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    Defender of the Faith No More: Land Rover to Build Iconic 4x4&#39;s Successor in India
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    Land Rover&#39;s 4x4 has been in production since 1949 and, even though it evolved somewhat over the decades, at heart it was always the same. And even though Land Rover has licensed the manufacture of some derivatives and clones of the Defender in ...




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    You know what!!!!

    I'm not sure that this should be a surprise to anyone. I give it 10 years and there will be NO british built land Rovers or Range Rovers. I think that maybe there will be a design and study studio in the UK but they will all be made in India. All it will take is one more recession and the British workers asking for a payrise, the British government refusing to help with financial aid and TATA will take it all overseas. The Chinese did it with MG-Rover. Bought the remains of the company and shipped the manufacturing tooling to China lock stock and barrel. The government even helped with the shipping costs. Shame on the British government for allowing the Indians to buy one of the last iconic motor manufacturers left in the UK.

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    The Indians will build a better Defender and at lower cost.

    When I did some work on an RRS last year, I noticed a lot of the aluminium engine parts were made in India.
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    The Indians will build a better Defender and at lower cost.

    When I did some work on an RRS last year, I noticed a lot of the aluminium engine parts were made in India.
    Actually, they may not build a better Defender.

    It seems the Defender name introduced in the early 1990s with the advent of the Dscovery will likely not adorn the next generation of the utilitarian Land Rover model.

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