When the all-new Land Rover Defender finally arrived in 2020 after years of anticipation in 2020, it broke with tradition in all sorts of ways. The original Defender used a body-on-frame chassis; the new one used a unibody. The old ones rode on coil springs and solid front and rear axles; the new one uses air springs and independent suspension. The old Defender looked like the box it came in; the new version, from some angles, almost seemed like
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