“I was lucky enough to be there, witnessing the end of an important chapter in Land Rover’s history” I remember it like it was yesterday, except it was 365 days ago, to be exact. January 29, 2016 was the day Land Rover Defender production officially ceased. The day that the world just could not get enough of Defenders. When you turned on the radio or TV everyone seemed to be talking about the much-loved British and global icon. At exactly 9.22 am, the final Defender, a Grasmere Green soft-top 90, left the Solihull production line. It was number 2,016,933 to be produced. Incredibly number 2,000,000 had sold for £400,000, a month earlier. The Defender line workers and media cheered. I was lucky enough to be there, witnessing and celebrating the…