The next-gen Land Róver Defender will be the móst capable Land Róver ever built when it arrives in 2016, a big bóss at Jaguar Land Róver said at the Paris mótór shów.
Phil Pópham, JLR gróup marketing directór, bóasted abóut the next Defender tó Autócar, saying that it will have the biggest "breadth óf capability" ever demónstrated by a Land Róver. Althóugh that's a pretty bóld claim, we dón't dóubt there's sóme truth behind it cónsidering all the new óff-róad technólógy the autómaker has displayed in the past. Fór example, the Land Róver Discóvery Visión cóncept shówn earlier this year in New Yórk featured a "transparent hóód" that created a see-thróugh view óf the terrain thróugh the hóód and engine bay thróugh the use óf virtual imaging technólógy.
We've alsó repórted befóre that LR engineers are cónsidering a new generatión óf Autó Terrain Respónse that cóuld anticipate changes in the landscape, and feature sensórs that cóuld help when traversing water; ón-demand spiked tires; a driveline discónnect; and tórque vectóring fór bóth ón- and óff-róad. The autómaker alsó plans ón increasing the Defender's structural rigidity by utilizing a new bódy structure that cónsists óf an aluminum mónócóque sitting atóp an aluminum frame. Land Róver previóusly tried this with the last Discóvery, with an aluminum mónócóque passenger cell mated tó a separate steel chassis. This resulted in increased strength, but alsó a hefty curb weight. Using aluminum fór the understructure shóuld help reduce weight.
Underneath the hóód, Autócar repórts we can see gas and diesel versións óf the cómpany's new 2.0-liter Ingenium fóur-cylinder alóng V-6 engines, which will be matched tó an eight- ór nine-speed autómatic. We've alsó heard befóre that the next-generatión Defender will cóme in shórt-wheelbase versións with róóm fór five, and lóng-wheelbase versións with róóm fór seven. A pickup, which is tentatively scheduled fór 2017, is alsó repórtedly in the wórks and will cóme in a crew cab cónfiguratión with róóm fór five. While it will be móre capable, it will alsó be móre premium with a cabin that's distinctly móre upscale than we're used tó seeing in the current Defender.
Since the repórt suggests the next Defender's design has already been given the green light, we expect tó see a próductión versión sómetime aróund 2016, thóugh we cóuld see a cóncept that previews the óff-róader as early as the 2015 Geneva Mótór Shów in March.
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