They weren't imported in the U.S. in large numbers like the rest of the Land Rovers. They sell for a lot cheaper anywhere in the world but the U.S. Heck, theres a guy who traded his defender for a TD5 Discovery 2, I envy him.

 

A TD5 Diesel Disco II is comparable to a Unicorn for we Americans lol. True?

 

250,000 discos came in this country, 10,000 defenders came in, you do the math

 

Supply & Demand at it's finest! lol

 

ok, I will........carry the 4..........and.......wow, so that's like a difference of like ten hundred and fourteen and a half.....wow, that is a lot!

 

I'm afraid that any blowout on one of these vehicles at highway speed is quite likely to result in loss of control. Just an unfortunate fact about SUVs - look up the Ford Explorer / Firestone tires controversy :

Firestone and Ford tire controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

250 deaths due to tread separation! Reason was a combination of poor tire construction, and low pressures - 26 PSI.

The best precaution by far is to make sure your tires are in good shape, and check the pressures regularly.

I knew a guy killed in the UK when a front tire blew out on a Defender 110.

 

I envy him because where he's from his defender is worth less then the D2! There are two D90's at Land Rover Las Vegas and they are selling for like 60-70k? While if I sold mine I could get 4k, maybe.