RENDERED! Does The All-new Land Rover Defender NEED The SVR Treatment To SPICE Up Its Design?

Now, I know I certainly do not speak for everyone here but I've been sort of wondering for a bit of time now.

Is it just me or is the all-new Land Rover Defender just not hitting the right notes? I don't know. Its design isn't particularly impressive to me.

Rather than look like a tough truck, it looks awfully feminine and, frankly, soft. I am not so sure that Land Rover really crushed it with its futuristic take on a Land Rover classic.

It's almost as though there's something missing from this truck. Maybe I am not alone.

Photoshop wizard Avarvarii put themselves to work to create a more tarted up version of the Defender. As Jaguar Land Rover leans on its Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division from time-to-tiime, we suspect it will do the same for one of its landmark vehicles.

While Avarvarii created a rendering of an SVR Defender, I am actually thinking that Land Rover may go the other way. Leverage its SVO department to create an even MORE capable off-road truck.

That said, what do YOU make of this render?

 

 

 

 

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runninglogan1 - 3/13/2020 12:36:22 AM

+2 Boost

Looks cool but never going to happen.

MDarringer - 3/13/2020 8:08:50 AM

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Land Rover botched the design. There is no saving it. Putting running shoes on the pig does not make it athletic.

carloslassiter - 3/13/2020 8:51:42 AM

+3 Boost

It's just not butch enough.

SuperCarEnthusiast - 3/13/2020 1:57:32 PM

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For $120K, it just to much since you can get a G Wagon for $125K!

Carmaker1 - 3/14/2020 11:29:39 PM

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The design isn't to my taste, but that was never the problem. It's overall execution. An automatic only, unibody, IFS & IRS RWD crossover.

Owning a 6MT diesel Defender 90 SVX at my home in Solihull, UK and commuting to work at Whitley often in that vehicle, I was empathetically opposed to how Dr. Speth and the board swallowed the rejection of developing a new body-on-frame architecture, because Tata family wanted to be cheap. Just look at the sub-XJ interiors of late. Same reasoning.


In the past I had sparingly commented on the L663 program, when I worked for the company. I didn't post much here back then, but I did mention as a warning elsewhere, traditionalists would not like the new Defender.

The original L663 designs being thrown around weren't too distinct from this final choice set in 2016, so Gerry isn't the man to blame for some lacklustre aspects of the new Defender.

He was given what to do simply.