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Land Rover revives Defender Classic with 400 BHP V8 via its bespoke division
Land Rover's Bespoke Division has announced the revival of its Defender Classic.
The exemplary went retired of accumulation successful 2016, however, owed to its ample planetary instrumentality base, the carmaker has decided to physique the exemplary connected a made-to-order basis. The exemplary is fundamentally a resto-mod based connected existing Classic Defender donor vehicles built betwixt 2011 and 2016. The caller Defender Classic volition beryllium offered successful some 90 and 110 variants. All SUVs undergoing the revival process volition beryllium 'remastered' by Land Rover Classic engineers.
The caller iteration though does travel with modern features and chassis enhancements, on with plentifulness of personalisation options. This includes a wide scope of colour options from Land Rover's Heritage, Contemporary, Premium and SV Metallic palettes. Buyers tin adjacent usage the bespoke match-to-sample service. Apart from this, the SUV tin besides beryllium optioned with a contrasting extortion colour, antithetic exterior accents, a prime of antithetic grille designs and modern LED headlamps.
The Land Rover Defender Classic volition travel equipped with either 16-inch 'Wolf' oregon 18-inch 'Sawtooth' alloy wheels. Other features connected connection see broadside steps, a extortion rack, an expedition cage, roof-mounted lights, a ladder and a winch.
Inside, the Defender Classic volition get a wholly overhauled look, compared to the older models. The caller SUVs volition travel with leather upholstery and optional Recaro seats. The compartment volition look akin to the archetypal model, with a redesigned cogwheel selector and gloss achromatic inserts each across.
Powering the Land Rover Defender Classic is simply a 5.0-litre AJ V8 motor producing 400 BHP. It is paired with a ZF-sourced 8-speed automatic transmission portion sending powerfulness to each 4 wheels. The SUV besides comes with Eibach coil springs, uprated anti-roll bars, Bilstein dampers and performance-oriented disc brakes.
The Defender Classic from Land Rover's Bespoke Division volition outgo betwixt 190,000 GBP to 204,000 GBP.
Source: Autocar UK
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