DEMOGRAPHICS

With more and more modified Ford Rangers and Jeep Wranglers appearing at the top end of the off-road scene, you might be forgiven for thinking no-one is doing it with Land Rover Defenders any more. But while 90s and 110s have indeed been redefined by their galloping values, they’re still right at the heart of the UK off-road scene – as very ably demonstrated by this slick new demo truck from Terrafirma, and of course its cool Union Jack artwork

- Rob Boseley

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a steady drop-off in the number of Land Rover Defenders being used for off-road projects. People who would once have built one almost by default have been turning to the Jeep Wrangler or Ford Ranger instead, as Defender values have continued to go up and up to the point where they’re just too valuable to risk trashing.

But there’s life in the old dog yet. The Defender has turned into more and more of a classic since it went out of production, and the advent of the new one doesn’t appear to have changed that, but quality builds are still being done. And the aftermarket which supplies the parts for those builds is still thriving.

Indeed, said aftermarket continues to develop new products at a relentless pace. And this 2010 Defender 110 2.4 TDCi is a very good example of that – as well as being pretty tidy evidence of the fact that people are still building them the way they ought to be built.

Having started life in the service of the Military Police, the 110 came to Terrafirma last year as a standard-spec truck with a good, well known history – just what you want if you can’t be starting with a brand new one. Which, obviously, you can’t when they stopped making them four years ago. Since then, it has been turned into a self-propelled advert and a calling card that illustrates what the company is all about. ‘It shows people what