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All the 150 units were re-worked Defender. The 8-speed automatic transmission sent its power to all four wheels. The technical department was improved with the implant of a 5.0-liter V8 gasoline unit taken from Jaguar.
On the center stack, there was a new infotainment unit, with navigation and a better sound system. The rear, side-hinged benches were kept just in case someone would need to stay there. Inside, the 70th Anniversary model featured Recaro sport-bucket seats for the front passengers. On the front, a new pair of headlights were added for better light on the road. The spare-wheel was kept in the back, outside the car, on the rear door. For the exterior, they installed 18” light-alloy wheels with a special design and taller, off-road tires.
But the R&D team started to work on surprising revenge since 2014 when they built the first prototype of the Defender Works V8.įor starters, the engineers took an already built Defender, stripped it down, and installed new technologies in it. It didn't comply with the new safety regulations. After 67 years of production and over two million units sold, the Defender was retired. But even if it didn't go to too many wars, it was there when peace was signed. In 1948, it was named Land Rover Series I and it changed its name in Defender in 1990. It was developed after WWII to work the land and to be driven everywhere. The Defender was one of the most iconic off-road vehicles in the world. A car that was axed from the production line in 2016 and, two years later, it was rebuilt in another 150 units by the factory. That was the swan song for the old-school Defender. The short front and rear overhangs translate into an approach angle of 38 degrees, a breakover angle of 31 degrees and a departure angle of 40 degrees. Up to six passengers can have a seat inside, with the sixth seat either becoming a center console when not in use or a huge middle blind spot when in use. Thanks to the lightweight aluminum monocoque construction of the chassis the Defender is much stiffer, while the ground clearance is up to 291 mm high. Part of the Defender trademarks, there is still an upright windshield, a side-hinged rear-door and a spare wheel that's been mounted externally, but other than the name, that's where the similarities end. Re-engineered from the ground up, there's not much in common between the old Defender 90 and the new one, but that should be held against it. In other words, it's simply a short-wheelbase Defender, no longer body-on-frame like its predecessors but built on a brand new architecture shared with other modern Land Rovers. Apart from its length, number of doors and interior space, the Defender 90 is quasi-identical with its bigger brother, the Defender 110.
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