When Did Defenders Stop Being Made?
After a Continuous Run of 67 Year's Production Finally Ended on 29 January 2016, After a Total of Just over Two Million Land Rover Series and Defender Models...
After a continuous run of 67 years production finally ended on 29 January 2016, after a total of just over two million Land Rover Series and Defender models had been built.
Why was Defender discontinued?
Indian-owned carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) had already announced in late 2013 that the group would stop making the legendary Defender at its car plant in Solihull in central England. ... JLR decided to axe the legendary 4x4 due to difficulties in maintaining safety and emissions standards.
Are they still making Land Rover Defenders?
The last of the classic off-roaders rolled off Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)'s Solihull production line in 2016. ... "It's also great that it's a Derbyshire-based company and they will be made just up the road [from where JLR is based]. "It's horrendously expensive but it's bespoke and there's a lot of clever ingenuity in it."