Land Rover has updated the Defender lineup in the Indian market. There are some new feature additions, trim reshuffle and the V8 engine is now offered with more variants. Here is everything you need to know.
The Land Rover Defender has quickly become one of the more popular luxury SUVs in the Indian market. The vehicle is offered in three body styles, multiple engine options and a lot of variants which increase its appeal. Land Rover has now given the Defender a few more updates.
The Updated Defender gets changes to the feature set and also the V8 engine is now offered with a few more variants. The diesel and 2.0L turbo petrol four cylinder engines remain as is.
The new V8 Defender starts from Rs 1.39 crore (ex-showroom) and is brought to India via the CBU route. Land Rover Defender: All The Changes The biggest change is that the Defender 130, which was the most spacious Defender is now being offered with captains chairs in the second row essentially making it a 7-seater.
This addition was made to the Defender 110 a few months ago but was not available with the 130. The other big change is that the V8 models are now available on more variants. While the V8 was only offered in the top of the line V8 models, the 5.
0L supercharged V8 has made its way to even the base variant albeit a different state of tune. The P425 version makes 426 bhp and 610 Nm of torque and is now available with the X-Dynamic HSE, and X variants of the 90,110 and 130 versions. The 2.
0L turbo petrol which i.