Spy photographers snapped the Land Rover Defender 130 last summer and now the model has been revealed by the patent office. First noticed by Autoweek.nl, the images show the Defender 130 will be instantly recognizable as it’s simply a stretched Defender 110. While this was to be expected, we can see the model will have a relatively flat roof and a significantly longer rear end. This change necessitated longer side glass, lengthened Alpine windows, and a bigger rear overhang. The latter could impact the Defender’s off-road capability, but the extended length will be appreciated by anyone who’s had the misfortune of sitting in the 110’s tiny third-row.
Land Rover hasn’t said much about the
model, but a presentation from 2019 suggested the Defender 130 will be an eight
seater that measures 5,100 mm long. If that number pans out, the
model would be 340 mm longer than the Defender 110 despite
sharing the same 3,020 mm wheelbase.
Engine options will presumably be shared
with the Defender 110 and this means we can expect a turbocharged 2.0-liter
four-cylinder with 296 hp and 400 Nm of torque.
It should be joined by a hybridized 3.0-liter inline-six developing 395 hp and 550 Nm of torque. There could also be a
supercharged 5.0-liter V8 with 518 hp and 846 Nm of torque.
Last March, Jaguar Land Rover CFO Adrian
Mardell said the Defender 130 would arrive within the next 18 months so that
suggests the model will be introduced by the end of August.
