CO2/tax
226-250g/km
£190
Running costs
29-32mpg (D250)
£125 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
8.4 seconds/117mph
FEW cars deserve to be called an icon, but Land Rover’s original Defender can justifiably lay claim to the tag. There aren’t many cars as instantly recognisable the world over, with the exterior design having barely changed from the car’s introduction in 1948 until its demise in 2016.
When time was finally called on the original Defender, it created a massive problem for Land Rover: how far upmarket should it take the new Defender, bearing in mind the no-frills appeal of the original? What the firm made was a posh car that was very different from its ancestors, but which moved the game on for the brand and the sector. And huge sales success means there are plenty on the used market.
History
THE Defender went on sale in September 2019, in 110 (five-door) form only. There were four-cylinder 296bhp P300 and six-cylinder emissions. Diesel fans could choose between a pair of four-cylinder units, the D200 and D240.
