Land Rover recently organized a farewell revelry as the company rolled out the last Defender in its famed Solihull production line. To mark the historic occasion, Land Rover invited around 700 former and current Solihull employees to reminisce the 68 long years of the production lines' history.

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Land Rover also displayed some of the first pre-production Huey Series I. The last vehicle to roll out of the production line, the Defender 90 Heritage Soft Top, was also presented and was driven by some of the attendees.

The last Defender model will be added into the Jaguar Land Rover Collection. Some market analysts speculate that the last model will surely appeal to collectors.

In a statement acquired by Vanguard, Jaguar Land Rover CEO Dr. Ralp Speth said, "Today we celebrate what generations of men and women have done since the outline for the Land Rover was originally drawn in the sand. The Series Land Rover, now Defender, is the origin of our legendary capability, a vehicle that makes the world a better place."

The Solihull farewell celebration also played host to more than 25 unique vehicles from Land Rover's long history. The vehicles went on a procession around the Solihull plant as a salute to the now historic landmark in the auto industry.

Since its debut in 1948 in the United Kingdom, at least two million Series Land Rovers and Defenders have been built the Solihull plant.

In 2015, a one-of-a-kind model of the Defender was built to commemorate the 200 millionth landmark. It was aptly named "Defender 2,000,000" and fetched £400, 000. One of the very first Land Rover fetched a price tag of £450 at the 1948 Amsterdam Auto Show.

The Solihull plant began full production of the Land Rover Series I in 1948. The shortage of steel brought upon by the Second World War did not deter the plant from reaching its full production capacity.

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