Although receiving some major enhancements to its interior and drivetrain, the old-new
Land Rover Defender preserves its military spirit and orthogonal body style. The only change to the exterior is the
SUV's new bonnet, designed to fit the Defender's new 2.4-liter diesel engine with common rail fuel injection system.
The four-cylinder engine, capable to produce up to 122 PS and over 232 lb-ft (315 Nm) of torque, comes from
Ford and is fully
Euro IV compliant. The company insists that, although being tuned work on the European high-quality diesel fuel, the new engine still shows tolerance to low-quality high-sulphur fuels, commonly present in the Third World countries, like, for example, Russia or Congo.
The engine is mated to the new
GTF MT 82 six-speed gearbox, adapted to make towing on-road and off-road easier.
As for the interior, the new
Land Rover Defender is equipped with instrumentation, transplanted from the current
Land Rover Discovery 3 SUV. There are also some high-mounted tweeters, which work with the new speaker installation and built-in radio with an auxiliary/
MP3 audio input socket.
Read the full
press release at Autoblog.
See also: Land Rover to sell new Freelander as LR2
