Earlier this yr, Land Rover promised it’d ship the long-wheelbase, three-row model of the Defender, known as the 130, inside 18 months. That was again in March, and it seems the automaker has the aptitude to satisfy that self-imposed deadline. A brand new batch of spy pictures reveals the stretched SUV for the primary time, and whereas it’s coated in camouflage, its boxy design is sort of evident and not possible to overlook.
There doesn’t seem like any cladding distorting its sharp-edged design, leaving the acquainted Defender design hiding beneath a black-and-white camouflage overlaying. It has all of the hallmarks of a contemporary Land Rover, although its most vital characteristic is its size. The Defender is predicted to stretch to 201 inches (5,100 millimeters), which is 13 inches (342 millimeters) longer than the Defender 110 and eight.9 inches (227 mm) longer than the Mercedes G-Class.
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There aren’t any inside pics, although it ought to fall in step with the remainder of the Defender lineup. The Defender 130 may also be able to seating as much as eight, and meaning it’ll seemingly require a considerable value premium over the Defender 110. It’s additionally anticipated to reach solely within the mannequin’s top-tiered trim ranges, so it ought to come full of all of the luxuries you’d count on from a high-end vehicle. Land Rover may make a number of inside tweaks, although we don’t consider there might be any substantial modifications.
Underneath the hood, Land Rover ought to slip in its powertrain lineup, together with diesel and gasoline engines, hybrids, and the supercharged V8 that may ship 550 horsepower (410 kilowatts). The prototype within the pictures is probably going sporting the model’s mild-hybrid 3.0-liter straight-six fuel engine that produces 360 horsepower (268 kilowatts). We don’t know when Land Rover will reveal it, although the corporate’s 18-month timeline places the Defender 130 as being on sale someday earlier than Fall of 2022.
