MAX HASTINGS pays tribute to the Queen's favourite Land Rover Defender - Daily Mail
MAX HASTINGS pays tribute to the Land Rover Defender Last week the manufacturers of the Land Rovers took their final orders Production of the much-loved British vehicle is to cease in a few months It is estimated that three quarters of all Land... Last week, the manufacturers in Solihull took last orders for one of the greatest and best-loved vehicles ever built, the Defender, which will cease production in a few months. The world will always know it simply as the Land Rover: all other claimants to the name are shams. It is estimated that three quarters of all Land Rovers ever built are still surging noisily across country somewhere. The Defender, the most recent version of Land Rover’s rugged workhorse, is being killed off by its Indian owners, Tata, not because demand has collapsed — they still sell 14,000 a year — but because of dreary, mindless regulation. Moreover, the Defender can no more meet the latest EU carbon emission targets than a Victorian steam. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
