Land Rover Monthly – October 2019

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anuary 29, 2016. Theday De-

fender productionended at Soli-

hull. Now over three and ahalf

years later and weknow for cer-

tain that the launchof the new Defender

is closerthanever. How?Well the other

day Iopened mycurtainsand acamo

versionof the new Defender drovepast.

Truestory. They are bloody everywhere.

TheDukeof Richmondrecently drove

oneupGoodwoodHill to offi cially open

the Festivalof Speed. Conservationists

in Kenya were spotted using onein the

BoranaConservancy. Andmost of you

would’veseenthe recentfootage of the

Red Cross using oneto blast upand

downthe dunesof Dubai (according to

reports noduneswere harmed in the

process). Then if you believe everything

you see and readon socialmedia(I

don’t) they even testeda camo new

Defender onthe back of anAAtruck.

Media outlets are reporting that

the great unveilingwill happenin a

few weeks timeat the Frankfurt Mo-

tor Show. Recently four journalists

were given anexclusivedrive in a new

Defender prototype at Gaydon’s test

tracks. John McIlroy, the deputy editor

of our sister publicationAuto Express,

New Defender D-day

is nearly here...

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DavePhillips

Manvs machine...

There arevalid

arguments on both

sidesp.

has some rather juicythingsto say about the

experience onpage24.

Personally, Icannot wait to see, drive and

off-roadthe new Defender. Thereturn of

the prodigalsonis longoverdue. It will also

fi ll the gap left whenproductionof the Dis-

covery 4 ended asthe new Discovery looks

nothing likeits predecessor. This isprobably

why some are sayingthe camoversionof

the new Defender looks likea D3or D4. I

knowsome will hate it. Giveit a chanceI say,

reservejudgementuntil you haveseenor

experienced one. Rememberits an entirely

new vehicle and not the oldDefender. What

I doknowis that JLR needs it to sell in big

numbers. Watch this spacefor more exclu-

sivenewsonthe new Defender.

Onpage 48 wehaveour Tyre Guide. Tyre

expert Grant Spolander covers everything

you needto knowabout before splashing

your hard earned on new rubber for your

LandRover. Then our panel of experts have

identified 10 tyres wethink you might liketo

consider. Astyres are the only part of your

LandRover in contact with the planet Earth,

it’s a pretty important decision. This article

will help you make aninformed choice.

Patrick Cruywagen

Editor

Gary Pusey

Gary unveils the

secretsof LandRover

mileage driver, Colin

Parkesp.

ThomWestcott

Thom is

encouragedto doa

spotof off-roading

and loves itp.

Read our thoughts

on the prototype

Defender (p.24)