AUTOMOTIVE
REDEFINING BREADTH
OF CAPABILITY
The Defender has always been a symbol of strength and the new model is the toughest and most
capable Land Rover yet, combining a new body structure with world-first technologies and proven
hardware to create a Defender that is fit for the 21st century.
The lightweight all-aluminium monocoque construction of the new Configurable Terrain Response makes its debut in new Defender,
D7x architecture delivers the stiffest Land Rover body ever created, allowing drivers to fine-tune the set-up of the vehicle to suit the
with a torsional rigidity of 30kNm/Degree – making it three times precise off-road conditions like never before.
more rigid than traditional body-on-frame designs.
The Terrain Response 2 system also includes a new Wade
These strong foundations provide the perfect basis for the all- programme to provide the ultimate reassurance when driving
independent suspension, twin-speed transfer box and permanent through water by optimising all of the vehicle systems accordingly.
all-wheel drive.
Delivering transformational breadth of capability and on-road
handling, Defender is in a category of its own.
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The Art of Luxury
Issue 41 2019