Ngenxa yemithetho eqinile yokuphepha nokukhipha umoya e-Europe, iLand Rover isiqinisekise ukuphela kokukhiqizwa kweLand Rover Defender ka-2015.
Uhlobo lwaseBrithani luthi lusebenzela ozongena esikhundleni seLand Rover Defender, kodwa okwamanje, alivezi igama noma imininingwane yemodeli entsha, futhi aluvezi usuku olulindelekile lokufika kwayo emakethe.
Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi bakwaBernstein Research, abasanda kwenza umbiko nge-JLR (Jaguar-Land Rover), ozongena esikhundleni seLand Rover Defender angase abambezeleke kuze kube u-2019, ngenxa yemodeli yebhizinisi ebonakala ibuthakathaka kanye namavolumu aqageliwe. iphansi ukuze kuqinisekiswe inzuzo yayo.
Naphezu kokwethula imiqondo embalwa embukisweni waseFrankfurt eminyakeni emibili edlule eveze indlela engase ibe khona eyakumlandeli weLand Rover Defender, lezi ziphakamiso, eziqanjwe ngokuthi i-DC100, ezisekelwe ekwakhiweni okuyinhloko okusensimbi, zahoxiswa. Etafuleni kukhona ithuba lokusebenzisa isisekelo se-aluminium ebiza kakhulu seRange Rover entsha, esizodala i-Defender enenye indawo yokuhweba.
ILand Rover Defender inemvelaphi yayo ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II, yazalwa ngo-1948, yaba imodeli yokuqala yalolu hlobo. Igama elithi Defender, noma kunjalo, livela kuphela ngo-1990. Naphezu kokuziphendukela kwemvelo okudingekayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-Defender isalokhu, empeleni, ifana kakhulu ne-Land Rover Series I, ilalela uhlobo olufanayo lokwakha, olusekelwe kumaphaneli omzimba wensimbi ne-aluminium.
Nakuba iyisakhiwo sodumo, enenqwaba yabalandeli, iyimodeli engasemuva kuLand Rover yanamuhla. Ngokusho kwedatha evela ku-JATO Dynamics, Abavikeli abangama-561 kuphela abathole umthengi e-Europe ngo-2013 (idatha ibuyekezwe kuze kube ngu-Agasti).
