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by smooc 1294 days ago
Correct. It's why landrover doesn't make its Defender available anymore. They can't fix the emissions to comply with modern regulations.

This was a reply to bombcar.

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The emissions weren't the issue; they just kept replacing the engine with newer ones - the Ford one they were using at the end had a Euro VI version so they could have kept using that.

The issues were more around safety (both passenger and pedestrian) and not being able to sell it in many countries because it can't have an airbag fitted (I think there was an ergonomics reason it wasn't possible).

They do have a new defender but it’s a far cry from the old version.