Defender 2016 end of production factory footage | New for 2021

[@lrworkshop]

Originally I was going to narrate the video with things I picked up from the factory tour, but thought i'd leave it in its raw state. If you'd be interested in a series of videos split up by each section with some things I know or find interesting from the footage, then give this comment a thumbs up 👍

[@awwadibrahim618]

👍 I like this car ,,, it is better than the new one ..

[@tomelroy]

@@awwadibrahim618 are your referring to the all new Defender "Sport"....we all know its not a DEFENDER!

[@tomelroy]

What would be the best source for models and colors offer on the 2016 Defenders? as well as production numbers of each variant?

[@luispages]

I had the opportunity in April 2005 to have been invited by Land Rover itself to visit that factory and see the steps and processes to assemble the Defender and Range Rover models. I had the opportunity in April 2005 to have been invited by Land Rover itself to visit that factory and see the steps and processes to assemble the Defender and Range Rover models. It was an unforgettable experience and very different from those that I worked for Toyota and Ford in Venezuela, Styer trucks in Styer Austria, MAN in Munich or Saltzgitter, or in Ankara Turkey, Rosenbauer in Leonding Austria or URO Vamtac in Santiago de Compostela Spain. A great video from the factory

[@agent1121]

Thank you to all the Land Rover brothers and sister across the pond who made the iconic Defender! What an amazing vehicle! May it rise again in the future! 🙏🏻

[@tonypacke6954]

A very nice video, pure nostalgia. I like how they carry out the water leak test to kick start the chassis corrosion process.

[@raymondallo9947]

Water leak test: Goes through, comes out, checks for water in the car : Yes water in the car, adheres to standard: Pass

[@tonydoggett7627]

That’s why the Australian Army hot dip galvanised the chassis on the Australian assembled defenders. Still serviceable after 30 years of mud etc

[@raymondallo9947]

@@tonydoggett7627 Oh wow that is interesting. I did not know that.

[@clooperman3745]

Some chassis arrived at Solihull with corrosion already present!!!!!

[@leeyuenwah3661]

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[@gshort4707]

Superb video. I did the tour a few months before production ended. By the end of the tour I understood better what I was looking at at the beginning, especially the difference between the "White body" section and the assembly line. Wish I could have done the tour twice, at least. I remember the guy saying that any stop of the the production line was an absolute no no and regarded as a disaster. There was only exception and allowed was to fit the engine/gearbox. RR and Discovery engines could be fitted quite quickly but he complained the Defender took too long - 50 seconds I think he quoted! Though in this video I timed it at about a minute. I knowthe assembly line looks quite slow and manpower intensive, but we walked around the whole line in, maybe about, an hour. The assembly line was travelling at about half walking pace which means a heap of vehicle parts got converted into a machine that can drive itself off the assembly line in about 2 hours. Amazing really. Would love a series of videos with comments. As far as I know none exist so could become classics that people look back on in years to come. Graham

[@GavinEarnshaw]

Went to the factory for the tour in the mid 90’s as the Wolf was just starting production. There was a great deal of interest in the Wolf and we were allowed to look over it as it was bolted together. We had to be very aware of the hard driving forklift drivers who all seemed to have a different station on a ‘ghetto blaster’ bungied to the back of their forklifts. Cheers for this.

[@lrworkshop]

Wow that would have been awesome to see. Was it a special occasion or were factory tours the norm back then?

[@GavinEarnshaw]

@@lrworkshop it was the norm back then. There were 2btour guides, ex-workers, they had great stories from the early Land Rover. I think our guide was Les. This video looks like LR did a fair bit of modernisations after us!

[@nickaxe771]

Thank you So much for sharing with us....so sad......anything like this covering Series types.....I own a S3 88" bought new by me in 1975. Nick in the UK.

[@chasephotos4780]

Love how they SLAP the front wings down onto the chassis. Such care!! : )

[@andrewpass3721]

now you know why most wings were cocked in when looking at them from the front even from new !

[@MacSaxe]

I paused at 27.18 to look for this comment. That guy dinged the bulkhead for sure

[@leeronaldwalker2635]

I was there as a 50th birthday treat from my wife,seen the last off the line.worth the visit ,water test was the best ,comments from the rest of the tour was quite funny.

