Almost all Defenders have been manuals, as befits utility vehicles. There is, however no particular reason why they could not be automatic, and as Landrover appears to be abandoning the utility market in Australia at least, I would not be surprised if automatics became available, and in fact more common than manuals, if the Defender survives. As far as I know, all sold in Australia have been manuals, but there are a few conversions about. The fitting of traction control and hill descent control just about removes any advantage of manuals over automatics, although automatics would have to have good cooling to stand prolonged use at low speeds with heavy loads (and often overloading and unsympathetic drivers) in high temperatures, such as agricultural or mining use in the interior in summer.Quote:
Originally posted by stevo68
As this is a Defender thread and I am fast becoming a fan of them and if budget allowed wouldnt mind parking one against the D3, especially dual cab ute model :wink: . My question is this, are all Defenders manuals and if so, why?? just noticed in my perusals of car sale sites that they are all manual ( I can drive a manual) just curious :lol: ,
Regards
Stevo
