A gaskiya ma, tarihin Land Rover Defender yana da alaƙa da tarihin Land Rover. A tsakiyar yakin duniya na biyu, wata tawagar karkashin jagorancin daraktan zane Maurice Wilks ta fara kera wani samfurin da zai maye gurbin Jeep din da sojojin Amurka ke amfani da shi a lokaci guda kuma ya zama motar aiki ga manoman Burtaniya. Motar tuka-tuka, sitiyarin tsakiya da kuma motar Jeep sune manyan abubuwan wannan abin hawa daga kan hanya, wanda ake yiwa lakabi da Cibiyar Steer.
Ba da daɗewa ba, an gabatar da samfurin farko a Amsterdam Automobile a cikin 1948. Don haka an haife shi na farko na "Land Rover Series" guda uku, wani nau'in motocin da ke cikin ƙasa wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa ga nau'ikan Amurkawa irin su Willys MB.
Daga baya, a cikin 1983, an yi masa lakabi da "Land Rover One Ten" (110), da kuma shekara mai zuwa, "Land Rover Ninety" (90), dukansu suna wakiltar nisa tsakanin axles. Ko da yake ƙirar ta yi kama da sauran samfuran, tana da ingantattun ingantattun injina - sabon akwatin gear, dakatarwar ruwa, fayafai a kan ƙafafun gaba da kuma tuƙi mai taimakawa ta ruwa.
Gidan kuma ya fi dacewa (kadan… amma ya fi dacewa). Na'urorin wutar lantarki na farko da aka samu sun kasance iri ɗaya da na Land Rover Series III - shingen lita 2.3 da injin V8 mai nauyin lita 3.5.
Baya ga waɗannan nau'ikan guda biyu, Land Rover ya gabatar, a cikin 1983, wani nau'in da aka yi musamman don amfani da sojoji da masana'antu, mai ƙafar ƙafar inci 127. Bisa ga alama, Land Rover 127 (hoton da ke ƙasa) ya yi amfani da manufar jigilar ma'aikata da yawa da kayan aiki a lokaci guda - har zuwa 1400 kg.
A ƙarshen shekaru goma, alamar ta Burtaniya ta sami nasarar farfadowa daga rikicin tallace-tallace na duniya wanda ya daɗe tun 1980, galibi saboda sabunta injiniyoyi. Bayan gabatarwar Land Rover Discovery a kasuwa a cikin 1989, alamar Birtaniyya tana da buƙatar sake tunani na asali samfurin, don mafi kyawun tsarin girma na samfura.
A wannan lokacin ne aka haifi sunan Defender, wanda ya bayyana a kasuwa a shekarar 1990. Amma canje-canje ba kawai a cikin sunan ba, amma har ma a cikin injuna. A wannan lokacin, ana samun Defender tare da injin turbo dizal mai nauyin 2.5 hp tare da 85 hp da injin V8 mai nauyin 3.5 hp tare da 134 hp.
Duk da juyin halitta na halitta a cikin shekarun 90s, a zahiri, nau'ikan Land Rover Defender har yanzu sun yi kama da na Land Rover Series I, suna biyayya da nau'in gini iri ɗaya, dangane da sassan jikin ƙarfe da aluminum. Koyaya, injunan sun samo asali ne tare da 200Tdi, 300Tdi da TD5.
A shekara ta 2007 wani nau'i mai mahimmanci ya bayyana: Land Rover Defender ya fara amfani da sabon akwati mai sauri shida da injin turbo-dizal mai lita 2.4 (wanda kuma ake amfani dashi a cikin Ford Transit), maimakon Td5 block. Na gaba siga, a cikin 2012, ya zo da wani ƙarin kayyade bambance-bambancen na wannan inji, 2.2 lita ZSD-422, domin a bi da ƙazantar ƙazantar da iyaka.
Yanzu, layin samar da mafi dadewa ya zo ƙarshe, amma wannan ba wani dalili ba ne da za a karaya: da alama, alamar Birtaniyya za ta riga ta haɗu da maye gurbin da ya dace na Land Rover Defender. Kusan shekaru bakwai na samarwa da fiye da raka'a miliyan biyu daga baya, muna ba da girmamawa ga ɗayan mafi kyawun ƙirar ƙira a cikin masana'antar kera motoci.