[@jorisderoeck5907]

Ooh, shiny, fresh bulkheads :-))) Thank you for posting this! The factory tour was an absolutely great day, it was such an experience to see where our Defender was made. I Remeber vividly how the guide went to a large crate with metal supports and told us it was one of two parts that have been used in all Series and Defenders since the early days. The sense of it being part of a heritage was almost tangible... It was in the last few months of Defender production. The tour guide had one on order and was going to follow it being built the week after our visit. What a thrill that must have been. Ours a Td5, wish I could find footage or images of Td5’s being built.

[@willtricks9432]

I have had many series 2, 2a 3s and Defender latest is a 101 Forward Control and loved almost every minute of it. had them all apart at one time every time out side and mainly kerbside. I could spend a day or two in the factory but actually prefer what I have even in the rain. Thanks for the upload.

[@defendero7]

Land Rover Defender, Best 4x4xfar. Well done! A piece of history documented on film.

[@garypoulton7311]

Love the water testing at the end, cannot fathom how any passed. When I did the tour in 1996, they were making the horrible P38, now its my daily and I love it. Every Series, Defender and Discovery I have ever had leaked water, but none of my Range Rovers. Thanks for posting. Shame Land Rover is, in reality, dead.

[@joemicallef6196]

Great video. Would be fascinating to see how the assembly process changed over the decades. Hope May it rise again in the future!

[@jofher007]

Thank you for sharing this new defender video.. I remember that day , the last Defender roll out the assembly line. I was stuck at work and was still undecided on what LR 110 model to buy. Weeks before I had the chance to see Three 110 vehicles & one of them was a 110 military truck soft top. When I was watching the last Rover roll out, I knew it was now or never. So I had a friend drive me to see the Wolf 110 and seal the deal. Purchased my Rover that same week.

[@loloverland]

Woaw! It was a very labor intensive build process. @36:45 the special test to make sure no one not leaking was allowed to escape the factory 😂

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks, sad that this is all over ..But lucky us there is the new kid around the block..... the Grenadier

[@ramarover]

Truly fascinating, yet sad to think this is all in the past now. Great video, great channel, cheers, Bruce.

[@PillSharks]

Great video mate. I spent most of the time looking for the incompetent bastard who was in charge of putting the lock thread on the oil pump bolts! He obviously decided to leave it off when building my TD5!

[@lrworkshop]

Oh nasty. Did it let go in the end?

[@PillSharks]

@@lrworkshop yep, my father had the disco new and at 83,000 miles the oil light came on and destroyed the engine, I got it back to my workshop 3 hours later and it was still nearly untouchable as it was still so hot but to my amazement it still turned over! So he drove around 3 miles with the oil light on… Land Rover didn’t want to know, my mother who was a nurse at the time wrote to them asking for help and showing them how much we have spent with Land Rover over the years and nothing! I ordered a new engine and turbo and fitted it myself but still cost my parents £4500… my wife has the disco now and in the 20 years and 185,000 miles that’s only been the major problem, gearbox’s and axles are original and still provides great service! It’s picked both my babies up from hospital and my eldest is about to do his driving test in it next Thursday…a true family car mate which has many memories. My advice to anyone running a TD5 is to drop the sump and check that bloody bolt. I run 3 TD5s as work trucks for pulling ships mooring ropes and it’s the first thing I had checked. Keep up the great videos mate, brilliant and very informative.

[@PillSharks]

By the way my boy passed in the disco with only one minor! Driving examiner said it was the biggest and oldest car they’d ever had at the test centre!

[@mjallenuk]

When you watch this you realise just why they were so expensive to make... A LOT of man hours in each motor. Some interesting things along the way. Certainly wouldn't mind a bit of narration as I never got to go on the tour. Too busy working on the damn things fixing the problems!

[@jamieaustin6403]

Love the 130 DC-HCPU at the very end.

[@petergibbs]

That was great and even now is historical footage of what has become the past already. Thanks for putting it up.

