The latest quarterly results from Jaguar Land Rover show the new Land Rover Defender is now outselling all JLR models except the Range Rover Evoque. The arrival of what we’re still calling the ‘New’ Land Rover Defender must rank as one of the most prolonged, and delayed, in car history, with the first new Defender […]
The Ineos Grenadier Land Rover Defender ‘Homage’ gets actual buttons. Lots of them.
The Ineos Grenadier, Jim Ratcliffe’s take on what the new Land Rover Defender should be, reveals its button-fest interior. The idea of a new rugged 4×4 from Ineos to deliver what the new Land Rover Defender doesn’t has been on the way almost as long as Land Rover’s new Defender was. But we finally got […]
Land Rover Defender powered by HYDROGEN starts testing this year
Land Rover is developing a prototype Land Rover Defender powered by a hydrogen fuel cell which will start testing this year. Battery electric vehicles are dominating the move from ICE to EV, but they’re not the only game in town as car makers seek to eliminate CO2 emissions from cars (well, at the point of […]
Ineos’s Land Rover Defender ‘Homage’ – the Grenadier – DELAYED until 2022
The Ineos Grenadier, a modern interpretation of the original Land Rover Defender, will not now go in to production until 2022. It’s almost five years since we revealed plans by Ineos to recreate the Land Rover Defender for the 21st century, just as Land Rover ended production of the original Defender. Since then, we’ve had […]
New Land Rover Defender gets aftermarket RUST option for added authenticity
An aftermarket Land Rover Defender company – Niels van Roij Design’s Heritage Customs – is offering rusted body parts for the new Defender. ‘Original Patina’ or concourse restoration has become something of a thing for Classic Car Specialists and collectors of late, with many preferring to retain a classic’s worn look rather than restoring the […]
Bigger Land Rover Defender 130 IS on the way to join Defender 90 and 110
The Land Rover Defender range will grow with the arrival of a Defender 130 offering up to eight seats and aimed at the US, China and the Middle East. The new Land Rover Defender, despite reservations from original Defender anoraks, appears to be doing good business for Land Rover, although there is more than a […]
Land Rover Defender V8 ARRIVES alongside Defender Carpathian Edition and Defender XS
The Land Rover Defender V8 arrives to top the new Defender range with a 525bhp V8, and there are Defender Carpathian and XS Editions and more. We’ve just seen the arrival of a ‘new’ Land Rover Defender V8 with Land Rover Classic building a limited run of Defender Works V8 Trophy at £195,000 each. And […]
Land Rover Defender V8 Trophy: £195,000 for a ‘New’ old Defender from Land Rover
Land Rover Classic is building a limited run of Defender Works V8 Trophy to Celebrate the Classic Camel Trophy. Just 25 from £195k each. It’s five years since the original Land Rover Defender went out of production, despite which Land Rover-owned Bowler has managed to deliver a ‘new’ old Defender and others, like Twisted, are […]
The original Land Rover Defender is BACK as a Bonkers Bowler with a 568bhp V8
Land Rover has given Bowler, which it now owns, permission to use the iconic original Defender shape for its new performance model costing £200k. Bowler has been doing outrageous things to Land Rovers for quite some time, and doing it so well that last year Land Rover jumped in and gobbled up Bowler for its […]
Land Rover Defender range ALREADY getting an update, including a Defender P400e plug-in Hybrid
The new Land Rover Defender range is updated with the arrival of the plug-in hybrid Defender, new six-cylinder diesel engines and more. It’s almost exactly a year to the day since the new Land Rover Defender arrived to lay claim to the crown passed on by the iconic original. And a lot’s happened since. Covid […]