As the off-road originator of the Land Rover family, Defender is like the family totem of Land Rover. Today we will take a brief look at this off-road car that has gone through many vicissitudes but still has a large number of fans - Defender ( Defender) To talk about Defender, we have to start with the ancestors of Defender. Land Rover is actually a brand new brand under Rover Motors. Its creative concept is to create an off-road vehicle that can do "farm work". This brand new brand Named Land? Rover (Land Rover), the brand meaning of Land? Rover is a Rover car that can meet various road conditions. Since Luofu Motors lacked experience in manufacturing such models at the time, it borrowed the chassis and transmission from Willys (Jeep). In order to speed up the manufacturing cycle, many parts of Land Rover's first model came from the Rover P-3 model. The new car was named Land Rover Series I. The body of the car was made of aluminum alloy materials, which attracted considerable attention at the time. . Due to its affordable price and simple mechanical structure, this car has an excellent market reputation. It was eventually exported to overseas markets and used in the military. Since we are focusing on the Land Rover Defender this time, we will not talk much about the Land Rover Series car series, but it is worth mentioning that this model has been produced for 3 generations, and each generation has been very successful and has contributed to the success of the Land Rover family in China. We have won a huge market from abroad. (The last generation Series III was discontinued in 1985) Let’s talk about the protagonist of this article, the Land Rover Defender. The prototype of the Land Rover Defender is the Land Rover 110, which was launched in 1983. Later, the Land Rover 90 and Land Rover were launched. Rover 127 was launched in 1984 and 1985 respectively. The names of these three models were not called Defenders at that time, but their appearance was basically the same as that of subsequent Defenders. In the blink of an eye, by the end of the 1980s, the Land Rover family had grown very strong. Discovery and Range Rover had already occupied a certain market, and Land Rover 90/110/127 had too confusing names, so In 1990, Land Rover gave these three old guys a unified new name - Defender. The three Defender models were Defender90/110/130. The name Defender has two meanings. One is to prove that it has a lot of use in the military, and the other is to hope that the Defender can well defend Land Rover's position in the global off-road vehicle market. Although the name was changed to Denfender (defender), the appearance of the vehicle has almost remained unchanged. Each subsequent update of the Defender only made some changes in the power system, and the feeling of the vehicle has remained unchanged. The non-load-bearing body and front and rear integral axle suspension structure are the Defender's off-road capital. It does not add any luxury configurations, and the only comfort configuration may be air conditioning. Since the main use environment of the Defender is very harsh, the Defender is basically a diesel engine and equipped with a manual transmission. Robustness and durability are the concepts pursued by the Defender. On January 29, 2016, the classic Land Rover Defender model was officially discontinued. During these glorious 68 years, a total of 2,016,933 Defender models were produced. Such results are enough to prove that the Defender is a very successful hardcore off-road vehicle. car model. Something dramatic finally happened. A new generation of Land Rover Defender was unveiled at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show. The new car will also be launched in the Chinese market in August 2020. The model that was originally thought to have disappeared has actually received a major overhaul. After rebirth, the new car adopts a load-bearing body structure, abandoning the original "girder" body, and the appearance is more fashionable, almost completely different from the original Defender. In terms of power, the new Defender will have four power options, including a 400-horsepower gasoline mild hybrid engine, a 300-horsepower gasoline supercharged engine, and two 4-cylinder diesel engines. The transmission is an 8-speed automatic transmission. box.
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