Deep Dive: All-New 2019 Land Rover Defender: An Icon, Reinvented - Automobile
Land Rover is ending production of its covetable, eminently capable, rugged-but-beautiful Defender next summer now that EU authorities have black-flagged the legendary SUV for failing to meet pending emissions, crash, and pedestrian-safety standards. Because the classic market for the Defender — farmers, the army, authorities — is limited, Land Rover needs to broaden the hardcore off-roader’s appeal to urban guerrillas and the fashion-conscious in-crowd who couldn’t care less about departure... The Land Rover Defender model range will span from a tough, no-frills SUV to a butch-looking, go-anywhere luxury liner. ) Insiders are predicting at least five body styles: a two-door short-wheelbase with a metal top, a two-door short-wheelbase with a soft top, a four-door long-wheelbase with a metal top, a two-door short-wheelbase pickup, and a four-door... There should also be five engine choices from Jaguar Land Rover’s new Ingenium engine series: two 2. 0-liter diesel four-cylinders (150 and 180 hp), two 2. 0-liter gas four-cylinders (180 and 240 hp), and, at the top, a 300-hp, 3. 0-liter V-6,... Source: www.automobilemag.com