[@Defender110SLO]

Holy f.. Mass production made by hand in the twenty-first century. Congratulations on such work. It's just a pity it's over. Cheers 🍻

[@lrworkshop]

It's hard to believe until you see people assembling components from bare bits of metal

[@Defender110SLO]

@@lrworkshop Somehow I have a similar plan or method of production. The 3 Series is waiting for me in pieces in very poor condition. Without chassis and engine so ... When it will be done In seling land rovers and buying a Toyota 🤪

[@raygale4198]

@@Defender110SLO But what will you do with all the spare time? I just spent a weekend truly admiring the engineering wizardry of a 110 Defender hand brake assembly. Truly a wonderous piece of engineering that perfectly balances all the apply forces such that the lever can be easily be moved from full release to lock everything with barely any effort from the driver. It's just a pity that Land Rover then left it virtually open to the elements and brake dust that within 6 months it jams and won't apply properly, then fails to release and nearly catches fire. Truly amazing engineering. :-)

[@Defender110SLO]

@@raygale4198 Who was talking abat engenering this was left in 48 😉

[@christopherneil3841]

I’ve had 90/110’s Defenders for thirty years on the farm and after a couple of years without out one bought a last week of production 2016 Defender 90XS SW and it’s the first Defender I’ve used as a ‘car’ and not as a working farm vehicle It’s such a privilege driving such a piece of history and I wonder if I could see mine being built on the production line.

[@erictyrrell3560]

Great video. Would be fascinating to see how the assembly process changed over the decades.

[@CaptChaos1964]

Great stuff, makes you appreciate what you’ve got that little bit more. 😍

[@yonmusak]

Nice to see a tour of the land of 'that'll do'.

[@ghost6500]

My first Land Rover was an L88 1973. Then I took break with other brands such as BMW, Honda, Ford and Datsun. I started driving Land Rovers again with a 1999 Discovery, then a 2009 RR HSE and now I drive a 2016 LR4 HSE LUX. I am anxiously waiting for the new 2022 Ineos Grenadier which appears to be a down to earth, no high tech working wagon. Newer Land Rovers are over engineered, and no one can afford vehicle repairs.

[@Ankeneering]

Oh, that was fantastic thank you. So strange to see them pristine. That UN looking spec 110 near the end was absolutely perfect. I wonder how many folks of means just bought 5 of these very very last defenders and are simply parking them as an investment.

[@lrworkshop]

Glad you liked it. I'm going to do a video at some point about how many I think are stored, undriven in the UK

[@onetonlandrover]

@@lrworkshop Quite a few I'm sure!

[@onetonlandrover]

I went on the tour in 2015, really interesting to see, thank you for uploading.

[@leeronaldwalker2635]

Went there as a 50th birthday gift from my wife,seen the last of the real defenders coming off the line,brilliant experience.

[@Rooster-Booster]

Brilliant video, thanks for the upload :) Such a huge shame they stopped making the Defender (Not the nasty new one)

[@flybiffo1648]

fab vid, at 17:50 I saw how there was no sign of galv chassis and why my 90 now needs complete new one, mud traps and cheap skate protection by LR me thinks or am I wrong ?

[@robj2704]

Originally saw a Defender 110? back in the early 1990s in the States and I thought it was such a cool-looking vehicle, but that thing did have some serious body lean during turns.

[@miguelnavarro3830]

That was a very good video. I recently bought one totally renovated and now I know how it was fabricated. Thank you very much...!!

[@jenniferayad-bonagua6149]

nice built LR.. hand made, durable suv

[@neillwiffin8068]

Truly built by hand .. amazing - impressive and archaic at the same time. No wonder BMW couldn't deal with it... like oil and water.

[@mrMacGoover]

I like the pickup truck version, real sharp!

[@donaldridley7826]

I laughed when they had the water test. Mine would need to be dried out after that. Good video.

[@sarveshlr110]

Very impressed, it’s as good as building one myself, wish I could drive one home, not anymore.

[@solobushcraft1]

Thank you so much for uploading this video I have never seen a defender built in a factory before I’ve only ever seen them being repaired or being rebuild as a project I have loved Land Rover defender almost all my life I’ve had to discoveries but maybe one day I will have a defender and the dream will come reality thanks again

[@patrickflanagan8008]

Heartbreaking, that's all I can say.

[@jameshardy4354]

Every thing has its day nothing lasts fore ever

[@craigtyler7028]

Great video, you can apreciate why they cost upwards of 40k, when you see how many people were involved in building them. Never did the tour but it was nice to see how and where my hcpu was built 25 years ago.

