The truth is that beyond 2014 the old defender will become impossible to homologate for the european market. Perhaps Tata Motors will move production to India to carry on for another 50 years, but over here Land Rover have to move on. What's more, JLR seem to have quite a good grasp on what the market wants - there's a load of stuff they make that has the punters queuing up that I could never see myself buying (Range Rover Sport, RR Evoque to name but two). As with Morgans I suspect that most of the moaning about the new model will come from old blow-hards who've never, ever, purchased one new.
