Land Rover Defender offerings are updated for 2026, with a new Defender Vertex model, cosmetic tweaks, and engine updates. It’s been almost seven years since Land Rover revealed the new Defender as a 21st century take on an iconic 194os original model, with naysayers saying it was too much another ‘Chelsea Tractor’ and predicting it […]
Classic Land Rover Defender from JLR now with Defender OCTA looks
Land Rover Classic has revealed a Defender Octa makeover for the Classic Defender, with exterior and interior upgrades to match Octa’s looks. It may be almost a decade since the Classic Land Rover Defender went out of production, but there’s still an appetite for Land Rover’s original model, which is being catered for by umpteen […]
Land Rover Defender PICK-UP becomes a reality – but not from JLR
Urban Automotive and Heritage Customs reveal a pair of Land Rover Defender Pick-ups, based on the Defender 130 V8. Last year, we revealed that Dutch Coachbuilder Heritage Customs, which was founded by Niels van Roij who brought us the Range Rover SV Coupe and a ‘Rust’ option for the Defender, launched their Pick-Up take on the Defender […]
Land Rover Defender ‘Churchill Edition’ costs from £279,000
Land Rover Classic Works reveals the Land Rover Defender Churchill Edition, a more modern recreation of the Series I gifted to Sir Winston Churchill. Costs from £279,000. It’s nearly a decade since the Classic Land Rover Defender went out of production, but it’s still being refurbished and churned out as ‘Special Edition’ offerings by Land […]
Is this a new Land Rover Defender in CAMOUFLAGE? Nope, it’s the ‘iCar’ V27
Chery Brand ‘iCar’ is about to reveal their new V27 4×4 in Dubai, a range-extender SUV remarkably similar to the Land Rover Defender. The car landscape is changing at breakneck speed as governments legislate a future where only electric cars can be sold, with legacy car makers struggling to compete against a wave of technically […]
Land Rover Defender Octa not EXPENSIVE enough? Then here’s the Defender Octa Black
The Land Rover Defender Octa Black arrives as a new cosmetically tweaked range-topping ‘Octa’ costing from £158,045. The Land Rover Defender has been a huge success for JLR despite old Defender lovers decrying it as nothing more than a Chelsea tractor, becoming Land Rover’s best-selling model last year. Although sales in the US may drop […]
New Land Rover Defender Trophy Edition – PERFECT for the rough and tumble of the Waitrose car park
The Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy Edition arrives as a tribute to Land Rover’s ‘Trophy’ antics, with lots of rough and tumble toys. Land Rover likes to have a rufty-tufty handle to hang special edition models on, and despite the Classic Defender having disappeared from Land Rover’s stable almost a decade ago, we’ve had a […]
Land Rover Defender gets a few TWEAKS for 2025
The Land Rover Defender receives a number of cosmetic updates for 2025, along with some new and updated technology. It’s probably about time we stopped calling the Land Rover Defender the ‘New’ Defender because, astonishingly, it was revealed back in 2019 as JLR finally managed to deliver a replacement for the iconic original. The cynics […]
Land Rover Series EV Conversions from Inverted START at £150k – New Land Rover Defender EV Kit too.
Range Rover EV conversion specialists launch EV conversions for Series I, II, and III Land Rovers, with prices starting at £150,000. Like it or not, EV conversions for Classic Cars are very much in vogue at the moment, and although many decry it as sacrilege (including FIVA), it can make a classic car fit for […]
‘New’ Classic Land Rover Defender V8 Soft Top REVEALED – with a very chunky price tag
Land Rover Classic reveals its latest offering – the Classic Land Rover Defender V8 Soft Top – costing from a very chunky £234,000. The current Land Rover Defender is a real cash-cow for JLR, accounting for a big chunk of JLR’s profits despite (or probably because of) prices starting at £61k for the entry-level Defender […]