land rover defender nas production numbers

An NAS 110 was outfitted with grey tweed cloth seat upholstery, 9 passenger seating with three in the middle row and four side facing in the way back rear cargo area, a full sleeper rack with a single rear ladder affixed to the NAS external roll cage, roll up windows, disc brakes at the front wheels, a heated windscreen, heating and air conditioning and, an AM/FM radio mounted in front center cubby console.

With the exception of an occasional winch bumper, all NAS – North American Spec – 110s were built the same, coloured in Alpine White – one in Beluga Black purportedly for Ralph Lauren – and powered by 3.9 litre V8 gas engine mated to a 5 speed manual transmission. Which brings us to the 1993 model year when Land Rover North America imported 534 Defender 110s – 500 for the USA numbered 1 – 500, 25 for Canada numbered CD 1 – 25 and, 9 pre-production models which were un-numbered. The words “rare Defender” did not apply anywhere on earth, outside of North America. Much like a Ford Econoline van here in the States, a Defender of some type was used by contractors, plumbers, carpenters, police, farmers and even the dog catcher.

For every market in the world, save for North America, a Defender 110 or 90, was simply a utility vehicle. When the last Defender rolled off the assembly line in January of 2016, nearly 2.1 million of all Defender variants had been built. Defenders by the numbers – 2.1 million Defenders world wide.

Land rover defender nas production numbers