[@lrworkshop]

Thanks Craig. Yes labour is expensive in the UK. Shame they couldn't move everything to a cheaper country and carry on

[@markm49]

It’s a very dated production process they had - way too labour intensive.

[@onetonlandrover]

£40k? My 110 was about £27K brand new in 2011. Last off the line were only about £30k excluding specials. 90s much cheaper.

[@mbtech9791]

Thanks for sharing this, I never managed to visit myself, but this is the next best thing. Defender production line looks positively space age compared to the Morgan factory, its all Irwin planes and record vices there.

[@yannisbagourdas2898]

as CAR magazine so shrewdly stated for the new Defender: PROS: Dramatically different from the old one. CONS: Dramatically different from the old one.

[@defender90keswick.nigelsla59]

I am currently rebuilding my 2011 90. 100% EVERY nut and bolt. All covered on my channel with detailed mechanical builds. I must say, I have never seen such poor build quality, awful paint preparation and if you see my totally mullered bulkhead you won't believe your eyes. Still love the old girl though.. hopefully now with some proper paint, correctly set bearing preloads, swarf removed from blind holes in the engine casings and a proper new clutch she'll last years.

[@onetonlandrover]

I have a Keswick 110 from the same year 👍

[@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj]

Paint prep. on my 2010 puma is non existent. People just didn't care at all.

[@onetonlandrover]

@@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj Yeah my paint wasn't great.

[@GlesgaNews]

Excellent, pure class in a glass.. You had me with all those yummy doors...GN

[@robertallen3441]

Never went round the L/R factory, but very similar to the Massey Ferguson tractor plant at Banner Lane Coventry. Sheet steel and castings in at one end, tractors driven out the other with loads of assembly workers in between. All gone now, tractor production moved to France. Been there as well, lots more robots.

[@MrMontychops]

Infuriating to watch, in some respects. Seeing those new chassis & drivetrains with barely a flash of paint & no corrosion protection with JLR effectively saying to new owners “you’re on your own now mate !”. Puma Defenders are appear to be the rattiest underneath. A friend owns a ‘64 XS 110 SW who has been up against this from new - I’ve a ‘97 Wolf 110 (& Dinitrol protected from new). Baring in mind mine’s been to various war zones across the globe - I’ll take mine any time 👍

[@lrworkshop]

I know, it's hard to imagine they become a rusty mess in 4 years

[@dalejohns2758]

Hunks of junk anyway

[@tomthompson7400]

Factory of dreams ,,, lol Its a big shed full of grief and woes ,,, but great video non the less.

[@capitanamerica1187]

Desde Colombia saludos, aquí el Land Rover es muy querido y es una comunidad muy grande, este vehículo es legendario y cada día tomará más valor

[@gordonclark7632]

That was a cool video. Watching people build a vehicle and seeing the tussle to get the torsion bar on the mounting. Also liked the bit where they removed a few bolts and you had a frame without the appendages.

[@campinglafresneda3403]

Great video. I can watch this for hours. Do you have more of this content? What a great matched team in this factory.

[@lrworkshop]

Thanks. Only photos but no more video

[@verslemonde6208]

Fitting the wheels like in my garage. Love it, build by humans not by robots 😀

[@Dave-in-France]

Great video to watch, so thanks for the opportunity. However, to me it screams out of 'old style' production. A basic design and engineering philosophy that just doesn't fit with up to date mass production.

[@markm49]

Yes it looks a very dated production process with little in the way of automation.

[@markm49]

Build the car then take it apart again !

[@simonnelson7770]

Crazy to think how much they are selling for now. I wish I'd bought a few back then

[@lrworkshop]

Aye, £33k seems like a good deal now!

[@simonnelson7770]

LR Workshop & Expedition I've got a series 2a and they are going for mega money too

[@701let]

This is making me so jealous! If only they could make ma a few doors and a bulkhead quickly 😅

[@cristomario9118]

amazing to think that my truck was somewhere on the floor...

[@walky240251]

excuse me smiling at the thought..................... must be a great feeling!

[@markriley2733]

Ha ha loving the intro narration!

