1993 Land Rover Defender 110 - Backward Glances - Four Wheeler Network
Range Rover of North America (RRNA) was riding high in 1992 after five years of success in North America with just one model. By 1990, plans were afoot to bring other Land Rover products to the American market. Everyone was gobsmacked on January 8, 1992, when the RRNA president, Charles Hughes, announced plans for 500 specially built and equipped Land Rover Defender 110 (D110) Station Wagons to be sold as ’93 models. Range Rover of North America would be changing its name to Land Rover North America. more Land Rover products were on the way and the Defender 110 was just the appetizer. Plus, it was galling to know most would be in the hands of people unlikely to appreciate its off-road abilities. When Four Wheeler Editor John Stewart tested the D110 for the Oct. 1992 issue, he said, “The Land Rover Defender 110 is the only vehicle to be sold in the United States with off-road capability as its first design priority. With that great 3. 32:1 low range, gearing was seldom an issue in dirt, but the relatively small powerplant had to be flogged to get what most Americans would call. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
