Jaguar Land Rover Limited: Registered office: Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry CV3 4LF. In short, it’s an excellent, comfortable, and high-quality daily drive around town”.ĭiscover more about the Land Rover Defender and why it earned CarAdvice’s glowing review. He concludes his overwhelmingly positive on-road review by saying it’s “way more luxurious than the old Defender ever could be, while outperforming it off-road. While Nikolic acknowledges that the new Defender has a serious street presence, attracting onlookers wherever it goes, its appeal runs deeper. The mark of a good SUV, Nikolic says, is that it feels like a much smaller car when you’re driving “and the steering precision in the Defender delivers that sensation”. The steering and brakes are excellent, and despite its size, the Defender never feels unwieldy but is “nicely tied down and solid when you’re driving”.

Nikolic says the ride comfort is what you’d expect in a luxury SUV, with little road noise and a quiet and calm cabin. Under all driving conditions, the “gearbox is smooth, fast and precise” and the air suspension is “sublime”. The engine and the gearbox “are a properly enjoyable and useful combination…and the Defender gets up and moving without any unnecessary lag”. Under the bonnet, the Defender features a 3.0-litre turbocharged inline six-cylinder, which is “smooth and responsive”, generates 294kW at 6500rpm, and is also working with a 48V mild hybrid system.

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