Land Rover Defender

Land Rover has revealed a 30th Anniversary Edition version of the Defender. The vehicle is based on the 2023 Defender 110 P300 S. It’s available only in Fuji White with 18-inch Gloss White Steel Wheels. The color scheme is meant to remind us of the 1993 Defender 110 First Edition.

UK off-road specialist Bowler has announced the Defender Challenge, a single-vehicle racing series that will begin in March 2022. Packages for the 2022 Challenge start at £99,500 (appx. $138,584 USD) and include a Bowler-prepared Defender Challenge car, entry into the series, and event support.

The new Land Rover Defender is a capable and luxurious off-roader. Fans of Land Rover who enjoy taking their new Defender into the wild may be glad to hear that Land Rover and Autohome have teamed up to create a roof tent designed specifically for the Defender 110.

It’s been a long time since you could buy a new Land Rover Defender here in the U.S. Well, the wait is about to end. Land Rover has taken wraps off of its all-new 2020 Defender, and it looks to pack all of the capability and versatility we’ve come to expect, but complemented by lots of modern technology.

It’s been more than 20 years since you could buy a new Land Rover Defender in the US or Canada. Government regulations had kept the vehicles off the markets here for a while, so these rugged off-roaders have been pretty elusive for us here.

Do you like Land Rovers? How about mud? Then tune in and enjoy this fun video featuring a Land Rover Defender 90 ripping through fields and spewing mud everywhere. The clip “Farmkhana: Wild in the Fields” was put together by Club86, who headed to a privately-owned farm in their tricked out turbodiesel 1986 Defender, and proceeded to mash the gas pedal as hard as they could.

To celebrate its 70th anniversary, and in advance of the reveal of its next Defender, Land Rover has announced that it will be building its coolest Defenders ever on the outgoing platform. These cars are called the Land Rover Defender Works V8, and just 150 of the vehicles will be built.

It’s been quite some time since the Land Rover Defender was sold here in the US. In fact, it was sold only from 1993 to 1997 due to ever-changing safety regulations. I’m hopeful that the Defender will be relaunched in the next couple of years, but there’s nothing quite like the rugged, boxy shape of a classic Defender.

Just one look at this insane mashup will stir many emotions. My first thought was, “wow, that’s awesome.” But then I quickly started to wonder if there would be just too many compromises for this hybrid Land Rover Defender stock car to make any sense at all.

It’s only been six months since Land Rover built the last ever Defender, the iconic off-roader so loved around the world. The Defender might make a comeback though, if billionaire chemical tycoon Jim Ratcliffe has anything to say about it.

Overfinch is a name that many of us here in the US might not be familiar with. Overseas, where folks that can get new Defenders right off the Land Rover lot probably know the company name; Overfinch has been souping up Defenders for 40 years. 

It may be sacrilege to admit, but for the forthcoming Bond movie Spectre, I’m more stoked to see the villains’ cars. Nothing against the regal Aston Martin DB10 we featured here yesterday, but c’mon, have you see what the bad guys get?

In a dream world, what off-roader would you want to see come to the USA the most? If you’re normal, you’re thinking “LAND ROVER DEFENDER!” If you’re extra awesome, you’re thinking “Bowler EXR-S,” but let’s take things one step at a time.