The Land Rover Series I, II, and III, Ninety, One Ten, 127, and Defender are off-road vehicles produced by the British manufacturer Land Rover. The Defender is the descendant of the Series models, following over 50 years of “evolution” along the same basic design, and retaining very similar looks. Land Rover say that 70% of these vehicles ever made are still in use today- a claim first made in the 1992 brochure and repeated many times since, being much publicised when cited by Richard Hammond of the BBC’s Top Gear.
Series models and Defenders are easily confused due to their similar styling — many body parts are interchangeable between brand-new models and vehicles nearly 30 years old. Differences, however, are significant. The principal differences between Defenders and Series models are that the Series models are leaf-sprung with selectable two- or four-wheel drive whereas Defenders are coil-sprung with permanent four wheel drive and locking central differential.
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