I had a new Defender in today for some bits and bobs.
I had to collect and deliver to the main dealer and I must admit that it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
It had noticeably more torque than a standard Td5 and not too far off my chipped 110. Even changing gear at 2,000 rpm in every gear it pulled well enough.
50Mph is about 1,700 Rpm in 6thThe dash is not as cheap as I had feared that it might be and the aircon actually did something .
They have done away with those waste of space sound deadening pans under the engine and transmission and the anti-roll bars that they stopped fitting in about 2003 have come back again.
Looking at the forward facing rear seats in the back, they will not be an easy fit to the earlier Defenders as the seat boxes are a different profile.
When it comes to the maintenance side of things, what they give you with one hand they takeaway with the other.
Very tempting !!! But as with all Landrovers it is best not to touch the first few years worth of production.