In 2016, due to various factors such as environmental protection and impact testing, Land Rover Defender ended nearly 70 years of production history. This is a great pity for countless Land Rover fans and off-road vehicle fans, so shortly after the production of the previous generation of Defenders was discontinued, the design of the new generation of Defenders officially started and will be released in 2020. For Defender fans, or More or less a consolation.
Prior to this, the camouflage photos and road test photos of the new Defender have been exposed many times, which also whetted everyone’s appetite. Recently, the new Defender has once again appeared in everyone’s field of vision, because it has just completed testing in Kenya not long ago.
Moreover, this is not a simple road test. In this test, Land Rover once again cooperated with the Tusk Trust Trust Foundation, which has been cooperating for 15 years, to perform a special mission in the Polana Reserve-the African lion conservation plan.
According to Tusk data, in 1919, 100 years ago, there were still 200,000 African lions worldwide, but by 2019, the number of African lions had dropped sharply to about 20,000. In order to better protect and sense the situation of African lions, the new generation of guards will carry out support work on a vast land of 14,000 hectares.
But this is indeed a piece of cake for the Guardian, whether it is radio tracking, material transportation, acting as a trailer or crossing various terrains is very easy for it.
The new Land Rover Defender is designed by the British company Gaydon. Although it is still covered with thick camouflage, the square shape still maintains the consistent tough style of the Defender. As for the chassis structure, the new Defender adopts an aluminum alloy chassis, and adopts front and rear independent suspension systems. The power system may be equipped with a new 2.0L turbocharged diesel engine. And it is expected to launch models with 48V mild hybrid system in the future.
In addition, it is worth noting that China is one of the most important markets for Land Rover. Land Rover said that after entering China, the Defender will also launch models with more “Chinese characteristics” according to market demand. The specific form of expression is still unknown. It may be to meet the needs of Chinese consumers for space through the extension of the wheelbase, or it may be an increase or decrease in configuration to adapt to the Chinese market.
So here comes the question, do you think the guards will have those “Chinese characteristics” performances?
