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2009 Land Rover Defender Fire and Ice 
Fire and Ice, honestly speaking, those are the last two words that we would ever associate with a vehicle. However, the people over at Land Rover believe that they will be selling like hotcakes. They must know something from over 60 years of building off road vehicles, so we’ll leave it at that for now. In the now Indian automaker’s defense, Fire and Ice are actually two editions of Land Rover’s stripped down off road machine, the Defender. A stark contrast in a sea of pimped Luxury SUV’s with excessive amounts of unnecessary accessories. Let’s face it; we see vehicles like the Hummer H3, the Cadillac Escalade and Mercedes G-Wagen rolling along our highways sporting shiny grills and ridiculously large wheels and ultra low profile tires, with their owners not even considering stepping off the beaten path. Despite the current trend, the Defender chooses to remain as simple and as basic as possible. If you look at it from the outside, you might mistake the modern day Defender for a car that has been since before you were born. That’s partly true, considering that the Defenders frame design goes all the way back to 1948, and unlike almost every other car on the face of the planet, the Defender is still built by hand. Continued after the jump. Full story Land Rover will bring new Defender in 2013
Land Rover has overhauled almost its entire line with the 2010 updates to the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and LR4 (Discovery), but the one vehicle that hardly gets touched is the one that started it all. The car now know as the Defender may be set to get its largest makeover in its over sixty-year history. Land Rover is set to reveal a new Defender for 2013. This can be extremely tricky because the reason Britain’s Jeep remained largely untouched since its birth is because of its loyal following. Customers like its basic utilitarian structure, which has made it a European workhorse. What will not help the new Defender’s acceptance with the loyalists is that it will likely be based on the Discovery in order to reduce costs. This will include trading in the coil spring suspension for an independent setup that may include air bags for adjusting ride height. Land Rover currently sells about 25,000 Defenders per year. It’s now hoping that the updated and modernized vehicle will push sales to 40,000. No word yet on if this means a return of the Defender to the U.S. Land Rover had to stop selling the Discovery here in 1997 because of safety regulations, but a modern car may finally account for current rules. "JE Zulu" SuperDefender based on the Land Rover Defender JE Engineering, the English Land Rover specialists have just released their latest outrageous concept in the midst of hard times. Based on the classic Land Rover Defender, the “Zulu” is a 460 HP supercharged monster that has enough bumper protection to take on a hippopotamus and enough ground clearance to overcome anything that dares stand in your way. Press release after the jump. Full story England to America...in a Land Rover
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Greater ability both on-road and off-road plus increased comfort, performance and refinement are among the major improvements introduced for the Land Rover Defender for 2007. A new 2.4-litre diesel engine offers increased torque and improved driveability while the new six-speed gearbox provides a lower first gear ratio, for better off-road control, and a high sixth gear for improved cruising refinement. Inside the vehicle, a new facia improves ergonomics, whilst new seating improves comfort for all occupants, from the four-seat Defender 90 to the five-seat 110 and 130 models. A seven-seat Defender 110 is also available. Full story | Find us on Facebook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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