Polish Landy Builder

[WreckITFrank]

this popped up on my news feed this morning. I wonder how this is possible as I would assume it's a licensing nightmare. Is there value in a clone that is spec built with a warranty. Bring your own Vin?

Land Rover Defender reborn thanks to Land Serwis | Auto Express

The old Land Rover Defender gets a new lease of life from Polish tuner, which builds new and improved models from scratch

www.autoexpress.co.uk

"The Polish firm is able to build new Defenders from scratch, as it has the tooling to build each component to the original specification. Some parts are even improved; the frame, for example, is stronger and thicker than the original, say Land Serwis, and the galvanized chassis is described as being ‘virtually eternal"

 

[Uncle Douglas]

Licensing/patent issues aside, the reason JLR stopped making the truck was they could not continue to conform to the ever rising EU maufacturers standards for safety, recycling, and emmissions, and have it make financial sense. Wondering how the Poles are going to circumvent those requirements.