After 61 years on the market, Land Rover's iconic Defender SUV will finally be replaced around 2013, the British brand has revealed.
Land Rover's go-anywhere image was built largely on the strength of the boxy and nearly indestructible Defender, which has not even received a major change to its bodywork since 1983 -- before Hyundai had sold its first car in the United States and before GM created the Saturn brand. It stopped selling in the United States a few years ago.
New global standards for emissions and pedestrian-friendly front ends will require either an all-new vehicle or a profound engineering of the existing Defender, which went into production in 1948, Land Rover managing director Phil Popham told Australian newsletter GoAutoNews.
The new Defender will be even more capable than the outgoing vehicle, Popham said, allaying fears that it might devolve into another cute-ute with SUV looks and little true off-road prowess.
"We'll be really tuning up the versatility side and practicality side," Popham said. "That for me is the core" of the Defender's identity.
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