A DREAM CONFIRMED

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 110 P400 S

70 years after the first Land Rover Defender rolled off the production floor, the icon rises again. But does the new Defender live up to its status as a motoring patriarch?

RIDING HIGH IN STYLE

Some may lament the loss of ruggedness that the old Defender had in its bones. I have a message for those sceptics, though… The Defender is perhaps the most accomplished off-roader that Land Rover has ever built. It may be a two-and-a-half-tonne behemoth, but it’s extremely agile and smart thanks to Land Rover’s Terrain Response 2 system.

This configurable Terrain Response technology allows you to use the touchscreen of the infotainment system to fine-tune every aspect of the vehicle to suit its precise surroundings.

In the original Defender, you could lock the central differential manually using the high-to