Autocar reports:
Land Rover’s long-term product plan has taken a back seat while the Range Rover line-up has been given priority.
The recent Discovery revamp has assured the seven-seater a future in its current form until 2014 at least, and Project Icon, the plan to replace the Defender, is being finalised.
But the long-term strategic direction of the Land Rover brand and its model range is still being firmed up.
Significantly, there isn’t yet a concrete production plan for the next-generation Discovery after 2014, and the replacement for the Freelander is still up in the air. Likewise the project to create a seven-seat Freelander (codename L486) was quietly shelved when the effects of the economic crisis struck in 2009...
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