Land Rover is happy to announce that the next generation Defender has reached 1.2 million km test and development milestone, and the prototypes have been driven across all terrains and in extreme climates.
By the time the new Defender makes its public debut later this year, it will have passed more than 45,000 individual tests in some of the most extreme, inhospitable places on earth.
Land Rover engineers have taken the test fleet to the 50-degree heat of the desert, the sub 40-degree cold of the Arctic, as well as up to a 10,000 ft altitude of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado to ensure the new Defender will take everyday life in its stride, for even its most adventurous customers, the company said.
As for the final phase of testing, Land Rover is planning to take the prototypes to Kenya, where they’ll be put to work towing, wading and carrying supplies at the Borana Conservancy. Land Rover has been an official partner of Tusk Trust wildlife conservation charity for 15 years.
Land Rover says that the new Defender’s on-road dynamics were honed at the Nürburgring and the all-terrain credentials tested on the muddy roads of Eastnor, UK, the rocky trails of Moab in Utah, and the sand dunes of Dubai.
Every year, 30th April is celebrated as World Land Rover Day, to mark the world premiere of the original Land Rover at the Amsterdam Motor Show in 1948.
The new Defender will be produced at Land Rover’s recently opened manufacturing facility in Nitra, Slovakia.
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