Today is the long awaited international release day of the all new Land Rover Defender. The iconic Series and later Defenders, ended production a couple of years ago. The following is JLR's replacement.
New Land Rover Defender
New Land Rover Defender
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Land Rover modernises Defender for 2020
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Famous mud-trekker returns in all-new form with monocoque platform, mild electrification and clever off-road tech.
Welcome to the all-new Land Rover Defender, first previewed as a concept car at the Frankfurt motor show eight years ago and now as a production-ready article at the same German car event this week.
Available in three-door 90 and five-door 110 variations, the modern-day Defender retains the boxy silhouette of yore but injects contemporary design details on the front, rear and sides of the vehicle. Wheel size ranges from 18-22 inches.
The same goes for the interior which has been modernised with digital instruments. The 110 has a wheelbase measuring 3,022mm to accommodate a 5+2 seating layout.
But rather than adopting the traditional chassis-on-frame underbody, the new Defender comes with a monocoque platform (dubbed D7x) and independent suspension which should greatly improve its on-road driving manners.
To live up with its fabled muddy credentials, there’s air sus, a set of driving modes and low-range gears plus the brand’s so-called ClearSight tech that offers the driver views of what’s happening below the vehicle front and rear.
Land Rover says the Defender has 291mm ground clearance and 900mm wading depth, both quite outstanding by standards of SUVs. Which is probably why the new Defender should still be a class-act in the mud.
Has the platform been designed for pure-electric power?
The Defender sits on an adapted platform of a Land Rover designed to accommodate conventional petrol and diesel engines, eight-speed torque-converter automatic, 48V mild hybrid and plug-in hybrid tech. A fully electric drivetrain is reportedly not suitable for this Defender yet.
The 2.0-litre four-cylinder twin-turbo diesel produces two outputs: 200hp for 10.3sec 0-100kph acceleration time and 240hp for 9.1sec record.
Petrol variants include 300hp 2.0-litre four-pot (8.1sec) and 400hp 3.0-litre straight-six with 48V mild hybrid (6.4sec) to give the Defender newfound levels of on-road performance.
Details for the plug-in hybrid have yet to be divulged, although Land Rover already has this tech fitted into today’s Range Rover equipped with 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine. The Evoque and Discovery Sport are also set to benefit from plug-in hybrid soon most likely to be based around a 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol motor.
When can I get the Defender?
After making its world premiere in Frankfurt, the Defender is expected to reach customers by early next year. An array of trims and accessories will be available in different packages, so it’s still too early to say which or what is coming to Thailand.
Basically speaking, the first model to be available is the 110, with the 90 arriving a few months later toward mid-2020. The plug-in hybrid is expected to follow in about a year from now.
As Land Rover is a premium brand, the Defender won’t be locking horns with the 1.5 million baht Suzuki Jimny.
Instead, the Defender should see prices somewhere around five million baht which, however, is still cheaper than the Mercedes-Benz G-Class (still underpinned with a body-on-frame floorplan despite being redesigned in new-generation form recently).
https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/174694 ... 0#cxrecs_s
Famous mud-trekker returns in all-new form with monocoque platform, mild electrification and clever off-road tech.
Welcome to the all-new Land Rover Defender, first previewed as a concept car at the Frankfurt motor show eight years ago and now as a production-ready article at the same German car event this week.
Available in three-door 90 and five-door 110 variations, the modern-day Defender retains the boxy silhouette of yore but injects contemporary design details on the front, rear and sides of the vehicle. Wheel size ranges from 18-22 inches.
The same goes for the interior which has been modernised with digital instruments. The 110 has a wheelbase measuring 3,022mm to accommodate a 5+2 seating layout.
But rather than adopting the traditional chassis-on-frame underbody, the new Defender comes with a monocoque platform (dubbed D7x) and independent suspension which should greatly improve its on-road driving manners.
To live up with its fabled muddy credentials, there’s air sus, a set of driving modes and low-range gears plus the brand’s so-called ClearSight tech that offers the driver views of what’s happening below the vehicle front and rear.
Land Rover says the Defender has 291mm ground clearance and 900mm wading depth, both quite outstanding by standards of SUVs. Which is probably why the new Defender should still be a class-act in the mud.
Has the platform been designed for pure-electric power?
The Defender sits on an adapted platform of a Land Rover designed to accommodate conventional petrol and diesel engines, eight-speed torque-converter automatic, 48V mild hybrid and plug-in hybrid tech. A fully electric drivetrain is reportedly not suitable for this Defender yet.
The 2.0-litre four-cylinder twin-turbo diesel produces two outputs: 200hp for 10.3sec 0-100kph acceleration time and 240hp for 9.1sec record.
Petrol variants include 300hp 2.0-litre four-pot (8.1sec) and 400hp 3.0-litre straight-six with 48V mild hybrid (6.4sec) to give the Defender newfound levels of on-road performance.
Details for the plug-in hybrid have yet to be divulged, although Land Rover already has this tech fitted into today’s Range Rover equipped with 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine. The Evoque and Discovery Sport are also set to benefit from plug-in hybrid soon most likely to be based around a 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol motor.
When can I get the Defender?
After making its world premiere in Frankfurt, the Defender is expected to reach customers by early next year. An array of trims and accessories will be available in different packages, so it’s still too early to say which or what is coming to Thailand.
Basically speaking, the first model to be available is the 110, with the 90 arriving a few months later toward mid-2020. The plug-in hybrid is expected to follow in about a year from now.
As Land Rover is a premium brand, the Defender won’t be locking horns with the 1.5 million baht Suzuki Jimny.
Instead, the Defender should see prices somewhere around five million baht which, however, is still cheaper than the Mercedes-Benz G-Class (still underpinned with a body-on-frame floorplan despite being redesigned in new-generation form recently).
May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil know`s you`re dead!