Original Land Rover to live on until 2017

The Land Rover Defender will stay in production until 2017 and will be made alongside its eventual replacement due in 2015.

Defender 110 long wheelbase and 130 commercial variants of the dependable mud-plugger will avoid the chop and will be sold together with the Defender's replacement previewed at last month's Frankfurt Motor Show with the release of the DC100 and DC100 Sports concepts.