Profile of the iconic Land Rover Defender - New Influx Magazine

Hi everyone,

This month’s Influx Magazine is all about the Land Rover Defender – perhaps the most iconic, and long-lasting 4x4 out there today. The Defender has been with us for 67 years now, barely changing from its original post-war designs, but this December production is finally coming to an end.

To commemorate the life of these all-terrain beasts, Influx brings you a profile of the brothers who brought it to life, a guest blog from arctic explorer Ben Saunders, details on what made the most famous Landy great and what’s in store for its future.

Head over to Influx Magazine | Cars, Bikes, People, Culture to read the latest edition and find out all about the end of the Defender!

Cheers,
Jordan

shows what little AF know about Defenders IMHO

oo I think I shall take my series one defender out for a spin

Adrian Flux said:

Hi everyone,

This month’s Influx Magazine is all about the Land Rover Defender – perhaps the most iconic, and long-lasting 4x4 out there today. The Defender has been with us for 67 years now.

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You really have to love such blatant ignorance don't you.

Defender - introduced in 1990.

2015 - 1990 = 25 years!!!!

Oh and maybe I should mention this:


and this:


Do the maths and you'll find it trumps anything Land Rover.

Adrian Flux said:

barely changing from its original post-war designs

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Complete bollox, humorous, but total bollox. Every single bit has changed!!! :fighting2:

Actually I tell a lie, isn't the thread pitch on the diff sump plug still the same, only now with a metric head?

haters gonna hate

Haters haven't got anything to do with it! It's the blatant factual inaccuracies

300bhp/ton said:

You really have to love such blatant ignorance don't you.

Defender - introduced in 1990.

2015 - 1990 = 25 years!!!!

Oh and maybe I should mention this:

and this:

Do the maths and you'll find it trumps anything Land Rover.


Complete bollox, humorous, but total bollox. Every single bit has changed!!! :fighting2:

Actually I tell a lie, isn't the thread pitch on the diff sump plug still the same, only now with a metric head?

And and for the record, when the smeg was 1948 ever post war???? Or are you meaning Cold War, Falklands War, Gulf War....

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Every thing you sed cept the 1948 bit. That's post war right there.

Lol dunno how but read it as pre-war

dont see the inaccuracy, the defender is a direct model decent from the original , just as the rengade is from its. They used "probably " as its a possible point of discussion .
As for jeep is was a follow on to the bantam IIRC .

I'm guessing not many have actually read the article then?

The Jeep is mentioned as the Wilks brothers inspiration and it's certainly true that the development of the last of the Defenders can be traced step by step in a direct line back to the Series 1.

I think Trax is spot on

300bhp/ton said:

Lol dunno how but read it as pre-war

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Was probably all that foaming at the mouth splattering over yer glasses

Adrian Flux said:

The Defender has been with us for 67 years now,

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Which bit of that is accurate?

The Mad Hat Man said:

Which bit of that is accurate?

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Come December "The Defender.............has been" that bit

300bhp/ton said:

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Yes Land Rover's have been around for 67 years but Defender's haven't only 25 years

The defender name was brought into being due to arrival of "discovery" as it was a Land rover product and it was thought that people would be confused by "the Landrover" not having a a name different to the manufacturer name , as had not been an issue upto that point as The "range Rover" was the other rover , and only one. It was just called a 90 or 110 prior to that continuing the tradition of "The Landrover" being designated by its wheelbase.

Their intuition seems to have been proved right by some confused on this forum .

tacr2man said:

The defender name was brought into being due to arrival of "discovery" as it was a Land rover product and it was thought that people would be confused by "the Landrover" not having a a name different to the manufacturer name , as had not been an issue upto that point as The "range Rover" was the other rover , and only one. It was just called a 90 or 110 prior to that continuing the tradition of "The Landrover" being designated by its wheelbase.

Their intuition seems to have been proved right by some confused on this forum .

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Well the Range Rover was a Land Rover too, before the Disco or the Defender. I certainly don't object to the Defender name, have owned one in fact. But I don't think it was really that confusing. The naming was introduced for marketing reasons and nothing else. The aim to broaden the brand.

As for the wheel base namings. Not really, models that directly pre-date the Ninety/One Ten would be the Stage 1, Air Portable, One Ton, Forward Control. None mention the wheel base, or was there an FC110? (I.e. The Series IIb).

300bhp/ton said:

Well the Range Rover was a Land Rover too, before the Disco or the Defender. I certainly don't object to the Defender name, have owned one in fact. But I don't think it was really that confusing. The naming was introduced for marketing reasons and nothing else. The aim to broaden the brand.

As for the wheel base namings. Not really, models that directly pre-date the Ninety/One Ten would be the Stage 1, Air Portable, One Ton, Forward Control. None mention the wheel base, or was there an FC110? (I.e. The Series IIb).

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However much you want to argue about a name 67 years of tradition will end with the last Defender.

blue beasty said:

However much you want to argue about a name 67 years of tradition will end with the last Defender.

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Have I said it won't? I just wish LR had thought a little more when owned by Ford. They could have nicked the modern hydro formed F150 chassis, strong axles, engine range and body tub designs. And modern production technique. All they would have needed to do would be to Land Rover'ise it for a bit more focused off road use and reduced the wheelbase to something more akin for the UK/Euro market.

300bhp/ton said:

Have I said it won't.

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Maybe not exactly but when the OP said the design has barely changed......which in a very fundamental way it hasn't. .....you responded by saying it was complete bollix.

Now you're complaining it didn't change enough....