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The current generation of the Defender might still be around until 2017, but this is only true for the long wheelbase incarnation of the vehicle, as the short one will be replaced by the production version of the DC100 concept in 2015.
And it seems that Land Rover plans to use a different pathway than the upper-class one of the new Defender, being ready to cater to the needs of the third world.
In an interview for Inside Line, Land Rover Global Brand Director John Edwards, explained that Landie wants to return to its roots when the DC100 enters production.
"Sometimes we talk too much about the NAS [North American Specification] 90 Defender and surfer dudes, and not enough about the Red Cross, Zambia or the Australian Outback. We want to get back to our roots, but it would be nice if in doing so, we can also sell it to the Californian surfer dude," the exectuive was quoted as saying by the aforementioned source.
And there’s more. If we ad the last part of the aforementioned statement with the fact that the carmaker plans to bring a revised version of the concept to next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, we can assume that the company also wants to bring the Defender back to the US.
In an interview for Inside Line, Land Rover Global Brand Director John Edwards, explained that Landie wants to return to its roots when the DC100 enters production.
"Sometimes we talk too much about the NAS [North American Specification] 90 Defender and surfer dudes, and not enough about the Red Cross, Zambia or the Australian Outback. We want to get back to our roots, but it would be nice if in doing so, we can also sell it to the Californian surfer dude," the exectuive was quoted as saying by the aforementioned source.
And there’s more. If we ad the last part of the aforementioned statement with the fact that the carmaker plans to bring a revised version of the concept to next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, we can assume that the company also wants to bring the Defender back to the US.
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