I can afford a new one, but what is the point? New ones still leak, have stupid problems, the local dealer to me is Marshalls in Cambridge and they are awful. Defenders are crap when new and really are the only vehicle, with exception of TVR, that need to be improved by the owners to actually make them tolerable.
I'm not in to the new look Defender right now, maybe when I actually see the finalised product and it does have solid axles, proper diff lock and not some stupid switch, I could be convinced to buy one, if only for the novelty of driving a Defender with an actual interior designed for a human.