Farewell to an old friend

As the Defender nears the grave, all three run-out specials are exactly that – though one in particular is an Octane favourite

Words David Lillywhite

IT WON’T HAVE ESCAPED your notice that the end of the Land Rover Defender as we know it is nigh. Safety regulations and labour-intensive builds mean that production was expected to end late this year, though demand has been so high that the last remnants will sneak into early 2016. This is truly the end of an institution, for the Defender today isn’t so very different from the very first Land Rovers that emerged from the very same factory 67 years ago. They’re not just the same shape, give or take a few bulges, they’re built on near-identical chassis (the rails are still the same distance apart) to pretty much the same mechanical layout, with the same basic design of bulkhead. To mark the end of production there are, of course, a…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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