[@Tillerman56]

This is GOOD! Now I'm curious to have a look at the build sheet of my own 130. It was used as an ambulance in the French army. I suspect it was delivered as a single cab-chassis to French ambulance builder Durisotti who put an ambulance and crew unit on the back. But it has also some additional parts. Each wheel has two shocks and HD coils, which is not standard. There is a video I've just uploaded on my channel.

[@lrworkshop]

Yes looks like a single chassis cab. I'd be interested to see how the dual rear shocks are fitted. I had an aftermarket kit on my Defender and it wasn't very good

[@npet6842]

Bloody marvellous ! Thank you :-)

[@lrworkshop]

👍

[@somsaksomprasong583]

That's awesome production!

[@markm49]

Awesomely bad yes.

[@kareemvitar6645]

This model should not be stopped anyway.😞

[@1chish]

You would have thought that JLR could have kept the Defender body style with later chassis / suspension / engine rather than bin it and have INEOS do a Mercedes Benz clone that they will build in France. FRANCE! And they have the nerve to put a bloody Union Jack on the damn thing!

[@ianburit3705]

Excellent video, one i have shared to an American youtuber dealers i follow - hope it was OK to do this.. they are currently taking out the unreliable V8 of a good solid second gen Discovery and replaced it with an American V8 with another outlets fitting kit.. Such a shame the Americans never got the diesel option like the majority we did and enjoyed., but thanks for the video. Ian.B.

[@philhealey449]

Of its time! Great to see advanced 21st Century manufacturing needing use of a file on the door frames and the occasional clout with a mallet. Reassuring that they included a water spray test near the end however to guarantee every vehicle could leak. There's an early 1970s Mercedes W116 S-Class production line film lurking on YT that has a few contrasts to this and Unimog assembly is another therapeutic piece of viewing.

[@georgeplester9028]

Any ideas how they lined the tub and seatbox up correctly for the sills floors and door gaps to be correct ?

[@BizzLightyear]

Interesting video Will 👍 Thanks from Chile 💪🇨🇱

[@romulorochavelasquez8794]

Excelente Calidad de land Rober.

[@pwatom22]

Basically handmade. Imagine having to do the quality control for this.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

We need a David Attenborough voice over ‘ here we see the disinterested brummie vaguely throwing components at each other in a random fashion, hoping a car will result, look at how they create panel gaps to rival the Grand Canyon and work to such tolerances to enable maximum water seepage’

[@shedmange1477]

Excellent video, thanks for posting!

[@harolddonaldson2782]

Thanks

[@graham-martin5847]

keep it up dude

[@smartiboo]

The cars are moving forward as they are building them?!

[@machiningbasics1729]

Amazing ! I wonder what happened to all the fixtures and tooling ? Anyone know

[@tonypacke6954]

I would think as they are still supplying doors and wings and other parts, they are still being used, and for probably a number of years to come. One of the reasons JLR didn't want Ineos to buy all the tooling. What happens to all the lucrative spare parts sales. You would hardly want to give that to a competitor. I lot of people still don't understand those sort of business reasons.

[@lrworkshop]

They planned to destroy everything and make all the replacement panels only for 6 months after production ended

[@raymondallo9947]

@@lrworkshop OK planned, but did they go through with it? Or did they decide to keep it going as it is still a money maker?

[@walky240251]

@@lrworkshop crazy planning by those guys, really don´t understand their reasoning, millions of land rovers around the world, all needing spare parts for decades into the future, and they plan to scrap it all We live in a crazy world........

[@onetonlandrover]

@@lrworkshop The lines ran for six weeks after production to supply parts for accidents and warranty and were then scrapped.

[@matthewharris4966]

At the start i said to myself "I'd give my left testicle for a few pallets of those front doors and bulkheads"

[@micaurez8287]

bonjour, J'ai connu les chaines de montage Renault à Sandouville, Je la compare avec cette chaine de montage Defender, L'ambiance de travail est beaucoup plus calme ici, Beaucoup moins de bruit, La vidéo est très intéressante, Elle donne envie d'acheter un modèle Defender pour partir en voyage, Cordialement

[@romulorochavelasquez8794]

Excelente Calidad de land Rober

[@bpakpade3851]

Kwalitas mobil land rover berkwalitas tinggi tak di ragukan.

[@tanlain4489]

We do have that SUV to see, only the short one going Around.

