I've said this before, but in a lot of ways, I do like the new Defender. If the timing/situation/price were right, I'd buy one. But I can't get over the idea that they took 8+ years to build something that is nothing new, just a feel-good shape for McGovern's ego. My commentary isn't directed so much at the vehicle -- which should be seen as the new Disco -- but at Land Rover corporate, who has gone out of their way to kill the Defender. The current line-up at LR is my main concern, not the new Defender itself. It's one of those situations that seems so obvious to me, I can't help but wonder what in the world they are thinking. Are they literally so blind?