Land Rover unveiled its new, extended length Defender 130 just yesterday, and already interested American customers can build and price their own. With its new configurator, the automaker has revealed both the SUV’s customizability and how much each trim costs. Although Land Rover said that the Defender 130 S would start at US$ 68,000, we now know that the Defender 130 SE starts at US$ 78,300, the Defender 130 X-Dynamic SE from US$ 81,400, the Defender 130 First Edition at US$ 84,700, and, finally, the Defender 130 X from US$ 99,900 (all prices exclude a US$ 1,350 delivery fee).
All come with Land Rover’s 3.0-liter
inline-six that makes 395 hp except for the Defender S. It is
also powered by a 3.0-liter I6, but it makes just 296 hp for
duty in the base model.
The new model is an extended version of
the Defender 90 and 110 variants. At 5,358 mm in length, it’s 340 mm longer than those models and it gets an extra row of
seating because of it. Crucially, though, the approach and breakover angles
remain unchanged, with only the departure angle suffering slightly because of
the extra length.
In our attempt to max out the price of the
premium SUV, we built a Defender X with the US$ 4,800 Explorer pack, which adds
mudflaps, wheel arch protection, a raised air intake, a side-mounted gear
carrier, and more. We also added several black exterior accents, as well as the US$ 2,200, 22-inch gloss black wheels. Inside, the well-equipped model didn’t have
many more ways to add to the price, though we did decide that a front center
console refrigerator sounded like a civilized addition.
Along with a few other accessories like
WiFi, a towing package, and some fancy wheel nuts—though, amusingly, it doesn’t
cost any more to get the smoker’s package—we were able to push the vehicle’s
price all the way up to US$ 119,575 (including delivery fee).
