I live in Sao Paulo catering Financial Market Services to Ultrahighnetworth Individuals. I use the car to bring my two girls(they prefer it to my wife's Citroen....) to school
. I go to work, fighting my way through the 18 Mio inhabitants city, where no reliable public transport exists, picking up people at the airport, driving up to the most fancy restaurants
, where people show up with Porsche Cayenne (armored), Maserati Quatroporte and still getting the tru valet parking attention.
On the week-end we drive truly offroad.
You identify the sound of the defender
is as characteristic as the sound of a Ferrari, when you hear it a block away
. Any other 4x4 in SP such as Discovery, Mitsubishi, Toyota you need definitely to consider making it bullet proof for safety reasons.
There might be many rational arguments to discontinue the Defender, but cars have to do with emotions, which you don't feel looking at a LS200 or similar products, notwithstanding any EU or US safety regulations...
Ah finally, it is the only vehicle that regularly greets eachother in this huge city, when they cross...
