The Land Rover Defender was inarguably the most exciting car to hit our roads last year, but the British marque hasn’t quite started to relax just yet. Quite the contrary, because it’s just casually dropped the most powerful production Defender ever made. This will be the first major upgrade since its reintroduction in 2019, and it’s fair […]
Off-road utility is paid for at the gas pump. wasn’t expecting to be quite as charmed as I was by the Land Rover Defender. We first saw the new Defender at 2019’s Frankfurt auto show, where it proved to be a hit by marrying rugged looks and off-road skills with a healthy helping of tech. Even […]
Apparently it is ‘structurally possible’. And there’s demand. Do it, Land Rover Truck yeah. The Land Rover Defender pickup looks like it’s coming back. The chief of the new Defender project, Nick Collins, was asked in meeting of Car of the Year jurors about the possibility. Can it be done when the new Defender is a monocoque, whereas […]
For many in the United States, the name Land Rover Defender will be a new one. Oh sure, the illustrious original was sold for a few years in the 1990s and you’ll see them here or there as imported classics, but the weight of history just isn’t anchored to the name Defender here. They were never mainstays on farms […]
This nostalgia-laden conversion of the old-school Defender is not cheap at $270,000, but only 25 people around the world will get one. None of them will be in the U.S. Land Rover’s Classic Division has released a limited run of 25 of the retro Defender Works V8 Trophy shown here, based on the now defunct […]
Land Rover expert Overfinch has announced its latest venture. Overfinch Heritage will take 25-year-old Defenders and modify them for the road. The company is limiting itself to just 12 Heritage Defenders for 2021. It says that’s not just to keep the rarity up, but that it also reflects the amount of work going into each new vehicle. […]
The rugged SUV’s capabilities are still intact, but new architecture gives it better road manners. Land Rover resurrected its legendary Defender nameplate with an entirely refashioned 2020 model capturing the original’s adventurous essence, but incorporating the latest in contemporary engineering and technology. There are two versions of the 2020 Defender: the four-door 110 model and […]
If you need the perfect demonstration of the new Defender’s capability, here it is. The new Land Rover Defender is one of the most capable off-roaders you can buy right now, offering impressive approach and departure angles of 38 and 40 degrees respectively and generous ground clearance. As we’ve seen in behind the scenes footage from the upcoming […]
Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since a new Land Rover Defender arrived on US shores. But for the first time since 1997, we finally get a fully federalized, fully road-legal Defender straight from Land Rover itself. You no longer have to wait for the 25-year import rule to expire or hit up a customization shop to get your […]
Just look at it. America is absolutely obsessed with Land Rovers, whether it be the ultra-luxurious Range Rover or the rough and ready Defender. The new Defender has been outselling the old model by a large margin, but Americans still have a soft spot for the original car, which is fetching insane prices, especially when restored and modified. Osprey Custom […]
The 2020 Land Rover Defender proves you can enjoy an off-road vehicle without ever venturing off-road. Such is the privilege of luxury, to do what you want even if you never do. Land Rover relies on this luxury premise, starting from the Discovery Sport up the lineup to six-figure Range Rover models too pretty to […]
Old is new again.Retro is in. That seems to be the theme these days with some car manufacturers as they harken back to the nostalgic ’40s, ’50s or ’60s to bring back popular iconic models in a repackaged old but new look. Chevy did it with the Camaro. Ford is doing it this year by […]
The new Land Rover Defender is a faithful iteration of the iconic off-roader with its modern boxy styling and all-conquering prowess. As it turns out, Ares Design has come up with something better, and it’s based on the previous-gen Defender with a genuine ladder chassis. “We created our first Defender Ultra V8 in 2018, so we have […]
My introduction to Land Rover was as a kid when Matchbox created a sharp dark green boxy version with brown plastic luggage atop its roof. Then there was Daktari, the TV show about a wild animal veterinarian running the African savanna in a Rover. I still think of Land Rovers as those boxy utilitarian beasts that […]
If anything, Osprey Custom Cars’ custom builds are some of the best money can buy. Despite looking like a well-preserved classic Land Rover Defender 90, this one was built from the ground up. It sports a modern chassis with suspension and brake upgrades, skid plates, steel bumpers and Kahn 18-inch alloy wheels shod in chunky off-road rubber. Finished […]
