All new defender

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Originally Posted by scarry

Lets just hope he keeps his word

Way back in April 2013, Land Rover’s fiery chief designer Gerry McGovern said the new Defender would “…will be incredibly distinctive”.

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Yeah true and in 2018:

"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."

Mules have been powered by a 2.0-litre diesel engine according to the registration information held by the DVLA, while other prototypes have been running a petrol enigne. With Land Rover having already confirmed that all its models post 2020 will be electrified in some way, we expect that each powertrain will feature at least a 48-volt mild-hybrid system.

Jaguar Land Rover insists the Defender will need a "balanced engine portfolio" in order to succeed in all global markets.

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.”

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: latest details and spy shots | Auto Express

Funny how people say JLR have said nothing about the new defender.

And this

"Whatever happens, the new Defender will continue Land Rover’s recent move upmarket. “In its core form it can be something that can be quite elemental up to something incredibly luxurious,” said McGovern."

Thats a good indication it will be more in D4 class than a vehicle that it was.

LC 70 will not be in the same class.

There was also indications that a utility version may not appear,at least for a while.

Personally,from what has been seen and said,i don't think there will be one.

Anyway,as said,we will have to wait,not long to go now...[thumbsupbig]

Maybe the cranks keep snapping during proto testing and that’s why it’s launch is later and later[emoji23]

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Originally Posted by DI5CO

Maybe the cranks keep snapping during proto testing and that’s why it’s launch is later and later[emoji23]

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Haha, see what ya did therehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...55cc842fa3.jpg

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Originally Posted by scarry

And this

"Whatever happens, the new Defender will continue Land Rover’s recent move upmarket. “In its core form it can be something that can be quite elemental up to something incredibly luxurious,” said McGovern."

Thats a good indication it will be more in D4 class than a vehicle that it was.

LC 70 will not be in the same class.

There was also indications that a utility version may not appear,at least for a while.

Personally,from what has been seen and said,i don't think there will be one.

Anyway,as said,we will have to wait,not long to go now...[thumbsupbig]

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Good points,however the wording was as follows:

Whatever happens, the new Defender will continue Land Rover’s recent move upmarket. (Reporter)

“In its core form it can be something that can be quite elemental up to something incredibly luxurious,” said McGovern.(JLR)

the wording shows it can be utilitarian to luxury in the same car.

“In its core form it can be something that can be quite elemental"

Comparing the D4 interior to the leaked interior, D4 looks luxury, new defender utilitarian. Based on that it would seem the defender would be more hardcore than a D4.

With the ute, is it the two mules that you are saying are the indicators of no ute?

"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."

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.”

2020 Land Rover Defender: What We Know | Land Rover Palm Beach (this is an official branch landrover page)

2019 Chicago Auto Show Recap | The Largest Auto Show in North America

Agree they may or may not happen from "D" Day, but it looks like a family of defenders is happening.

Enough already. Until Land Rover release official data - I am over the speculation. Give me actual FACTS.

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Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Enough already. Until Land Rover release official data - I am over the speculation. Give me actual FACTS.

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Just did haha, lots of them, actual JLR comments, announcements and links [emoji8]

A Range Rover EV that can recharge in 2.7 hours using a JLR supplied charging point sounds cool, but at what cost? Normal 7kw home charging points are about $2k from memory.

Look its kind of fun but really all just bollocks at the moment. We all cleary would be better off getting out and driving our existing oil leakers. Cheers

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Look its kind of fun but really all just bollocks at the moment. We all cleary would be better off getting out and driving our existing oil leakers. Cheers

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Cant say i agree with first half of your comment as a lot of research and effort has gone into allot of posts on here by multiple people, I'm sure all this is appreciated as we all have a much better idea of what the new defender will, won't or might be. JLR can release more info whenever they like, I'm pretty intrigued by their game plan though.