A battered, bare-bones LandRover Defender is great for rural mud-plugging, but as the 4x4 turns 75, hiltonholloway celebrates its more luxurious credentials
I suppose I was surprised that the now Prince of Wales didn’t have something smarter or more luxurious for driving off-road.
But that would miss the point altogether. There’s nothing more authentic than an original Land Rover. And there’s nothing more authentic than encouraging - or allowing – it to fade, crack, absorb a few dents and generally weather nicely. I must admit to being baffled by the original Landy. The tiny, camped cockpit, with a driver’s seat that won’t remotely move far enough back, and having to drive with my right elbow out of the window.
Nope, I know the country set won’t buy it, but I’d be much happier in the new Defender. Luxury, as somebody very clever once said, is really the removal of irritation. And the old Landy irritated me. Using a broken stick to hold the door closed might be a cool photo, but that would irritate me. Leaking windscreens would irritate me.
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