Land Rover has launched new V8 and plug-in hybrid versions of its reborn SUV
The Defender V8 will launch to 100km/h in just 5.4 seconds and has a drift mode. Picture: SUPPLIED
We know you want to hear about the V8, but bear with us a second because the PHEV is the second most powerful model in the Defender line-up. It can sprint to 100km/h in 5.6 seconds, reach a top end of 191km/h, emit just 74g/km of carbon dioxide and in theory it can travel up to 43km in electric-only mode, even off-road with low range and diff locks engaged. Cue booming voice-over guy declaring “It’s a clean green all-conquering machine.
We took it on a makeshift rally stage complete with hay bales, bumps and tight turns and while honestly we have no idea whether the predictor software worked or not, we did drift the Defender and had a blast putting the second-generation e-diff to the test as well as the pitch balancing and bigger anti-roll bars.
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