> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "T Rittenhouse" > Subject: Re: OT: Car keys - WAS Survival Kit > > > > Lets see, they are saying the current Defender is basically the same > vehicle > > as the original Land Rover? Why I bet it still has a 1941 Jeep chassis too > > > "The Land Rover Defender was voted second coolest. First built in 1950, it > has outlasted the VW Beetle to become the world's oldest production car." > > > > Wasn't the Beetle first built around 1935 or something though? I know it was > only in production for a very short while prior to WWII. > > I believe it JUST finally went out of production in Brazil in the past few > weeks. > > > William Robb > >
In Mexico, IIRC. Which means it's no longer in production but since the L-R still is, the latter is now the world's oldest production car. (Oldest, not longest-lived.)
