Land Rover Defender Heritage Edition Video Review

Hannes Oosthuizen

22 Apr 2016

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Land Rover has built more than 2 million units of its trusty 4×4, the Defender, since 1948 and in the years it was produced this Landy earned itself iconic status. Just looking at a Defender conjures up images of adventure and travel. But now, it is no more.

The Defender Heritage Edition reviewed here is the last of the breed as the Landy no longer complies with modern pedestrian safety regulations. So, to give it a fitting farewell, we sent our video man, Ciro de Siena, who had not driven a Defender previously, to find out why the Defender possesses such timeless allure.

Sit back, relax, and let’s head off-road.

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Hannes Oosthuizen

With the ultimate goal of spending his life writing about cars, Hannes studied journalism at the University of Stellenbosch. A brief stint as a sports editor for Paarl Post followed, before he joined CAR magazine in 2001. He eventually became the (youngest-ever) editor of CAR in 2011, a position he occupied for two years. During his career at CAR he became a member of the WCOTY (World Car of the Year) panel, wrote a book (Cranked Up: Confessions of a Petrolhead) and was named by the Mail & Guardian as one of the Top 200 South Africans to take to lunch in its 2008 Youth Day supplement, and by The Media magazine as one of the most influential media professionals under 40 (2012). He left CAR in 2013 to experience the \other\" side of the industry

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