Land Rover Defender To Be Succeeded By “Project Icon” - Motor Report

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TIGHTENING EMISSIONS legislation is expected to sound the death knell for Land Rover&#39;s iconic Defender off-roader within the next couple of years, ...
Project Icon: Next-Gen Land Rover Defender (http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorauthority.com%2Fblog%2F1 035656_project-icon-next-gen-land-rover-defender&usg=AFQjCNElz6fvrqG5BLg0eyzFJZiRzwmpFg)Motor Authority
Project Icon - the new Defender (http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autocar.co.uk%2FNews%2FNewsAr ticle%2FAllCars%2F243591%2F&usg=AFQjCNG4bHokjqGV6H8ukbpHI0P4n9Q0qw)Autocar

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[jplambs]

Is this for real? I have done a search and can only find 6 news articles on it.

If it is the one thing that I will be very disappointed about would be if they got rid of the current solid axles and substituted independent suspension.

There was some speculation on one of the sites that this is simply an attempt to divert attention from Land Rover announcing that they are closing one of their plants down.