ONCE upon a time… In a galaxy far, far away… All the best stories have distant beginnings. In that vein, my journey to our head-turning cover car didn’t start this morning, but rather last year, 30 October 2022, at LRM’s Malvern Spares Day. The magazine’s Associate Publisher, Steve Miller, spotted the car whilst setting up. The lights weren’t even on in the Avon Hall, the car was on a trailer, but from a distance, in half-light, the 90 shone. Steve could tell already it was one day destined to be a cover car, and he wasn’t alone: throughout the day, there was a bustling crowd around this chic, eye-catching Land Rover.
Which explains why I’m now in rural Worcestershire, standing next to the immaculate 90 in glorious spring sunshine. An unpredicted overnight downpour may have meant the car arrived on a trailer, but the smooth thrum of a 200Tdi heralds that this is no longer a mere static display. The Defender belongs to
