Few updates and links from the latest articles, spyshots and spyvids.
Thought it would be easier to keep all the quotes and info from JLR (and assumptions based on these) regarding the new defender in one place so we can keep updating easily. If you want a quote or info added or even think something should be removed, pm me or say so.
Will keep updating this when time permits.
ENGINES
Jaguar Land Rover insists the Defender will need a "balanced engine portfolio" in order to succeed in all global markets.
JLR has also said it will launch a three-cylinder Ingenium engine that will be used in a future plug-in hybrid version of the Range Rover Evoque compact SUV. JLR is also expected to announce a diesel straight-six Ingenium engine to replace a Ford-sourced V-6 unit.
JLR currently buys V-6 and V-8 gasoline engines from Ford’s Bridgend plant but has said it will end the agreement in 2020. Ford has no other customers for the engines and has said it will cut jobs at the factory as it concentrates on its own four-cylinder engines at the plant. JLR will stop purchasing V-6 diesel engines this year from Ford’s engine plant in Dagenham, London.
"Though Australians were denied a taste of Jaguar Land Rover’s new Ingenium straight-six in the Range Rover Sport HST, the engine will be making its way to our shores on board the 2020 Range Rover.
The new 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six petrol unit, which will be replacing the venerable 3.0-litre supercharged V6 in Australia's Range Rover line-up, comes paired with a mild hybrid setup that utilises a 48-volt electrical system. The latter supplies power to an electric supercharger which supplements the engine’s twin-scroll turbocharger as well as an electric motor that provides torque-assist for the engine.
The Australian market will be receiving the full-blown 294kW/550Nm iteration of the Ingenium straight-six engine, 14kW/90Nm more than its supercharged V6 predecessor. The new engine is able to charge from 0-100km/h in 6.3sec whist delivering an NEDC combined claimed fuel consumption figure of 9.3L/100km. That’s a second quicker and nearly 2L/100km more frugal than what the supercharged V6 managed."
2020 Range Rover cops JLR's new Ingenium straight-six | 4x4 Australia
New 2020 Land Rover Defender: latest details and spy shots | Auto Express
JLR are on record as saying all of their models will be electrified by 2020, and also that MLA is the platform that will be phased in from around this time, so it is logical to assume that the new defender will be on the MLA platform which will have mild hybrid hybrid and fully electric options.
Multiple exhausts, twin one side exit and dual left and right seperate exits.
Multiple brake and wheel combos show different powered engines.
Dual fuel flaps (in snow and moab testing) and hybrid pilot stickers in moab vid confirm a 110 hybrid of some kind.
Lucky8 says straight 6 ingenium will be in defender.
3cyl and 4 cyl diesels are likely with hybrid
V8 is also a possibility either at luanch or in later svx,svr versions to compete with Gwagon performance versions.
BODY STYLES
JLR have released the general outline of the new defender as part of a investor presentation.
Basic body shape can be accertained by combining tusk and invictus and removing 3x fake body lines.
Bonnet bulge confirmed with invictus photos
"The Defender has up to ten different body styles from soft top to Utility Wagon to Double Cab Pick Up allowing you to ride around Delray Beach in the Defender that’s best for you and your driving needs."
2020 Land Rover Defender: What We Know | Land Rover Palm Beach
Land Rover's chief marketing officer Felix Bräutigam told Auto Express: "One of the exciting things for us is that we are not launching a car, we are launching a family of cars."
design boss Gerry McGovern has hinted that a performance SVR version of the forthcoming 4x4 could also be on the cards. Such a car would be developed by Jaguar Land Rover’s newly formed Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division, and would allow the brand to tap into demand in Russia and China for powerful and luxurious rugged off-roaders, currently dominated by the Mercedes-AMG G 63.
It's also likely that a hardcore Defender SVX will join the range at some stage and we could even see a luxurious SVA version in line with the Range Rover SVAutobiography.
New 2020 Land Rover Defender spied testing at the Nurburgring | Auto Express
Rear wheel carier.
Full side swinging rear door
Roundish head lights behind rectangle cover
Small square red rear lights on each side.
Left and right defender style vents
Panoramic glass roof option (as seen on nurburgring tester and moab.)
Fold back power roof as seen in spain spyshots.
Boxy body style
Sloping front roof matching current defender (as seen on nurburgring tester, tusk and invistus pics)
Some or all pilots seem to have both left and right fuel flaps on for electric point.
Rear dual solid recovery point, front middle recovery point and bash plate.
Optional winch and tube bullbar seen on italian spyshoys
Great approach, ramp and departure angles.
Coolers up higher in engine bay compared to disco (according to lucky8)
Multiple Sliders and sidesteps seen.
Possible checker plate on left/right side of bonnet.
Wiper mounted windscreen washers.
Front/rear/side cameras. Rear looks to be washable in moab shots.
Alloy expedition style roofrack on roofrails seen in spyshots.
INTERIOR
JLR are on record saying that the leaked images are older pre-production photos however by saying this it is logical to assume that the general layout and seating will be very similar.
