Defender gasoline engines: The character defends

The Land Rover Defender is to be replaced after all these decades, almost unchanged type of course. Nevertheless, it had to succeed to the British, to save their character strong, but technically outdated icon into a new era. It was the constraints of the admission and also the opportunity to open up new markets, including the lucrative North American. The new model can not cover the in-the-wool-dyed Fans enthusia, but perhaps touch. Because he's become a really good off-road vehicle with modern attributes, such as Mercedes-Benz, the legendary G-class.

Holger Appel

editor in the business, responsible for the "technology and Motor".

In such a tonnes heavy car, its core area of Sand and gravel and snow, fits on a Diesel. In our report we were with the self-igniter with 10.8 liters on the road. Now we have chosen for comparison the gasoline engine, there is in various stages of development. The test car P 400 AWD gets 400 HP from its smooth-running 3-litre six-cylinder.

Thus, it accelerates in 6.1 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h and reaches 191 km/h. these are rather theoretical, because in everyday life, the Defender moves in a relaxed Handlebars and enjoys the sovereignty of the big dipper. A saving miracle, the combination is not, however, 12.9 liters consumed on average. Fill it up for 100 euros, you must be able to withstand.

are now also long-range in, for the first time, a relaxed sitting posture is at the control. And if Land Rover could resist the meanness to hide the heated seats in a at least 70,000 euros expensive car in the option list, and not to forget there would have been the journey through the Winter even all-around enjoyable. The Defender is moved from the feeling of driving her close to the Discovery, possibly cannibalism interesting proof, because he is wearing in spite of all the modernity in the visible Allen screws into some charm of its ancestors in the genes. And the Safari, he still dominates.