![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The new version couldn't be more different. Of course, the original Defender would slide-ish (when it wasn't snapping half-shafts) but any drifting always ran the risk of a rollover. Engineers say that as well as being more involving, the new Defender V8’s chassis has been set up to indulge in drifts, with the active dampers, torque vectoring and rear electronically-controlled differential all working in harmony to allow controllable oversteer. ![]() As well as the thumping great supercharged V8, there are thicker anti-roll bars, a new electronic active rear differential and a set of clever adaptive dampers.Ĭrucially, the biggest advance is the addition of a new Dynamic driving mode to the Terrain Response 2 system that is claimed to transform the Defender into a ‘fun-to-drive’ 4x4 for the first time in its 73-year history. Starting with the hardware changes, the updates to the core Defender are modest. Instead of shouting its V8 credentials from the rooftops, designers have taken a more subtle approach with the flagship Defender's styling. Yes, you read that correctly, but more on that later. To help justify its extra cost over lesser Landies, the Defender P525 not only incorporates a buxom supercharged 5.0-litre V8 (see more below), but a heavily reworked chassis and a new Dynamic program in its Terrain Response 2 drive mode system that makes it more playful on and off-road. That’s more than the prices announced back in February and a huge premium of around $70,000 over the previous range-topping P400 X variants powered by the punchy 294kW 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder turbo-petrol engine.īut it’s still more than $80K less than its closest rival, the Mercedes-AMG G 63, which is now priced at a stratospheric $299,000 plus ORCs. The 2021 models will be available in October.Set to land in Australia in before the end of 2021, the 2022 Land Rover Defender P525 V8 will cost you a cool $210,716 plus on-road costs for the two-door 90 'Shortie' and $215,676 plus ORCs for the longer family-friendly five-door 110 Station Wagon. Its counterpart in the Sport line will be the new SVR Carbon Edition, with, you guessed it, a lot of carbon fibre and the same supercharged 5.0L V8 under the hood. The latter – available only in Santorini Black, with black accents and black brake calipers and featuring a 565-hp supercharged V8 – starts at $208,500. The 2021 Land Rover Range Rover SVR Carbon Edition Photo by Land Rover In addition to the already announced limited-edition Fifty, a high-end trim level ($164,300 to start for the short-wheelbase, another $6,000 for the LWB) to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of the first Range Rover, the company will be bringing out a couple of other new trims, including the HSE Westminster Edition (replacing the HSE and P525 powertrains) and the SVAutobiography Black Edition. The new in-house turbodiesels will join JLR’s lineup of gasoline-fuelled V6 and V8 engines as well as the P400e plug-in hybrid. (The D250 and D300, he adds, are rated at an even lower 8.3 L/100 km.) Range Rover celebrates 50th anniversary with special edition modelĪnd though the supercharged V8-powered Range Rover Sport SVR is still the brand’s King of the Hill, a D350 Sport will not exactly be a slug in the acceleration department, Harris stating the luxury SUV will sprint to 100 km/h in just 6.9 seconds and deliver fuel economy as low as 9.1 litres per 100 kilometres.A V8 Land Rover Defender is reportedly on the way.Article content Recommended from Editorial This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]()
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