The first gen / facelift Freelancer is still a fairly common site in the UK.

But to answer where they went - the Rover (yes Rover, not Land Rover) K-series engine has serious head gasket issues, especially in a heavier car than the small hatchbacks it was designed for.

I’m guessing that most of the ones I see in the UK…

IIRC - First carbon tub, first active aero, first fan effect, first semi-structural engine, first magnesium alloy wheels. I’m sure there’s a lot more.

That Arnarge estate looks horrendous - like a Chrysler 300C

Very different intended use cases anywhere but the US.

The Defender is a rugged commercial vehicle. It has multiples of Wrangler payload, numerous factory upfit options (fire engine, cherry picker, special forces, ambulance, dumper, etc.), and at base trim is competitive with the Hilux, L200, etc. on cost, economy, and…

Where’s the 19.3 from?

The Freelander/LR2 wasn’t the first - a 2.6L i6 was offered in the Series 3 Land Rover, which went on sale in 1971. I believe the NAS Defender received a BMW i6, too.

Tbh, you can already tell from how low this sits, and the alloys, that it isn’t going to be a car of that ilk.

Agreed, even Land Rover had to stop doing this for the last ~10 years of Defender production.

Except the real answer to the title question is “Europe, Africa, and Asia”.

In small cars, which are popular for fuel economy reasons in those places, automatic gearboxes still don’t cut it. If they’re good enough, they’re too big, expensive and heavy relative to the car. If they’re cost-effective and light, they sap…

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If you want to go faster, there’s always the V8 diesel Range Rover.

Surprised they don’t sell the V8 diesel in the US, given it’s essentially the same engine.

I mean, I’d have said the Skoda/Seat was the entry level, but point remains I guess.

Touché

But there’s a reason so many cars, even economical cars, popular in the US don’t succeed in the UK, and it’s cabin plastics - so I guess YMMV :P

As a Brit, it’s so strange how different the reputation these cars has is in the US. My parents had a Mk4 Golf estate, TDI 6-speed, they towed a caravan with it until it had done 200k+ miles and it never batted an eyelid. Do you get cars from a different factory or something?

Are you in North America? If not, 2017 Land Rover Defender 90.

Toyota-controlled companies make a lot of HD commercial vehicles for Asian markets.

Plus the brand damage to VW is mostly in the US, which isn’t where either of these brands sell most of their trucks.

Southern England is littered with small airfields like this, most haven’t been working military bases since the second world war.

I’d guess that this is a development of the engine they co-developed with PSA, which has so far been used in various Jaguar and Land Rover products and big Peugeot/Citroen saloons.