<P> The Land Rover Defender ( initially called the Land Rover Ninety and Land Rover One Ten ) is a British four - wheel drive off - road vehicle developed in the 1980s from the original Land Rover Series which was launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show in April 1948 . After a continuous run of 67 years production finally ended on 29 January 2016 when the last Land Rover Defender , with the number plate H166 HUE , rolled off the production line . A special edition Defender Works V8 , with 400bhp , was announced in January 2018 . The next - generation model , codenamed L663 , will be completely redesigned and come in two wheelbase sizes . </P>
<P> The Land Rover Defender ( initially called the Land Rover Ninety and Land Rover One Ten ) is a British four - wheel drive off - road vehicle developed in the 1980s from the original Land Rover Series which was launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show in April 1948 . After a continuous run of 67 years production finally ended on 29 January 2016 when the last Land Rover Defender , with the number plate H166 HUE , rolled off the production line . A special edition Defender Works V8 , with 400bhp , was announced in January 2018 . The next - generation model , codenamed L663 , will be completely redesigned and come in two wheelbase sizes . </P>
when was the last land rover defender made
when was the last land rover defender made
29 January 2016
29 January 2016