Friday 20th March 2015

Land Rover Defender by Paul Smith

A reserved and modest farewell for the Defender? Not a bit of it!

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So this is the other end of what JLR's Special Vehicle Operations can do. Earlier this week the Range Rover Sport SVR was reviewed and now there's a one-off Defender, designed by Sir Paul Smith and created by SVO.

Counted all 27 colours yet?

Bespoke vehicles will also be part of SVO's remit with this car - in case you hadn't already guessed - built entirely to Paul Smith's personal spec. Outside there are 27 different colours, said to take inspiration from the British countryside and colours historically seen on Armed Forces Defenders.

The interior doesn't quite have 27 colours but does feature contrast blue stitching, a new Paul Smith clock and "lots of little hidden details." Again the intention was to ensure the Defender is unique. Certainly that...

Powertrain? That's rather missing the point. The Paul Smith Defender is here to enhance the image of both while ensuring the Defender is being discussed right up until its last day of production. You get the feeling they will probably succeed!

 

 

[Iamnotkloot]

All style over substance.....strangely likeable

[AlexHat]

reminds me of a Polo special edition...

[SirSquidalot]

Sure this wasn't designed by someone without eyes? Horrendous! Looks like a teenager with some spray paint has had a crack at it.

[ukwill]

Looks like someone's sourced a whole load of different coloured panels from a scrappy.

[carinaman]

I commented in the other thread:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/motoring/65036/p...

I don't know. I quite like some of that.

I don't like it as much as that pale pea green shade that they're doing the run out models in. That's a lovely colour.

[vtecyo]

One of the most dreadful vehicles on the road made even more cack.

Would rather boil myself.

[Zad]

Most Landies look like that don't they? All the random replacement panels from scrappies.

[Hooli]

ukwill said:

Looks like someone's sourced a whole load of different coloured panels from a scrappy.

Looks like an old 'fender used offroad a lot & repaired with cheap panels off bay.

[Fizpop]

I love Defenders. I think it's better that they kill it off rather than do all this hipster st to it. I reminds me of someone making a grandad dance or an aunty in hot pants.

Leave it alone.

[Mark-C]

[HorneyMX5]

Terrible.

The Paul SMith edition Mini though was brilliant.

[KTF]

Wtf?

[anonymous-user]

Seriously now JLR, just let the dam thing die with its dignity intact!

This is like digging up a recently dead uncle or aunt, and dressing their body in a clowns outfit and parading it through the streets shouting "OOH, Look at me"........ Stop it. Just STOP IT NOW......

[B10]

Shame that most of Paul Smith clothes are not made in the UK and have not done for many years, yet is a darling of the UK fashion industry. Not sure I understand the fuss over his clothes and even less so over this defender that seems to have has a the Pantone colour chart thrown at it after a few beers.

[W00DY]

Mark-C said:

A much more successful look than the Defender. Which is awful.

[unsprung]

Fun. And somewhat Mondrian in design.

In the end, it feels more like a collectible than a "I'll churn through mud and scrape it along trees and boulders, come what may."

[j90gta]

The blue Mini was quite tasteful; this however .......

[jeebus]

HorneyMX5 said:

Terrible.

The Paul SMith edition Mini though was brilliant.

Off topic, but I remember sitting in one of those in the showroom in 96 or 97 and thinking that who in their right mind would buy one of these piles of cack. The Paul Smith did look quite smart but scrapyards were full of rotten minis at the time and if I remember right, the new ones were not cheap either.

[J4CKO]

HorneyMX5 said:

Terrible.

The Paul SMith edition Mini though was brilliant.

Oh the creative design genius at work, er, paint it blue and put some leather seats in, I think Mike brewer and Edd China could have done that.

As for the Lnady, it has the look of one recently restored with various secondhand panels that is waiting for a coat of Rustoleum, be nice when its done !

[DanielSan]

Why buy a brand new defender that's random colours? There's plenty of second hand ones already like that.