2019 Land Rover Defender
The next-gen Land Rover Defender is one of the
most anticipated vehicles to be introduced by a British automaker later this
decade. Land Rover introduced the Land Rover DC100 and Land Rover DC100 Sport
Defender Concept in 2011 to preview a possible design of the next generation
Land Rover, which is expected to be available in five body styles.
Now, speculative renderings from
automotive illustrators at Avarvarii show how the next-gen Land Rover Defender
range may look like.
It remains to be seen if Land Rover goes
for a ladder-frame chassis like the recently axed iconic model or a new
monocoque chassis to make it more welcoming to the new Land Rover family of SUVs
that use an aluminium monocoque chassis. Its arch rival, the Jeep Wrangler,
though, will reportedly retain the ladder-frame construction in its next
generation. Moving back to the British utility vehicle, there will be at least
two wheelbases as multiple body styles are to be offered.
The all-new Land Rover Defender is
believed to be still five years away from going on sale, although a
near-production concept may be shown in 2018 to calm those anxiously waiting to
buy one. The recently discontinued Defender was made in Solihull, UK, but that
doesn’t mean Land Rover will definitely continue keeping the vehicle truly
British, as Land Rover could make it at the new Jaguar Land Rover plant in
Slovakia, or outsource it to Graz, Austria-based Magna Steyr which is the
contract manufacturer of the German-rival, the Mercedes G-Class.
