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CAR OF THE YEAR

o longer that car. It has evolved. Sure, there are commercial variants, but you feel like they’re going to be used as work vans by companies with the word ‘artisan’ in the strapline, and even with plug-in hybrid variants, a Defender is never going to be in the vanguard of an eco-revolution. But this is a car that confounds

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