The latest Land Rover Defender will grow pickups

Upcoming LR Defender Pick-up will be offered in luxury and utilitarian versions

The long-awaited new generation of the utilitarian model of Land Rover Defender, according to British car magazine Autocar, perhaps, to debut by April 30 in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the brand Land Rover. In addition to the basic version of the station wagon by 2020, according to numerous rumors (which, however, the firm does not comment on) will appear and a series of utilitarian pickups, which guarantees the future of the Defender quite a wide audience.

In the form of a prototype Land Rover DC100 Sport Concept was shown back in 2011

 
The emergence of a new Defender is a pickup at the same time and quite traditional (such versions with short and long bases produced almost from the very beginning of the launch of a series of classic Land Rover), and it is quite promising, as the pickups today – one of the most popular types of passenger cars, especially popular in North America (the biggest market in the world) and Latin America and in East Asia (including China). They are gaining popularity in Europe, which recently entered the market a new truck Mercedes-Benz X-Class (beginining version of the Nissan Navara pick-up), which set a new level of prestige in this segment previously considered in the Old world purely utilitarian.

Short wheelbase Land Rover Defender 90 Pickup, maybe, and looked unusual, but the popularity is not inferior to the long-wheelbase model 110 Pickup

  
In any case, the emergence of a whole range of new family Defender, by the way, largely unified with the actual Discovery of MkV is that you need the Land Rover brand for successful development.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of Land Rover brand in 2008 was made limited edition Land Rover Defender 90 SVX 

Naturally, interest in the successor of the legendary SUV manifests itself in the most remote parts of the world, including South America and Africa. Although classic Defender (and even older Land Rover models from 88-th to 110 th) is still often occur in these places, their more modern counterparts like pickups Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Hilux, already distributed more widely and, more importantly, are perceived as more reliable and durable alternative, so Land Rover have yet to prove the benefits of the new "Defender" in front of these opponents.

The longitudinal location of "reserve" in the body – a typical feature version of Land Rover Defender 110 Pickup for Latin American market

  taking into account the specifics of the markets where the car is likely to find the highest sales, in terms of the lack of interest in electric and hybrid power units – the range of engines will be limited to petrol and diesel 2.0-litre diesel engines JLR Ingenium series, although there have been demands on the fuel quality. Equipment pickup for these markets will be Spartan, but it will be based on the long wheelbase chassis. As the basic version will probably be offered korotkobazny option, similar to the same version of the Nissan Navara, because the platform for the new Defender is easier to adapt to than a twin cabin. The Assembly of such pickups can establish the LR factory in Brazil and the new plant in Mexico, where the new Defender can begin to export in South and North America.

Odnoimennaya long-wheelbase version of the Landa Rover Defender 110 was one of the most famous in the class, though, and not particularly cheap

For Europe, however, probably will offer a luxury version that will directly compete with Mercrdes-Benz X-Class. To produce a new Defender for this prestigious market will be at the new plant in Slovakia.

The heaviest lifting model Land Rover Defender 130 two-cabin, unlikely to receive their reincarnation in a new series of Defender 

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