Defender – AUSmotive.com

Old skool Land Rover goodness

Land Rover will be celebrating 67 years of production at this year’s Goodwood Revival (11â€“13 September). To do that they’ll be rocking the show with a display of Series I and Defender models.

Included in the mirth will be â€˜The Defender 2,000,000â€™, which as you might have already guessed, is the 2 millionth Defender to be built. It will be sold at auction with the proceeds going to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Born Free Foundation.

As good as all that is, we just wanted to share with you these 2560px mega images with you because, well, the Landie Series I and Defender are just about the coolest off-road vehicles ever made.

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

Land Rover we demand you put a stop to this nonsense! Please, for the sake of all that is holy and decent.

Don’t stop making the Defender. And, under no circumstances replace it with this 21st century iTrashâ„¢ you have labelled the DC100 Concept.

Land Rover say this concept is a “modern interpretation of the iconic Land Rover Defender”. What! Modern and Defender are two words that should never be used in the same sentence.

It’s just not cricket. It’s definitely not the English way. And, most of all, it’s just not bloody right.

Alas, the evilness now in command at Land Rover headquarters have confirmed a “new” Defender will be launched in 2015. Hanging on in quiet desperation appears to be all we have left.

Don’t do it!