New Land Rover Defender Sport: electrical Freelander successor has the BMW iX3 in its crosshairs

Land Rover is aware of its prospects love customising their automobiles, so contrasting roof colors, decal packs, wheelarch extensions and off-road gear similar to chunky roof racks will all be a part of the providing. 

What platform will underpin the brand new child Defender?

The infant Defender will differ from its massive brother largely by way of proportions, which come courtesy of a brand new EMA platform. Not like the full-sized mannequin, which runs combustion engines lengthwise beneath the bonnet, the brand new electrical structure is packaged extra effectively. That is higher for cabin area, however means having an extended entrance overhang. 

The wheelbase can also be lengthy in context to the automotive’s general size, however just like the Defender 90 and 110, it has a really quick rear overhang. The automotive’s windscreen is upright, and whereas the rear glass within the tailgate isn’t fairly vertical, there are some aero units on the aspect that can make it seem so. The tailgate can be side-opening, although, and whereas there’s no spare wheel connected on the prototype we spied, there’s an excellent likelihood we’ll see one on the manufacturing automotive. 

Inside, anticipate a extra digitised tackle the comparatively easy and hard-wearing full-sized Defender. Shows will develop in dimension, they usually’ll introduce a brand new person interface that can even be discovered on JLR’s future fashions. There’ll solely be two rows of seating, with no seven-seat possibility. Nonetheless a sixth bounce seat between the driving force and front-seat passenger could possibly be built-in.