Land Rover marks the celebration of 67 years of producing the iconic Defender with the Defender 2,000,000, which commemorates the United Kingdom production of the two millionth unit of the Series Land Rover and Defender.
The Defender 2,000,000 was designed as a tribute to the decades of producing the Land Rover AT Solihull plant, with the vehicle to be auctioned off in December.
Proceeds of the auction will be forwarded to the humanitarian and conservation partners of Land Rover, namely the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Born Free Foundation.
According to Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth, the Series Land Rover and Defender vehicles have been the transportation of choice for people ranging from explorers, farmers, charity organizations and even royalty.
The Series Land Rover, and in turn the Defender, started out as an agricultural workhorse but then transformed into a worldwide automobile icon as a unique vehicle.
Last month, several avid fans of the Defender banded together to assist in the development of the Defender 2,000,000. The team included Speth, descendants of the founders of the Land Rover, the CEO of the British Red Cross and TV personality Bear Grylls.
The Defender 2,000,000 features several design components that distinguish it as a unique vehicle. The vehicle's fender features an engraving of a map of the Red Wharf Bay, where the original Land Rover's design was drawn into the sand. A badge that reads "No 2,000,000" is fitted on onto the rear and in the interior console of the vehicle.
The Defender 2,000,000's leather seats also have the design of the Red Wharf Bay and the "No 2,000,000" logos, and an aluminum plaque that was signed by the people that helped develop the vehicle is on the driver's seat plinth.
Also, the vehicle's registration plates read S90 HUE, which refers to the first pre-production Land Rover that was registered as HUE 166.
Jaguar Land Rover will be retiring the Land Rover Defender soon, to be replaced with a 2018 model that adheres to the increasingly strict vehicle emissions standards in Europe. The design of the vehicle will also change to accommodate the crash safety rules in both Europe and the United States.
