The Land Rover Defender Is Back

Original source: Fortune

Land Rover resurrected its iconic Defender nameplate on Tuesday, returning the rugged 4x4 to the U.S. market after more than two decades away.

The boxy off-roader was discontinued stateside in 1997 but sold globally until Jaguar Land Rover halted production in 2016 due to safety regulations.

“Four years ago I had to make the difficult decision to stop production of the iconic Defender,” Ralf Speth, chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, said Tuesday at the Frankfurt Motor Show. “Today I give you back the new Defender, the best ever.”…