Land Rover adds a petrol V8 with 493bhp option to the Defender 130 offerings, and there’s a new Defender Outlander Edition too. It’s getting on for a year since Land Rover revealed the Defender 130 as the third variant of the new Defender with room to party for eight, but it didn’t come with PHEV […]
Another ‘James Bond’ Land Rover Defender SVX up for grabs
One of the seven remaining Land Rover Defender SVX models built for the James Bond film Spectre is up for grabs on Collecting Cars. More than eight years ago, Jaguar Land Rover revealed that they would be present and correct in the then latest James Bond outing – Spectre – with a Range Rover Sport, […]
Bowler Defender 100th Edition is an almost £100k ‘Old’ Land Rover Defender
The Bowler Defender 100th Edition arrives to celebrate Bowler’s 100th Fast Road Conversion of the old Land Rover Defender. Costs £93,600. If you still hold a torch for the old Land Rover Defender and its earlier Series model siblings, there’s no shortage of options, if your pockets are deep enough, to get a tweaked and […]
2010 Land Rover Defender 110 built for Prince Philip sells for £123,750
A 2o10 Land Rover Defender 110 built for Prince Philip has been sold at Silverstone Auctions for a record-breaking £123,750. We all know the Royal Family – and in particular the late Queen and Prince Philip – has a distinct fondness for Land Rovers and Range Rovers, either rugged Defenders and Series models used at […]
A ROYAL Land Rover Series 1 up for grabs – could fetch £150,000
A Land Rover Series 1 used by the Queen and Prince Philip at Balmoral is expected to fetch up to £150,000 at Silverstone’s Auction. The Land Rover Defender and its predecessors – the Series 1, 2 and 3 models – lasted for more than 70 years and symbolised all things British across the globe, surpassed […]
Go Land Rover Defender RALLYING in 2023 with Bowler for £130k
The Defender Rally Series from extreme Land Rover specialists Bowler returns for 2023, with entry price starting at around £130k. It’s nine years since Bowler, fettlers of Defenders for more extreme performance, created the Defender Challenge by Bowler – backed by Land Rover – to go rallying in Defenders suitably modified by Bowler, although outright […]
Ineos Grenadier – the ‘REAL’ Land Rover Defender – finally starts production
Production of the Ineos Grenadier – Jim Ratcliffe’s vision of what the new Land Rover Defender should be – finally starts production. It’s more than six years since we reported that Jim Ratcliffe, billionaire boss of Ineos, was planning to develop a new 4×4 to be what the then mooted new Land Rover Defender wasn’t, […]
Land Rover Defender 110 now with TRASCO Ballistic Protection option
The Land Rover Defender 110 can now be had with Ballistic Anti-Kidnap protection thanks to a tie-up between Land Rover and German Specialists Trasco. The original Land Rover Defender was a proper utilitarian workhorse, beloved by farmers and explorers and simple in its technology. But the new Defender is a different beast – although Land […]
JLR order book for New Range Rover, New Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Defender continues to grow
As Jaguar Land Rover reveals sightly improved sales in the last quarter, the order book for Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender continues to grow. We’ve reported previously that Jaguar Land Rover is sitting on a big order bank (here and here) primarily for the Land Rover Defender and the new Range Rover and […]
‘James Bond’ Land Rover Defenders raise £352,800 for charity
A stunt Land Rover Defender, fresh from an outing in James Bond No Time to Die, and a Bond special Defender raise £352,800 for charity. A few days ago, we reported on the first results from the Jame Bond memorabilia auction as Aston Martin models sold for strong money to raise funds for charity. The […]