Road TestCar reviews - Land Rover - Defender - SVX 5-dr wagonLand Rover modelsOverviewThe end is nigh for venerable Land Rover Defender, except for one last hurrah23 Jan 2009 THE Land Rover Defender encapsulates the Solihull off-road manufacturer’s history, and there’s nothing retro about it. Retro suggests a revival of something from the past - while the Defender is the past living on into the present. The limited edition Defender 110 SVX - built to celebrate Land Rover’s 60th anniversary - may also mark the end of Defender, with 2010 Euro V emissions requirements expected to trigger the demise of the veteran off-roader. Model release date: 1 December 2008 to 1 January 2016 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelLAND ROVER decided that a new heart was needed for its half-century-old workhorse to see in the new millennium, so in went a 90kW/300Nm version of the 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbo-diesel and five-speed manual gearbox combination introduced in the early 1990s. Three wheelbase sizes were offered – with the 2360mm ‘90’ joining the long-established 2794mm ‘110’ wagon and cab-chassis and 3226mm ‘130’ cab-chassis and crew cab-chassis utility models from 2003 to 2006. The Extreme variants brought more equipment with them, while a Tomb Raider edition in 2001 coincided with the release of the Hollywood movie of the same name. |
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