As long as you don't mind right-hand steering and the persistent aroma of wet sheepdog, there's an urbane glamour to driving the original aluminum-bodied earth-roamer, whose lineage dates right back to the 1948 original. Prices have only gotten steeper in the collector market for the few North American-spec Defenders available, no doubt driven by a micro-economy that places the supply well below the demand.
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