[@frankpristov9745]

Reminds me of the Toyota camry factory in Australia Altona north victoria

[@rupert1124]

How much were these last Landrovers selling for in the dealerships in this year 2015 ? I wonder if the owners are really using them for country lanes and rough farm work when they are so sought after. Great video. New shiny bulk head going in in seconds. It would make any one so envious.

[@aztech4x4mechanical]

That was a great video!

[@sirhcmi3]

These still sell for a small fortune in the US. I just don’t get why they were discontinued.

[@lrworkshop]

EU rules and being the ugly duckling of the Land Rover line up as far as they were concerned

[@onetonlandrover]

@@lrworkshop Funny when you consider they only sold a couple of hundred a year in Europe. In fact they were never popular on the continent. Production ending due to "EU crash and emissions rules" never did strike me as particularly truthful...

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

@@onetonlandrover the Germans love defenders.

[@dragomilavich7227]

Estan fabricando el land rover defender clasico en 2021 ??

[@lrworkshop]

desafortunadamente no, el video es nuevo para 2021. no visto desde 2016

[@x5or]

Lovely 👍 I will be very happy if you can post a similar video on the legendary Discovery 2 stopped in 2004

[@lrworkshop]

Thanks! Unfortunately I don't have video of those...

[@samrodian919]

Such a sad day when they stopped production. LR owners Tata should have transferred the whole production facility to India to carry on making them for other global markets where safety compliance is not as strict.I absolutely hate the new " Defender" it looks bloody awful

[@Countrysideboy247]

Agree the same way Royal Enfield makes those older design motorcycles in India. I wish Tata reconsider the need for retro old school offroader and revise the older defender with safety features and a strong rollcage. Somewhat like the defender. Tata produces cummins engines under license. A 4bt would be a reliable motor.

[@markriley2733]

I wanna run in and coat the chassis in lanoguard 😁

[@markriley2733]

The robots are mesmerising

[@markm49]

Go watch a VW or BMW factory video if you think these robots are mesmerising- this is very basic in comparison to the modern production processes.

[@pavelcasumov5253]

Класная машина,недумал что их до сих пор выпускают в таком кузове.

[@mauromarques3357]

Sou um Fã da Defender 110 ,Um Sonho de Consumo

[@bachirhmd3433]

لاند روفر السيارة الاسطورية❤

[@mylesmooney7505]

Excellent

[@elipsemahoney6104]

Great video,

[@lrworkshop]

Thanks!

[@timgardner3130]

That was very interesting thanks

[@simonroberts9759]

Great video Will. Did you notice the tool to tighten all the wheel nuts at the same time? Did LR buy the engine/gearbox/transfer box already assembled? A narrated video would be great.

[@lrworkshop]

Thanks Simon. Yeah quite a nifty tool. The engine and transmission came from different suppliers so I imagine they'd be mated in a back room before coming to the chassis as a complete unit

[@jeanvillard2606]

He bonked that front fender pretty good at 27:07.

[@AlexanderJScheu]

Thank You so much for the Documentation; recognizing to see the last Model, very very sade..of the *Icone.... with sentiments - will miss. The 'New Model not my world - it's a 'Zwitter- surely not be able 5.ooo Miles in desert in one way...- serviced w/owned hands. I guess - Original - blue printed - produced on continent, will be the *Grenadier -- with 'Spirit - of * GB * good 'Old days- Greetings from Germany,

[@hughmarcus1]

Great video. Two thoughts, firstly its amazing to think most of these will be selling for 2 or 3 times their original price now. Secondly, looking at all these blokes (was there a woman anywhere?), its not hard to see how they couldn't make a decent profit making the old Defender any longer. All that manual handling, its so 1950s :)

[@waterengineers]

I found one around 26:40 although I'm not sure if she was just trying to get on the TV as she doesn't seem to be working!

[@walky240251]

all those bolts are really what made the land rover a legend, anybody could do repairs themselves. The Germans had their beetle......built with the same idea, perhaps it was those 6mm bolts in 8mm holes...always fits!

[@jakebronger3568]

WOW! I can not believe how inefficient production is/was, lot of manual handling , double handling, waiting for someone to finish, tools and parts a long away, eta eta. But I do love series and defenders, pity they are gone new.

[@sadriyanto4315]

Land Rover is my dream Car Produk..😍😍😍😍