The car's premiere took place as part of the announcement of the fifth Invictus Games — a competition among British military personnel who became disabled.
The SUV will be fully unveiled in September 2019. During testing, Defender prototypes covered a total of one and a half million kilometers in various parts of the world.
The vehicles visited Kenya in Africa, drove through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado at altitudes above 3,000 meters above sea level, and were also tested beyond the Arctic Circle. Temperatures ranged from minus 40 to plus 50 degrees Celsius. In total, engineers conducted more than 45,000 individual tests.
Land Rover is testing both five-door (index 110) and three-door (index 90) body styles. It is possible that the model will later get a long-wheelbase version (index 130) as well as a pickup truck variant.
The next-generation Land Rover Defender will be built on a new lightweight chassis with independent suspension. It is expected that the SUV will lose its V8 engines, which will be replaced by new two-liter diesel and gasoline turbo-fours from the Ingenium family. It is also possible that the engine lineup will be supplemented with V6 units. Additionally, the SUV will get a hybrid powertrain variant.
