Defender [Renders] 2019 Land Rover Defender

[donkeykong]

Is it coming to North America?

 

[dalab]

Seeing it, one wonders how they could take so many years to make it happen, it is a no branier.
This will recover much of the market share ceded to the Land Cruiser for decades

 

[Merc1]

Is it coming to North America?

Are you kidding?? Where u been man lol? Yes. That part was glued to the sides of the test cars.

M

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

I like it, just not a fan of it being labeled a Defender. Petty, I know.

 

[martinbo]

I like it, just not a fan of it being labeled a Defender. Petty, I know.

I'm with you all the way. Petty, as in Tom Petty - I won't back down. It's nice enough but it ain't no Defender.

 

[Centurion]

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Wow. There is so much to take in. Even if I don’t go off road I would like one with the explorer pack.

It will be an epic winner if supplied with BMW’s B58 in-line 6. A 1,000L boot sounds massive but I am not convinced that the measurement is to the load cover.

 

[Merc1]

Is it even coming with the new JLR I6?

M

 

[Centurion]

Is it even coming with the new JLR I6?

M

Maybe for a model year or two.

I'm with you all the way. Petty, as in Tom Petty - I won't back down. It's nice enough but it ain't no Defender.

Nope. The difference between the old and new one is like a jump from a 993 to a 992. Probably less than 10% of buyers of the new one will be interested in buying the old one.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

Looking at the ground clearance of the new one makes me think that it should be called Land Crawler (maybe it has air suspension with adjustable height but still..)

 

[martinbo]

Nope. The difference between the old and new one is like a jump from a 993 to a 992.

Bigger - more like a jump from 930 to 992.

Probably less than 10% of buyers of the new one will be interested in buying the old one.

Well of course and that depends on who's buying. The inverse holds true too - less than 10% buyers of the old Defender won't be remotely interested in this new version.

Looking at the ground clearance of the new one makes me think that it should be called Land Crawler (maybe it has air suspension with adjustable height but still..)

Ground clearance supposedly goes to 291mm which is huge - I'm betting it has air suspension to get that kind of clearance and wheel articulation out of that chassis.

 

[donkeykong]

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[KiwiRob]

Is it even coming with the new JLR I6?

M

It is one of the launch engines.

Engines will span four- and six-cylinder petrols, hybrids and plug-ins, as well as the more traditional four-cylinder diesel option. At launch, the engine range is:

• D200 four-cylinder turbodiesel: 296bhp, 32.2mpg
• D240 four-cylinder turbodiesel: 237bhp, 32.2mpg
• P300 four-cylinder turbo petrol: 296bhp, 25.1mpg
• P400 six-cylinder turbo petrol mild hybrid: 395bhp, 25.6mpg

 

[martinbo]

Official thread:

https://www.germancarforum.com/threads/the-all-new-2020-land-rover-defender.59917

Please continue discussion over there; closing this one.