2 dealers from 2 different forum members have confirmed leaked images of dash including middle seat are general layout.
Latest tech, info screen, digital binacle, multifunction steering wheel
Heads up display
Middle seat.
Moab spy video shows very similar steering wheel to leaked interior.
Floor looks like rubber and rugged in lea ked images, however there will no doubt be levels of trim to suit all.
Spain spyshots confirm shifter and middle dash knobs match leaked pic layout.
SUSPENSION
As can be seen on the pilots will have long travel air bag suspension with a coil version option.. one of the original Range Rover Sport mules was spotted with coils.
Rear mechanical sway bar.
TYRES AND WHEELS
Multiple wheel and tyre sizes seen on mules, moab testers running on 255 / 60 R20 (32 inch tyre) 34inch looks possible with little to no mods
CAPABILITY
Departure (approx50deg) approach (approx 45deg) angles can be ascertained from the new Defender photos. (Alloy and grit)
Terrain response, rear diff lock, possible front.
As part of an investor presentation they showed that the defender will be durable, practical, functional and have offroad expertise.
JLR executive Dr Ralf Speth told Carbuyer that the design and engineering of the new model is all but finalised, and promised that the new model will be “even more capable” than the previous Defender when the terrain gets challenging.
Clearly confident as to the new Defender's abilities, he went on to reveal: “I have driven test mules already… and also tried the car against competitors, in on and off-road environments. It’s sensational.”
Moab testers told spyvideo recorder that they are impressed with the defender there.
Some of the Trails reportedly driven in Moab:
Hells revenge
Fins and things
Golden spike
Poinson spider (including the most dificult section
Lucky 8, say they have seen engine bay and coolers are up in engine bay higher.
RELEASE DATE
JLR AU are on record saying released Sept 2019 at or around Amsterdam motor show, available Jan/Feb 2020.Refundable preorders/build slots are avail now.
GENERAL JLR ON RECORD COMMENTS
The Land Rover Lineup: Land Rover will have three branches to their model lineup: the luxury Range Rover branch, the versatile Discovery branch, and the Defender branch, which aims to offer the “world’s most capable off-road vehicles.”
2019 Chicago Auto Show Recap | The Largest Auto Show in North America
Speaking from the 2018 Paris Motor Show, Jaguar Land Rover's chief marketing officer Felix Bräutigam said: "The new Defender will not simply be a copy-cat, something retro. It will be something that moves the game on for Land Rover."
JLR executive Dr Ralf Speth informed us that early development mules were undergoing testing by bosses back in 2017.
Rather excitingly, the JLR boss assured us that the new car will be “even more capable” than the outgoing Defender when the terrain gets challenging.
Teasing further, he said: “I have driven test mules already… and also tried the car against competitors, in on and off-road environments. It’s sensational.” He would not put a timeframe on when the new Land Rover Defender would debut but he did say: “It is coming. We are working an authentic successor of the predecessor.”
New 2020 Land Rover Defender: latest details and spy shots | Auto Express
Gerry McGovern said: “The Defender is all about durability – that indestructible, durable vehicle which is what a family of Defenders would be.”
Revolutionary design
"Our design strategy, or our brand architecture: Land Rover is still a master brand; Range Rover is our family of luxury vehicles that talk to refinement and sophistication; Discovery talks to versatility. And I think when Defender comes, this strategy will all make sense. It will be the absolute polarization of Range Rover, to give you a clue."
https://www.core77.com/posts/88353/T...ctor-of-Design
ASSUMTIONS BASED ON FACTS ABOVE
Safe onroad on/offroad
Very Capable on/offroad
Comfortable on/offroad
Will be durable and will hopefully reasonably reliable considering its dual focus.
Low to high power engines petrol, diesel, electric, hybrid (multiple exhaust, brake and wheel pilots combos seen)
Auto with 9 or 10 gears
900mm or more wading ( let's face it the defender will have the same or more capability on then the Discovery or Range Rover
3.5t + towing
950+ kg payload
6 seat 110 and 90 based on leaked interior shot and 2 dealer confirmations.
8 seat 130 possible.
WILL EVERYONE LIKE IT?
JLR says some diehard fans expecting a carbon copy may not.
VIDS AND PICS
YouTube
https://youtu.be/3aZOlSM3x38
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MDFeQXPtyE
https://youtu.be/4LbAkubihR0
https://youtu.be/-mB9Uw_hpUw
Originally Posted by roverrescue
..haha.. nice try RR..no orders are being taken only reservations/preorders acording to my dealer, however plenty is known matey, reminds me, might have to update the ol what is known post, its been a while 
. I honestly think its embarrassing as a LR fan that people say that. Joke or no joke with the paid JLR thing, as mentioned before if anyone says it moving forward they will be reported, even if its said in a nice way. Its becoming a personal attack, and its not respectful at all to the unpaid effort that people put in for others potential gain. Cheers for the consideration.
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