Late last week Land Rover revealed that a reborn Defender SUV would be coming back to America in 2020. Pictures of the upcoming offroader covered in light camo showed that it will be quite similar to that of the original. And now Autobild reports that it’ll likely face a new competitor. Which automaker wants to directly challenge Land Rover and its next-generation icon?
That would be Volkswagen. No big surprise, right? No, not really. However, the report also claims VW wants its Defender fighter to be an EV. This SUV, said to be called T-Rug (rendered here courtesy of Autobild) will ride on the same MEB platform that’ll underpin all of VW’s new EVs.