Ngokwezithuthi ezidibanisa imifanekiso yokuhlola kunye ne-adventures, ngaba kukho i-modelic model kune-Land Rover Defender? Inkqubo yokuqala yale moto engasemgwaqweni iqhutywe kwi-assembly line e-UK emva kowe-1948, kwaye iminyaka engama-67 isele ihamba phambili kwiindawo ezikude. Kodwa ekupheleni konyaka we-2015 inkampani iya kuphelisa ukuveliswa kwe-4x4, ibonakalise ukuphela kwexesha lezithuthi eziye zaphela ekupheleni kweMhlaba.
Eyona nto eyenzelwe yenziwe njengendlela isetyenziswe kwiifama e-United Kingdom, imodeli yase-Land Rover yasekuqaleni yayisebenzisa i-chassis efana ne-American Jeeps, eyayizuzile ukuba ikwazi ukuhamba naphina xa isebenza kwimfazwe yeMfazwe Yehlabathi. II. Kodwa njengoko i-Series I Land Rover iguqukile, yathatha ubomi bodwa, ibonisa amandla ayo okuyithatha indawo enzima. Kungekudala, yashiya ipulazi yaza yaba yintsika yabahloli kunye nabaqhubi kwihlabathi lonke.
Kwimeko Emva kwemfazwe yama-1950 kunye nee-60 ze-Land Rovers zaba zezithuthi ezikhethiweyo kwiindawo ezinjenge-Afrika, eMzantsi Melika kunye nase-Asia Ephakathi. Uluhlu kwaye unokwethenjelwa, u-Defender wayevame ukubonwa njengendlela yodwa yokwenza uhambo olude kunye nolunzima, kwaye njengezithuthi zenkxaso kwii-Himalaya, empuma yeAfrika, nangaphezulu.
Enye yeehambo zokuqala ezancedisa iifoto ze-Land Rover kwimephu kwakukho uhambo lwe-1955 eYurophu, eMiddle East, nase-Asia ukusuka eLondon ukuya eSingapore.
Leyo yayiya kuba luhambo lweendlela ezinqabileyo namhlanje, kodwa emva kweminyaka elishumi emva kokuphela kweMfazwe eYurophu, kwakuyinzima kakhulu ukuthetha okungenani. Amadoda amathandathu athathwe kwiinqwelo ezimbini ukuhamba ngaphaya kwehlabathi, edlula kwindawo engaziwayo, ejongene nesimo sezulu esingcolileyo, kunye neendlela eziqhubekayo ezinzima kunye nomhlaba.
Baye baphumelela kule njongo, kwaye yabonisa ukuba i-Defender ibalulekile, ukutywinwa kwegama layo iminyaka ezayo.
Olunye uhambo lomhlaba oyiRoot Rover lwaluyimpumelelo ye-1959 yeDarien Gap eMzantsi Melika. Lo mmandla uhlala kwenye yezona ndawo zikhohlisayo kwaye zifuna ukuhamba ukuya kulolu suku, kwaye ngexesha lohambo aluzange liwele ngeloliwe. Ukudlula emahlathini amaninzi kunye namahlathi amaninzi, abasebenzi bavame ukufikelela kwiiyari ezingama-220 ngeyure nje, njengoko i-Defender iphinda ibonisa ukuba iyabaluleka kwindawo enzima. Ngokufanayo ziya kuphinda ziphande kwakhona ngo-1972, xa ezimbini iiRange Rovers zenze uhambo lokuqala oluhamba ngaphesheya kweMntla kunye neMzantsi Melika.
Kule minyaka i-Land Rover iye yahamba kuwo onke amazwekazi asixhenxe, kwaye uye watyelela ezinye zeendawo ezikude kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngelo xesha, liye lazibonakalisa njengezithuthi eziza kubakhulula abagibeli bayo ngokuphepha kwindawo eya kuyo, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ziphi. Kuthathe abahamba ngeenqwelo ezihamba phambili kwi-safari e-Afrika nakwi-Plateau yaseTibetan ukuya kwi-Himalaya. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo isithuthi esisodwa esondelelene nokuhlolisiswa kwimihla yamanje.
Kungekudala, i-Land Rover iqokelele imodeli yesibini ye-Defender kwi-assembly line e-Solihull, eNgilani, eyona nto ibangela ukubhiyozela kunye nokucinga. Inkampani yamema i-star-star ambassadors ukuba incedise ukubeka isithuthi ndawonye, kubandakanywa nezinto ezithandwa ngu-Bear Grylls kunye neMonty Halls.
Imodeli yasekuqaleni ye-Land Rover ekhishwe ngo-1948 ibizwa ngokuba yiChungechunge I, kunye namanqaku alandelayo athola i-Series II ne-III monikers. Igama le Defender alizange lizalwe kude kube ngo-1983, xa kukho ukutshintshwa kwendlela izithuthi eziye zaveliswa ngayo kwaye inkampani ifuna indlela entsha yokubeka uphawu. Kamva, igama lalisetyenziswe ngokutsha kwizizukulwana zangaphambili, oko kutheni ngoku kukho izigidigidi eziguqulelwe eziguqulelwe.
I-edition ekhethekileyo i-Defender iya kuthengiswa kwintengiso yothando, kwaye iquka ezinye izinto ezihlukileyo ezikunceda ukuba zihluke kwisihlwele.
Phakathi kwazo imephu ekhethekileyo yeRed War War Bay eWales, apho i-Land Rover yokuqala eyayiyilwe ngayo entlabathi ngaphambi kokuya kwimveliso. Le maphu ifunyaniswa ngokucacileyo ibekwe kwizihlalo, kodwa emzimbeni ngokwawo phakathi kweendawo zangaphambili zamasondo kunye nezivulo zomnyango. Njengokuba oko kwakungekho ngokwaneleyo, inani "2,000,000" ligxininiswe kwi-headrest, kwaye i-plaque yedash isayinwe ngabo bonke abantu abancedisayo ukuhlanganisa isithuthi. Kwenzeka kwakhona kumbala wesilivere ocacileyo kwaye ubandakanye iingqungquthela ezimnyama ezijikelezayo kumavili, uphahla, iintsimbi zendlu, i-mirror caps, kunye ne-grill.
I-intanethi yale ngqungquthela yembali ye-vehicular isetyenziswe ukuba iyenze ngoDisemba walo nyaka, njengoko uMhlaba Rover ulungiselela ukuphuhlisa umveliso kwi-Defender ngokwawo. Kodwa abalandeli bezilwanyana ezingabonakaliyo bezilwanyana kufuneka bangakhathazeki kakhulu. Inkampani isele iqalile ukusebenza kumzekelo wokutshintshwa, oye wahlengahlengiswa ngokupheleleyo kwaye usetyenziselwa ukuthengiswa ngo-2018. Andiqinisekanga ukuba iya kuqhubeka nelifa elibekwe phantsi kwiMihlaba yoMhlaba efike phambi kwayo.