The British have also based the new edition on the classic design.
Dusseldorf “Just put me on the back of a Land Rover and drive me to Windsor.” Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is said to have often said this to his wife, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
The Prince Consort did not choose to joke. When he died last year at the age of 99, his last wish was granted. The final escort of the coffin was carried out in a Philips-designed Defender SUV, the iconic “Landy”, with the specification “130 Gun Bus”.
But even the most devoted Defender drivers, such as Prince Philip, find it difficult to justify their passion for the king of SUVs. Anyone who doesn’t exactly deny climate change can hardly drive a car that burns almost 14 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers and thus emits almost as much CO2 as two small cars.
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