If this article is correct, I fear the Defender is doomed. It's just a LR Discovery/Ford Territory/Jaguar F Pace.
Sometimes a manufacturer needs a hero product which may not make them money, but is the essence of what the brand is about. The Defender for me was that car for LR.
The fact they're set solely on economics for this car by using the same platform they use for all the others tells me the owners don't understand what they bought when they bought Land Rover.
While I'm not a Jeep fan, I love how they continue to develop the Wrangler as it's their hero car. It's what people picture in their heads when they think Jeep.
Toyota did a fair job with the FJ Cruiser to bring back some of the old Land cruiser nostalgia, again a hero product... and they built that in a Prado platform!
I hope this article is false..
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