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"The replacement for the Land Rover Defender should have the look and feel of a &amp;quot;high-end power tool,&amp;quot; according to Gerry McGovern, design director for Land Rover and Range Rover. Two versions of the company&amp;#039;s DC100 Concept, first seen in Frankfurt, are now making a splashy appearance here at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show. Standing alongside the blue DC100 hardtop, McGovern promised the next generation Defender will be &amp;quot;hard as nails&amp;quot; and that the rugged SUV remains the core of the Land Rover brand.        Land Rover DC100 Sport Concept    Fun, rugged and functional   While describing the original Defender, McGovern joked that Land Rover has had approximately 60 years to consider its replacement. The boxy and utilitarian Land Rover Series 1 (later known as the Defender) first appeared back in 1948. The next Defender, set to go on sale in 2015 or early 2016, will represent a break with tradition though not at the expense of treading on Land Rover values.        Land Rover DC100 Sport Concept    &amp;quot;The Defender has been around for 63 years now. It doesn&amp;#039;t belong to Land Rover, it belongs to the world,&amp;quot; said Richard Wooley, studio director for advanced design at Land Rover. With the current Defender available in 28 different variations, Wooley promises the next version will be equally diverse. Station wagons, pickups, and long- and short-wheelbase models will be available.        Land Rover DC100 Concept    The next Defender will use a body-on-frame platform, and offer a new range of gasoline and diesel-power 4-cylinder engines. A sporty 6-cylinder halo model, similar to the yellow DC100 Sport Concept here in Los Angeles, is also possible. So too is a hybrid variant.   Land Rover invited the media to get behind the wheel of the DC100 Sport prior to the Los Angeles Auto Show. Since it&amp;#039;s strictly a concept, we were limited to slowly crawling over the sandy beaches of Santa Monica. While it&amp;#039;s far too early in the development process to draw any driving impressions from the drive, Land Rover&amp;#039;s long-term approach to redefining the next Defender bodes well for its replacement. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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