JAMES BOND GOES GLAMPING

New Defender 90 evokes everything we love about the original without any of the rough edges

Pawan Dhingara

“The Defender has the honour of debuting Land Rover’s strongest platform to date.” This is Land Rover’s smallest, most capable, and possibly most anticipated car on sale with the weight of expectation, to merge evolution with tradition, walking a thin tightrope. This particular model on test is the Defender 90 D300 HSE X-Dynamic which despite being announced together with the larger 110, only arrived in South Africa several months later. Its arrival adds even more variety to Land Rover’s luxury off-road offerings which remains in good health thanks to models like the Discovery and Discovery Sport. However it is the Defender that molded the brand into what it is today; its qualified and famous off-road credentials contributed to sectors such as medical, farming, research, conservation, charity, military, and philanthropy – in fact, the…

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FHM US (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2021

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