customers will be able to select their preferred base vehicle in conjunction with Land Rover Classic’s restoration team, and have access to follow the car’s restoration from start to finish at Land Rover’s new Classic workshop in Solihull. Many experienced workers from the old Defender production line are contributing to the restoration of the 25 Series 1 cars.

Land Rover Classic estimates that it would be completed within six to nine months. once the 25 restorations are complete Land Rover intends for the workshop to take in customers’ own cars for restoration or general fettling.
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