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Defender production to cease in 2015

BBC News - Emission rules to end Land Rover Defender production

Apols if this isn't in the right part of the site. Am posting as I am slightly mystified by the given reason - 'emissions'. Don't Defenders have that same Duratorq engine as Ford Transits and Rangers? Seems odd that they would have to stop in 2015 as well or, more to the point, that JLR can't fit whatever engine it takes to get through the regs after 2015.

Or is this just a face-saving excuse???
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I think its just a simplification of all the compliance problems stacking up for a very old design , that would be too complicated for the understanding of the general public , so you need to keep the message easy to understand .
The bigger concern is what are they going to replace it with , in a way same as nothing has replaced Concord ! Its going to be a hard act to follow . In one way its a relief as it was slowly being damaged by the way it was developing (going backwards rather than forward when looking at its original appeal and utility) JMHO
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Follow-up article from the BBC - BBC News - Owners lament loss of Land Rover Defender
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Agree with you there tacr2man......there's nothing more that can be done with the old mine Donkey, so its out to pasture with a plausible excuse for the old girl.
While its the end of an era, hopefully there's enough Series/Defenders around to keep parts production going for a long time to come.

Personally I am looking forward to what they come up with, (with some trepidation of course) I wont be selling my D90 - ever, but I am interested in replacing the Discovery in a few years - which to be honest doesn't get used off road much these days (I do that on Motorbikes) but it has done Stirling service over the last 7 years I've had it - always getting us through to our destination during brutal Winter driving conditions, where the side of the highway is often littered with abandoned cars and the Discovery has on more than one occasion, pulled Toyotas out of the ditches
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........or production heading to India where Tata is headquartered?
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I've often thought that would be an obvious idea, given the level of manual work involved in the assembly of Defenders.

All depends on whether India adopts the same vehicle construction / crash safety regs as the EU, I suppose - think their emissions ones are the same as the EU these days?
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